I'm in Bethlehem, PA right now. www.bethlehempaonline. Check out the "Seniors" section. Lehigh University is on the South side of town, with all the seedy bars and frat houses, all the retirement homes and the historic district are on the North side, where I live and work. It's a cute town, but I don't want to stay here forever. The problem is, my husband and I both have jobs that we love 15 blocks from our house, so I don't know if we're going to be leaving soon.
Although I hear the shore is a nice place to live... ;)
Oh my gosh...when we went to PA in September, we drove right THROUGH Bethlehem!! We went to Nazareth too, and stayed with some friends in Lansdale. How close are you to those areas?
Nazareth is about 25 minutes from me; it's much worse then Bethlehem. It's hick-central out there. Lansdale is pretty cool, it's about 40 minutes.
what's with all the bible city names over there?
Bethlehem is the Christmas City. Jesus was born here on December 25th.
i bet they go all out for christmas too, as if it really were bethelem
yeah? you think they chill all day in mangers and look at the stars to guide them?
They really do go to a disgusting degree. There's decorations all over town and "reenactments" of Jesus' birth. Plus, there's a huge star on the side of a mountain all year round that's supposed to be the famous star of Bethlehem that lead the wisemen to baby Jesus. All this crap and they can't fix pot holes in the streets.
Aren't there stars on signs, or something to that degree, directing you to the big star or something? I remember a star.....I KNOW I do...hehehe.
Yeah, they're all over the place. This town is so proud of that piece of metal and glass.
Yep...we drove right through there, if I remember correctly. :)
Hey, do you know Paige and Tim Maykut (Maycut?). They live in Bethlehem, too. My husband grew up with Paige and her parents, Pat & Henry Willouer.
No, that doesn't sound familiar. There's like 3 congregations in town, though, so they might be in one of the other ones.
Oh, ok. Just wondering, 'cause they are the only ones I remember meetin while we were there.