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Moved into my apartment in Scranton. Pretty sweet.
A large 1-bedroom about a mile from downtown and about a quarter-mile from the "wilderness," if anything can be called real wilderness in Pennsylvania.
At any rate, I have about 40km2 of state forest south of my apartment with a trailhead accessing it almost visible from my living room.
It is an exciting time here in Scranton as they recently held a mayoral election because the previous mayor was arrested by the FBI and found guilty on corruption charges.
And who won the race for mayor? A former Obama staffer whom the Lackawanna Democrats decided not to make their candidate. So, SHE ran as an independent. She's inherited a big mess as the city has had to deal with significant corruption over the years, which seems to happen when one party dominants local politics.
At any rate, it's shaken things up here and there have already been significant changes since several other city employees have been found out for corruption. It'll be exciting to see where this rust belt story goes.
I'm just happy I get a huge forest to train in while I watch (and maybe participate) in all of it.