Thinking of relocating.

[knight0334]

There aren't many jobs in this neck of the woods. Elk County is known for their pressed and powdered metals and carbon businesses, but may of them took a hit when the auto industry folded 2-3 years ago. But as Karn Evil mentioned above, the natural gas industry is picking up.

If you dont have lingering debt, you should be able to get an average job to get by on. Housing is relatively cheap compared to a urban area. You can buy a single family house for as low as $20K if you look and are willing to do some work to it. Typically though, $30K to $60K is the ballpark for a 3bedroom house.

If you move out into the sticks with a smaller parcel you might be able to get a place cheaper - but at the expense of higher power costs for rural electric(REA) service, possibly no broadband, and no municipal water/sewage.

[Urbansniper]

The powdered metal industries did take a hit a while back, but, the company i work for is expanding, almost at a fever pitch, like it was said, being from ny i took the pa pay cut, but, if your a single person, and dont have four kids like me, you should do pretty good. There are some inadequacies with the area, but if you like peaceful living and pretty decent folks its not a bad area. I m glad that i moved from the vampire state of NY. If you have any questions feel free to PM me.