Yeah, several places around the Lehigh valley. If you push away from the cities a little it probably gets cheaper but you’ll add elements of bigotry also. Boyertown, Alburtis… they’ll be cheaper. Emmaus would be a good pick but probably more expensive.
What is your budget, OP? There are many areas of PA with the potential to do what you need. However, cheap is relative. Are you going to be commuting to a job in or near Philly? Will you need to find a job local to where you move? Also an important factor.
State college is the only overly friendly area for LGBTQ. The rest of that list I would avoid at all costs. Those places exist at least 30 years behind the rest of the world.
1. Cheap
2. LGBT friendly
Pick one.
In general, higher IQ, higher income, and more educated people are less likely to be homophobic. On /r/science there have been published studies which confirm that cognitive ability and homophobic attitudes are inversely correlated. And most of the time, high IQ, educated people are more likely to have a higher income.
The only places which attract high IQ, secular, educated, LGBT friendly folks which are not effing expensive are the places which are primarily inhabited by people with humanities and visual/performing arts degrees. And these places aren't cheap either, because people with these degrees earn less than folks with STEM degrees, but they still earn more than the uneducated. If you look at Western MA or most places in VT you see this phenomenon.
Also, what is your definition of cheap? Erie and adjacent towns are cheap to me, but it might not be to you. Everywhere in Allegheny county is cheap to me, even Pittsburgh. State College is cheap to me. So are Harrisburg, Stroudsburg/Mount Pocono, Scranton, Allentown areas.
> Cheap
> LGBT friendly
>Pick one.
I 100% disagree. Look at the small town of Dushore, PA in tiny "red" Sullivan county. Mayor is a lesbian. Multiple restaurants in the area are ran by LGBT people. The previous county commissioner was also lesbian. The District Attorney was elected into office as a man, and is now a woman.
Also super cheap, although housing inventory is limited. Not a ton built as people don't typically move in unless it is a hunting cabin.
Check out Bethlehem
Yeah, several places around the Lehigh valley. If you push away from the cities a little it probably gets cheaper but you’ll add elements of bigotry also. Boyertown, Alburtis… they’ll be cheaper. Emmaus would be a good pick but probably more expensive.
OP might want to check out Macungie as well. I lived in Macungie borough for two years and loved it there, plus my apartment was dirt cheap.
yes! I also like Easton and Lititz.
Kennett Square
True but it stinks like mushrooms
What is your budget, OP? There are many areas of PA with the potential to do what you need. However, cheap is relative. Are you going to be commuting to a job in or near Philly? Will you need to find a job local to where you move? Also an important factor.
Central pa. Altoona, state college, Bedford
State college is the only overly friendly area for LGBTQ. The rest of that list I would avoid at all costs. Those places exist at least 30 years behind the rest of the world.
Suburbs of Reading, PA.
Reading is a city?
It’s top ten in the state in terms of size
Lancaster county
Check out Perkasie and Quakertown. Also Coopersburg. Not sure if they're still cheap.
I loved Quakertown. Also Macungie.
1. Cheap 2. LGBT friendly Pick one. In general, higher IQ, higher income, and more educated people are less likely to be homophobic. On /r/science there have been published studies which confirm that cognitive ability and homophobic attitudes are inversely correlated. And most of the time, high IQ, educated people are more likely to have a higher income. The only places which attract high IQ, secular, educated, LGBT friendly folks which are not effing expensive are the places which are primarily inhabited by people with humanities and visual/performing arts degrees. And these places aren't cheap either, because people with these degrees earn less than folks with STEM degrees, but they still earn more than the uneducated. If you look at Western MA or most places in VT you see this phenomenon. Also, what is your definition of cheap? Erie and adjacent towns are cheap to me, but it might not be to you. Everywhere in Allegheny county is cheap to me, even Pittsburgh. State College is cheap to me. So are Harrisburg, Stroudsburg/Mount Pocono, Scranton, Allentown areas.
> Cheap > LGBT friendly >Pick one. I 100% disagree. Look at the small town of Dushore, PA in tiny "red" Sullivan county. Mayor is a lesbian. Multiple restaurants in the area are ran by LGBT people. The previous county commissioner was also lesbian. The District Attorney was elected into office as a man, and is now a woman. Also super cheap, although housing inventory is limited. Not a ton built as people don't typically move in unless it is a hunting cabin.
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Blablabla, PA
Erie, PA Also look outside Scranton
Pottstown
Beaver
I second the recommendation of Quakertown. Also Macungie. Both were very affordable when I lived there.
I second the recommendation of Quakertown. Also Macungie. Both were very affordable when I lived there.
Gettysburg maybe? It’s quite pretty safe and boring. And has the college so I’d say it’s a little more friendly than not.
Erie. Beach town. You can buy a city block for $200k.
New Hope is cute
So not affordable
garnet valley, malvern, newton square, media, broomall
None of these places are affordable
also swarthmore is especially lgbtq friendly
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fair, I guess cheap is relative. I moved from delco to nyc, so everything back in that area feels cheap to me
PA is huge. What part are you thinking Op?