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Posted: 6/28/2022 3:30:56 PM EDT
[#1]
Congratulations and good luck!
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Posted: 6/28/2022 3:36:21 PM EDT
[#2]
Grew up in Berks County PA myself.
Love the area. |
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Posted: 6/28/2022 3:49:34 PM EDT
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Start looking at fed facilities in that area and what contractors have the contracts for those places.
Northern VA has a ton of jobs you'd qualify for and is only 2 hours from alot of places in PA. Maybe live in Western MD or NW VA for cheaper housing and a more sympathetic political base. |
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Posted: 6/28/2022 3:52:49 PM EDT
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I'm in Berks, right on the Lancaster line.
Happy here, don't plan on moving again - ever. Prices for acreage (bare land or with house) has really jumped in the past year, like it as most places. anything you want to know? |
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Posted: 6/28/2022 4:00:55 PM EDT
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Lebanon County.. north of Palmyra area isn't a bad place to live. Palmyra Borough is plagued with sinkholes, so stay out of the Borough proper.
Palmyra Sportsman's Club has a great range, and there's a bunch of shops in the area. Fort Indiantown Gap isn't far away, as well as Ohmstead AFB in Highspire, home of the 193d SOW. Shoot me a PM if you want more info. |
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Posted: 6/28/2022 4:01:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm in Berks, right on the Lancaster line. Happy here, don't plan on moving again - ever. Prices for acreage (bare land or with house) has really jumped in the past year, like it as most places. anything you want to know? How is the job and housing market? We're thinking maybe Cedar Crest or Palmyra school district if we go in Lebanon County. If we go in Berks I wouldn't mind Governor Mifflin (Mohnton) school district |
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Posted: 6/28/2022 4:02:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Lebanon County.. north of Palmyra area isn't a bad place to live. Palmyra Borough is plagued with sinkholes, so stay out of the Borough proper. Palmyra Sportsman's Club has a great range, and there's a bunch of shops in the area. Fort Indiantown Gap isn't far away, as well as Ohmstead AFB in Highspire, home of the 193d SOW. Shoot me a PM if you want more info. Looking at Palmyra or Cedar Crest school district |
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Posted: 6/28/2022 4:03:56 PM EDT
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Quoted: So right around February 2024 is when I can start the DOD's Skill Bridge program/Terminal Leave. Wife and I are thinking about moving back to PA... specifically Lebanon or Berks County. We want to be within an hour from my parents and the wife's mom. I grew up in Myerstown and the wife's mom lives in Royersford down in Montgomery County. Wife has other family in Delaware County. I'll have just wrapped up 20 years of playing Air Force... specifically being a Crew Chief on C-130s/B-52s/ and the B-1B However though I've now spent the past two years supervising and scheduling 30 people on three shifts that run our squadron's tool, equipment, and vehicle section (Support Flight/CTK). I was the Vehicle NCO for my squadron which encompassed 65 vehicles. Additionally I'm 10k forklift qualified and also in charge of two government purchase card accounts (fly/non fly money). I don't want to work on aircraft when I retire. I'm thinking either something in logistics or as terrible as it sounds local/state/ or federal government....there is a big VA in Lebanon Pennsylvania I have an Associates Degree through the Air Force and by the time I retire will be only a few classes shy of a BA in Management. I'm looking forward to retiring from the Air Force and am wanting to start getting my ducks in a row now. I know 18 months is a ways out yet at the same time it'll be here quick. |
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Posted: 6/28/2022 4:05:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Looking at Palmyra or Cedar Crest school district Palmyra Schools aren't bad, as I have a 6 year old in there now. They seem pretty conservative. |
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Posted: 6/28/2022 4:08:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Looking at Palmyra or Cedar Crest school district Id love to go back and visit, but all of my cornfields and cow pastures are now subdivisions. |
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Posted: 6/28/2022 4:10:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I've heard it's not the Cedar Crest of 20 years ago. I can double check with my mom, she taught in the elementary school for 40 years. Id love to go back and visit, but all of my cornfields and cow pastures are now subdivisions. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Looking at Palmyra or Cedar Crest school district Id love to go back and visit, but all of my cornfields and cow pastures are now subdivisions. I R went to ELCO 
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Posted: 6/28/2022 4:11:54 PM EDT
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I'm assuming you have a Top Secret clearance? I'd be trying to utilize that.
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Posted: 6/28/2022 4:16:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm assuming you have a Top Secret clearance? I'd be trying to utilize that. Nah just Secret |
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Posted: 6/28/2022 4:18:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: How is the job and housing market? We're thinking maybe Cedar Crest or Palmyra school district if we go in Lebanon County. If we go in Berks I wouldn't mind Governor Mifflin (Mohnton) school district Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I'm in Berks, right on the Lancaster line. Happy here, don't plan on moving again - ever. Prices for acreage (bare land or with house) has really jumped in the past year, like it as most places. anything you want to know? How is the job and housing market? We're thinking maybe Cedar Crest or Palmyra school district if we go in Lebanon County. If we go in Berks I wouldn't mind Governor Mifflin (Mohnton) school district Housing market is tight, but prices not terrible compared to other parts of the country. Berks has long been on the slightly more affordable side so we started this run-up from further down. Berks property values tend to be a little lower than surrounding counties as taxes are a little higher. Job market is better than it had been for a long time. For a while you had to leave Berks to find a decent job. Things have improved and I think our area is getting hit harder than most with the mass boomer retirement of the past few years. Lots of new businesses along both the 222 and I76 corridor, especially big shipping and distribution places. They seem to be really hurting for mechanics and technicians of all kinds. Mifflin schools are not what they were 10+ years ago, but still not terrible. Outflow from Reading has brought a lot of troubled kids into the district and the school isn't handling it well. Thankfully the elementary schools are separate and all the rural kids go to Brecknock, so its less of an issue when they're young. |
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Posted: 6/28/2022 4:32:02 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/28/2022 4:52:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Snip... especially big shipping and distribution places. Can't speak to the specific area, but even here near Allentown, huge warehouses/shipping depots are cropping up. I wonder how Logistics jobs would be for them with your experience? |
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Posted: 6/28/2022 4:56:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I R went to ELCO Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Looking at Palmyra or Cedar Crest school district Id love to go back and visit, but all of my cornfields and cow pastures are now subdivisions. I R went to ELCO I went to the poor/cheap/small school with the shitty mascot. |
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Posted: 6/28/2022 5:04:06 PM EDT
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I moved to Elk county over a year ago due to low Zillow prices and love the area. About the only area I would rather live is around State College which is about an hour and a half away. Very beautiful and safe as far as college towns go. Zillow prices are much higher though. Still there are Thai and sushi restaurants plus Wegmans and Trader Joes among other things not available in Elk County.
