Actually arrived in record time - 5:03 from Archbold, OH to CC Peppers (exit 25 of Ohio Turnpike is Archbold. Our drive is 372 miles. We made really good time!
CC Peppers down Waddle to a Sheetz to fill up truck with gas before game. Easiest in I have had in years going Waddle to Toftrees to Fox Hollow. Pulled up with no back ups and parked in back portion of RV lots. In our seats by 6:00.
Toftree's question; What is that place? Is it a municipality? A very large development? Seemed like apartments, condos, hotels, meeting and community centers. Had always heard of the place, but never drove through it. Quite expansive. Guessing EXpensive also.
Anyone have a guess as to the number of RVs there this weekend? I took a shot at 600.
Thanks again, WDLion,
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OL - Until WD chimes in, I can tell you a few things about Toftrees. I do not own property there but my best friend does.
I do not who the original developers were, but they really struck gold in the late 60's. It was really the first development outside State College Borough. They started with the golf course, which is very good. They had a resort hotel and the usual amenities, tennis, restaurants, etc.
Over time as PSU became more of a National university (thanks in no small part to some cranky guy who coached a little football), the place expanded. They built townhouses, apartment homes, and single-family homes.
It's pretty nice. You can't beat the location. But like anything else there are pluses and minuses. First of all there is a severe dearth of parking. You buy property there because you want convenience to the Stadium. So when you have a houseful of people in for the game - every one of your neighbors is doing the same thing, so there is no place to park.
The townhouses were built in the '70's with the low end construction materials and techniques of the time, so the owners today have higher than average maintenance. One thing I would like to see is a big tree removal program - the trees are way too dense around the buildings and you get a lot of debris and reduced life on your roof.
You have lots of apartment residents, young faculty, young professionals starting out. The equity properties, I'd say they are about 50-50 between year rounders and people who basically were in a position to buy a place for PSU activities. Many of them have a desire to return full time after they retire.
Average apartment rents are in a good range spread - $900 to $1500 plus. Townhouse properties are, IMO, high for what you get - average is in the neighborhood of $300 grand. Then again, all of the State College area has gotten very, very expensive. State College, Boalsburg, even Centre Hall average sales are $340 and up. Even if you are making low six figures, and a lot of people are, those kind of prices are a real stretch, unless you have a lot of equity built up in your present home. People do it of course, but me, I bought a small, easily affordable home and was able to bank fair cash through the years.
