Moving a young raccoon

[Sigarms]

Yep... at least half true. Most of the population is in the eastern end of the state, and very few of them every see any reason to head west for vacation, work, or anything else.

When I lived in Conneaut Lake, PA (western side of the state) I'd go back to my parents and attend church on Sundays with them in Eastern PA on the weekends from time to time.

All the people at church asked me what I was doing with myself and where I lived.

I told them I was living in Conneaut Lake and working in Meadville. They all gave me a blank stare. I told them I was working about 35 miles south of Erie, and they would all give me a blank stare. I finally told them I was north of Pittsburgh and then they would finally get a general idea of where I was living.

It was just easier when I was working in Pittsburgh because at least every knew it was out west in PA.

Now in defense of the people on the east side of PA, that was probably a good 5 hour drive west driving from Conneaut lake driving to my parents, stopping for gas and a bite to eat.

Ironically enough when I worked in the Syracuse NY area, which was only 3 hours from my parents, but out of state, everyone seemed to know where Syracuse was. Go figure

In North Carolina, people living on the shore (east side) go to the mountains (west side) and people in the mountains (west side) go to the shore (east side) for vacations, so they get to know the area in general from the road signs traveling when they're traveling on I-40. Not a lot of people drive I-80 in Pa from one side to the other.

When I kayaked, still remember 81 south to 68 west into WV and all the towns in between LOL

 

[WinterDeere]

When I lived in Conneaut Lake, PA (western side of the state) I'd go back to my parents and attend church on Sundays with them in Eastern PA on the weekends from time to time.

All the people at church asked me what I was doing with myself and where I lived.

I told them I was living in Conneaut Lake and working in Meadville. They all gave me a blank stare.

Not a surprise. Meadville isn't even a gnat on the ass of the state, it has a population that is literally 520x smaller than the greater Philadelphia area. You'd have almost as much luck asking someone from Tokyo if they'd heard of some small random town in Wyoming.

I had almost commented previously, that of all the cities you had named in your prior post, I could point ot everyone of them on a map, except Meadville.

But Erie? I have trouble understanding how you can live in this state for any length of time and not know Erie, Johnstown, Pittsburg, Harrisburg, York, Scranton, Allentown, Bethlehem, and any one of the other many smaller cities that dot the state. Erie ain't exactly a booming metropolis, but a lot of history has happened there! It's also the only western "port" city, in this state.

 

[Hay Dude]

Not a surprise. Meadville isn't even a gnat on the ass of the state, it has a population that is literally 520x smaller than the greater Philadelphia area. You'd have almost as much luck asking someone from Tokyo if they'd heard of some small random town in Wyoming.

I had almost commented previously, that of all the cities you had named in your prior post, I could point ot everyone of them on a map, except Meadville.

But Erie? I have trouble understanding how you can live in this state for any length of time and not know Erie, Johnstown, Pittsburg, Harrisburg, York, Scranton, Allentown, Bethlehem, and any one of the other many smaller cities that dot the state. Erie ain't exactly a booming metropolis, but a lot of history has happened there! It's also the only western "port" city, in this state.

Yeah,,, Erie.
“Coastal PA”

 

[WinterDeere]

Yeah,,, Erie.
“Coastal PA”

Hey... if nothing else, everyone knows Lake Erie. My brother actually went to a small Christian college near Erie, and got married out there.

Nearby Johnstown is famous, or probably more accurately "infamous", for the many liquor taxes we have in this country. The city has had three major floods, the most catostrophic of which resulted in the state passing one of the first liquor taxes in this country, as a means of collecting the funds required for relief and rebuilding. This provided so much revenue to the state, that several other state legislatures subsequently copied Harrisburg's lead.

So next time you're spending $50 for a decent bottle of bourbon, or $80 for a decent bottle of Scotch, thank the residents of Johnstown, PA.

The northwest corner of the state surrounding Erie is affected by massive and nearly-constant lake effect snows. I guess the data is there if anyone cares to look, but I'd guess Johnstown might get even more than Erie, it's been known to sometimes snow there every day for 6 weeks straight.

... and just to keep this all on-topic:

 

[masseyrider]

Can someone just shoot the f'ng racoon?

 

[Sigarms]

Can someone just shoot the f'ng racoon?

Honestly, caught a couple of coon hunters and their dogs on my property without them asking me some years ago. Came across them sleeping in my bed at night and heard their dogs going off on my property.

I never talked to them, don't know who they were (my neighbor did ask me about the shooting that night) but they've never EVER been back.

This is the part of shut your pie hole up on how you keep people off your property.

YOU are more than welcome to come on my property at night hunting coons without asking me

Have a range off your back porch with a couple of cans and some NV, you can always shoot at night. You can still hear the sonic crack though even with the can.

 

[Hay Dude]

Honestly, caught a couple of coon hunters and their dogs on my property without them asking me some years ago. Came across them sleeping in my bed at night and heard their dogs going off on my property.

So the coon hunters were sleeping in your bed?
Sorry, couldn’t resist, it's just funny to me…..

 

[WinterDeere]

So the coon hunters were sleeping in your bed?
Sorry, couldn’t resist, it's just funny to me…..

Well, mama sig's bed was too hard, and baby sig's bed was too soft. His was just right.

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

Here's to Conrad. Almost 10 years, and it still hurts.

 

[Jstpssng]

Here's to Conrad. Almost 10 years, and it still hurts.

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I had to look this up...You Kanuckians really need to work on your health insurance. (I'm not sure what that has to do with Animal Services and a dead raccoon)
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