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Posted: 6/28/2022 6:06:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Can't speak to the specific area, but even here near Allentown, huge warehouses/shipping depots are cropping up. I wonder how Logistics jobs would be for them with your experience? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Snip... especially big shipping and distribution places. Can't speak to the specific area, but even here near Allentown, huge warehouses/shipping depots are cropping up. I wonder how Logistics jobs would be for them with your experience? Seems like they're everywhere along I78 hadn't really thought about the Lehigh Valley/Allentown/Bethlehem area |
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Posted: 6/28/2022 6:32:27 PM EDT
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Congratulations!
These may be too far away based on where you said you want to live but Tobyhanna Army Depot and Letterkenny would be very good for your logistics desires. It has been ten years since I have been to Tobyhanna, but the times I have worked with them and visited their facilities they were top notch! |
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Posted: 6/28/2022 6:37:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Seems like they're everywhere along I78 hadn't really thought about the Lehigh Valley/Allentown/Bethlehem area Where are the parents you want to be near? Sometimes it's quicker in PA to be along an interstate and drive more miles (but much less time via the smaller roads). |
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Posted: 6/28/2022 6:47:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Where are the parents you want to be near? Sometimes it's quicker in PA to be along an interstate and drive more miles (but much less time via the smaller roads). The Berks Co I grew up in was why I left in the mid 80s to the USCG and NC. The old Oley Valley hunting spots were being built up. A beautiful 200 acre walnut farm was partitioned. Puerto Rico was sending everything they had . Now, 30 years later the same is happening here and central and South America are populating this area. Don't know where to go next |
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Posted: 6/28/2022 6:49:59 PM EDT
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Lots of Fed logistics jobs around Harrisburg. Letterkeny, Mechanicsburg and New Cumberland depots, plus tons of private industry that does military stuff too like JLG. Obviously a little west of where you're looking, Basically Hagerstown to Allentown on 81 and 78 is a huge logistics hub for the Northeast.
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Posted: 6/28/2022 6:51:30 PM EDT
[#25]
Central PA is nice and all, but not sure why you want to leave the Black Hills.
 I can't wait to move back out to the Hills.
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Posted: 6/28/2022 6:52:31 PM EDT
[#26]
well at least your retirement wont be taxed by the state. december will be 10 years retired in lower bucks
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Posted: 6/28/2022 6:53:16 PM EDT
[#27]
I'm not far from Lebanon/Berks.
I'd say we could go shooting but I don't have a 20" AR 
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Posted: 6/28/2022 6:55:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: https://www.seltzerssmokehousemeats.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/product-sweet.png https://www.berksfoods.com/img/ph_product-retail-ring-bologna-plain-whole.png https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/ffc4827c-35a9-4139-ad2f-a64c6f23e3df_1.61949a7b6cd8b671b8fd917d3887288c.jpeg?odnHeight=612&odnWidth=612&odnBg=FFFFFF PUT YOUR MEAT IN MY MOUTH!!! |
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Posted: 6/28/2022 7:24:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Where are the parents you want to be near? Sometimes it's quicker in PA to be along an interstate and drive more miles (but much less time via the smaller roads). Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Seems like they're everywhere along I78 hadn't really thought about the Lehigh Valley/Allentown/Bethlehem area Where are the parents you want to be near? Sometimes it's quicker in PA to be along an interstate and drive more miles (but much less time via the smaller roads). Myerstown right off of US422 |
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Posted: 6/28/2022 9:09:20 PM EDT
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I’m in Berks. Oley Valley. Worked for GE/Lockheed down in King of Prussia. Retardidid now. Local gun club is $20 a year. No crime. No PD. No FD. Hear full auto fire off in the distance. Shoot in my backyard….as do the neighbors. CLEO in Berks is pro-gun. LTCF is a 20 minute process.
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Posted: 6/28/2022 9:44:39 PM EDT
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I retired from the AF in FL, right between 2 bases. 5 mi away,
All my health care is covered by Tricare, get all my Dr clinic visits through central appt line, pharmacy meds and refills free in main hospital, it has been great. Commissary and Class 6, no tax on booze or food. Access to all the outdoor rec stuff, marina, private beaches etc. If I move it would be to a place with same access to healthcare, something to consider. |
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Posted: 6/28/2022 10:06:18 PM EDT
[#32]
Aren’t you going to miss all of your trashy neighbors?
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Posted: 6/28/2022 10:07:01 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/28/2022 10:53:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Aren’t you going to miss all of your trashy neighbors? God no, and it's only one The others are great and I will miss them |
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