I am responding to the letter from Wycombe, “Does Anybody Care,” May 19.
The writer states that before moving to Pennsylvania she lived in Hudson County, N.J., communities and that the drivers were courteous there, and she is in shock with the way Pennsylvania folks drive in her community in Wycombe to the point of feeling unsafe.
I moved here from the North Jersey urban area 35 years ago, and it took about two years to realize how to view the New York/New Jersey lifestyle from the outside looking in. I loved the Pennsylvania lifestyle of nicer folks who are not aggressive and not “over to top, everything is an emergency” attitudes.
In fact, it was so nice in Pennsylvania that you never had to “bid up” to buy a home before the NJ/NYers arrived and inflated our homes so our children couldn’t afford to move nearby.
I know, and have seen, and have recognized who and what is driving with disrespect and self-absorbed attitudes. It’s the NJ/NY types who have moved into your neighborhood or community. First, I see the NJ/NY plates, then three months later the same reckless drivers in the same cars have Pa. plates.
Sorry to say Ms. Adkins, but you didn’t do your research, and your aggressive -over the top accusations are wrong. After you’ve been here a few years you’ll realize what I’m saying.
Ultra-urban Hudson County has a stop light and stop sign every 20 feet. So maybe Ms. Adkins is used to slow drivers because of that. But she moved to rural/suburban Wycombe area, where it’s more open, and yes, folks do drive faster than she’s used to because the roads are made for that. And the one BIG thing that amazed me when I moved to Pennsylvania, is that at four-way stop intersections, everyone is courteous to allow every other driver to go. Even in Philadelphia it happens.
That is unheard of especially in urban North Jersey. Basically, it’s a lawless aggressive free-for-all.
James Buclary, Doylestown
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