taxes are ridiculous for the amount of benefit they provide. tolls are ridiculous for the road conditions they provide. maybe we'd have millions more in mmj taxes if that was done the right way. But regardless, I wouldn't live anywhere else!

To get that you need to restrict and reduce single family zoning and focus on building more densely. You can’t have one without the other.

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Here’s hoping for $2B! /s

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SLEIGHTON SCHOOL IN GLEN MILLS PA The google maps location is “Sleighton park” and the school is tucked back behind it. It’s an abandoned school that began for delinquent girls. It was built in the 1920’s, abandoned in the late 90’s, and has been sitting there ever since. It‘s a HUGE campus with lots of different buildings to explore.

I don't know why but I read this as 3 ft. Chinaman removed from FDR part

Having Commission reports at least looks good for you in the history books. I'm sure in the day, they knew the Wickersham Report wasn't needed to show prohibition wasn't working, but nowadays it's good to see the evidence.

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The people who are still against marijuana legalization don't care about the facts at this point unfortunately. No amount of science is going to convince them. We just have to tell them they are wrong, we are legalizing it, we are expunging the records of the people who were prosecuted, and they have to fucking deal with it.

We should have a Wickersham Commission redux to really show how ineffective cannabis prohibition is and how it's lead to a rise in crime.

Its Yinz

In early to mid October, head up to Benezette to see the Elk during rutting season - worth it just to hear the bull elks bugle at dusk. The Cook Forest State Park Cabins are a great place to stay near that area, but they need to be booked a year in advance. https://elkcountryvisitorcenter.com/

A weekend in Pittsburgh, where the Warhol Museum and nearby Mattress Factory are great art visits. https://mattress.org/

And there's this list from Weird Pa, because weird is always good: http://www.weirdus.com/states/pennsylvania/index.php

One of the main reasons alcohol prohibition was reversed. Time to do same for cannabis.

I'm all for that. Loved it during pandemic, was like a private highway.

2027 baby. The current plan is from penn st bridge to mt penn. Widen all highways, change bridges to modern butterfly ramps, fix i176 onto 422 merges. Can't wait.

It's the northbound on 222 that sucks ass. They haven't even paved it in decades. From interchange at 73, all the way to kutztown, it needs to at least be widened to 2 lanes. WTF do we still have a single lane part on 222 connecting Reading and Allentown.

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Wellsboro, Cherry Spring Park, Grand Canyon of PA.

We are also one of the few states that doesn’t tax retirement income

Building more lanes and more roads will never solve traffic problems. The only thing that does is getting cars off the road.

These highway projects are planned out over the course of decades. The Mon-Fayette Expressway in Allegheny County was planned when the Mon Valley was heavily populated and had a lot of high volume employers. By the time it was built population patterns in the county had changed dramatically.

A guy who owned a candy shop here in Pittsburgh would rant to me about taxes this or government meddling that every time I saw him.
 
Turns out he'd stolen nearly $7m from a previous employer and used that money to start his shitty little candy store, which he then ran into the ground.
 
https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2022/08/29/ex-egg-distributor-accountant/70077/

Way to show the NFL they won't be taking this kneeling stuff lightly.

Thinking about that time a bunch of Steelers fans burned their $150 jersey over kneeling for the anthem and bought another $150 jersey.

They spent millions planning the upgrades to 422 and i676 off/on ramps around Reading and then cancelled the project a few years ago. Reading ain't getting any money unfortnately. Those ramps are dangerously small too.

Not a problem.