Update

If we have not crossed paths in a while, he's the basic life changes I have made since leaving college.
I’m officially working for a company called Prolog in Palmerton, Pennsylvania (its about 40 minutes above Allentown/Bethlehem), and this past week was wasted looking for apartments down in that area... 

I wasn't surprised with the vast majority of places I visited, these land lords  think they have "diamonds in the ruff".  For 500 dollars a month you would think they could at least clean the carpets to make it look like its not some shady crack den.   

Luckily, through my travels I was able to find a place for 530 with everything included except cable and internet only a block away where I worked...   Its not the biggest place but not having to be concerned with the gas prices and walking to work will save a nice hunk of change weekly.   It also had a super market right next door, along with a subway, west coast video, local watering hole, and CVS pharmacy
I also found out that I'll be getting free internet and cable TV from my employer; so I’ll be saving even more once I am hired full time with Prolog....

So the job front is going great, the landlord also seemed cool, and insisted I get a two legged pet or female friend now that I'm new to the area. Its really a chore starting from scratch on the social front but my co workers are nice and I'm slowly building relationship at the office.  

Finally, once I get accustomed I will see if I can post some pictures of the area in the future so everyone can see how similar this town looks to a coal region town... 

That's it for now.