Fine_With_It_All t1_jdc2xvf wrote on March 23, 2023 at 9:58 AM

If you’re scratching the Allentown area off your list you leaving out a lot of nice areas. Reading also.

kellyb1985 t1_jddbzzm wrote on March 23, 2023 at 4:09 PM

Yeah scratching my head a bit on that. I get not wanting to live in Allentown, but the outlying areas are really nice and benefit from proximity to a larger city.

PokerPastor OP t1_jditc9s wrote on March 24, 2023 at 6:17 PM

Ive just heard from a couple people those areas have gotten more dangerous / high crime, are they just being dramatic?

kellyb1985 t1_jdjjfox wrote on March 24, 2023 at 9:08 PM

Again.... I wouldn't want to live in Allentown proper.... But largely... Yeah they are being dramatic. There's a lot of safe areas around the Lehigh valley. I'd look at crime statistics vs anecdotal evidence.

18wheelapartment t1_jdlbojr wrote on March 25, 2023 at 6:06 AM

I’ve heard if you throw a Mercedes Benz key fob into a cornfield a subdivision of McMansions will sprout in 6-12 months.

NYLotteGiants t1_jdese0n wrote on March 23, 2023 at 9:40 PM

Shhh, there's enough people moving to the LV

CDavis10717 t1_jdimtba wrote on March 24, 2023 at 5:36 PM

Reading Airport had a bar/nightclub in it, as of a few years ago when we visited the area! Klingers!

tealibrary t1_jdepy3o wrote on March 23, 2023 at 9:24 PM

Right? And I’d take Allentown over the Poconos any day

flanneled_man t1_jdes9z6 wrote on March 23, 2023 at 9:39 PM

Absolutely. My ma moved out Philly to Bethlehem recently and I think that'd be a great place to live. Granted, I only visit ~4 times a year, but she loves it, as do a lot of my thirty-something friends.