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PCIntern

(25,467 posts)
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 07:16 AM Aug 2019

I'm considering buying Philadelphia with an eye towards

the acquisition of Pennsylvania and eventual expansion to South Jersey including most of the Shore Points.

I’m thinking about it. I’ll let you know what I decide in the near future.

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I'm considering buying Philadelphia with an eye towards (Original Post) PCIntern Aug 2019 OP
It comes with a great bell. LOL. Vinca Aug 2019 #1
Meh, it's broken... Wounded Bear Aug 2019 #23
That's a big decision Delarage Aug 2019 #2
That would be a nice piece of territory for you! Perhaps expansion into NYC could also be considered RKP5637 Aug 2019 #3
Shrewd decision bucolic_frolic Aug 2019 #4
You should start smaller. If you like, rateyes Aug 2019 #5
All I can afford right now is an iceberg but insurance won't cover if it melts. Maggiemayhem Aug 2019 #6
May surprise some of our snowbird neighbors, but I've taken a fancy to Hortensis Aug 2019 #7
I know a Russian bank that'll lend to you. Nt PCIntern Aug 2019 #8
It's those hidden costs that worry me. Hortensis Aug 2019 #9
They might take your soul as payment IronLionZion Aug 2019 #18
Lol. For sure the soul. Hortensis Aug 2019 #24
you'll have to pry my cheesesteak hoagie out of my cold dead hands! nt Javaman Aug 2019 #10
There was a theory during the Vietnam war; just buy them off. gordianot Aug 2019 #11
One question..... Pat's or Geno's? Roland99 Aug 2019 #12
Jim's. PCIntern Aug 2019 #26
Correct jberryhill Aug 2019 #33
Lol. The world is like a Monopoly board to MF45. ananda Aug 2019 #13
I'm going for the Boardwalk/Park Place tandem. I'll make a killing. brush Aug 2019 #28
Much better distraction than Greenland. KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2019 #14
I was about to petition Queen Elizabeth II to recolonize America... mwooldri Aug 2019 #15
I wish we never left IronLionZion Aug 2019 #19
You ain't gettin' my place in Cape May😁. Okay, it's not in town-on the other side of the canal. cornball 24 Aug 2019 #16
And corner the cheese steak market IronLionZion Aug 2019 #17
Don't forget to include Delaware too BumRushDaShow Aug 2019 #20
The whole Jersey Shore???? That means buying a fortune in Beach Badges every summer. Mars and Minerva Aug 2019 #21
Tell Trump that I'm putting the North Pole up for sale after Christmas world wide wally Aug 2019 #22
I've got three houses and a hotel there. Codeine Aug 2019 #25
What, you forgot about Bowling Green? underpants Aug 2019 #27
Annoyingly, cable news anchors made like it was just a little far-fetched. empedocles Aug 2019 #29
Nah, go after Greenland. ooky Aug 2019 #30
Even the land is white IronLionZion Aug 2019 #31
Can I be Burgermeister, Historic NY Aug 2019 #32
Will you keep the cheese steaks? HipChick Aug 2019 #34
People think small. MicaelS Aug 2019 #35

bucolic_frolic

(43,027 posts)
4. Shrewd decision
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 07:41 AM
Aug 2019

The birthplace of liberty would never even know if it was pregnant, so you could have it for a song!

rateyes

(17,438 posts)
5. You should start smaller. If you like,
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 07:48 AM
Aug 2019

I have a bridge in Brooklyn that I am willing to sell, for the right price.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
7. May surprise some of our snowbird neighbors, but I've taken a fancy to
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 07:59 AM
Aug 2019

upper NY state, upper Hudson Valley, Mohawk, all the way west. We winter in Florida anyway. I like the lower Hudson Valley and its location, of course, but I don't think we can afford it.

gordianot

(15,232 posts)
11. There was a theory during the Vietnam war; just buy them off.
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 09:12 AM
Aug 2019

It cost up to a million dollars for each North Vietnamese soldier killed, just buy them off instead. If Russian trolls can buy neglected red States with aluminum mills why not let the Orange haired madman buy Greenland?

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,488 posts)
14. Much better distraction than Greenland.
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 09:18 AM
Aug 2019

Prepare yourself for a press invasion at your doorstep at any minute.......

mwooldri

(10,299 posts)
15. I was about to petition Queen Elizabeth II to recolonize America...
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 09:28 AM
Aug 2019

But sadly a little thing called Brexit is getting in the way... Maybe at a later time, I'll let you know...

BumRushDaShow

(128,384 posts)
20. Don't forget to include Delaware too
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 09:57 AM
Aug 2019

for easy access from the Delaware River out to the Delaware Bay (and to include those beaches and Ferry access)!!!!

Mars and Minerva

(369 posts)
21. The whole Jersey Shore???? That means buying a fortune in Beach Badges every summer.
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 10:06 AM
Aug 2019

And believe me...you do need those stinking badges!

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
29. Annoyingly, cable news anchors made like it was just a little far-fetched.
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 10:23 AM
Aug 2019

Left guests totally ridiculed the idea of buying Greenland.

MicaelS

(8,747 posts)
35. People think small.
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 12:10 PM
Aug 2019

We should annex all of Mexico and Central America. Then are immigration problem will be over.

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