Living in Hershey, Pennsylvania sure has its perks. The close attractions and liveliness are just right down the road from the place you go to bed each night. The area of Hershey is centrally located, everywhere you could want to go, is equidistant from this not so small town, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, New Jersey and its beaches, New York and Maryland are all just a short drive away. Hershey also provides its residents with glimpses at all four seasons and a variety of weather.
But despite all of that, here is five things that make Hershey, PA a little sour:
1. Tourist
With Hershey Park, the Hershey Gardens, the Hershey Theater the Giant Center, the Hershey Park Arena, Chocolate World and the Hershey Stadium, Zoo America and the Hershey Hotel and Spa, plus a few others, Hershey draws in more than enough attraction to its guests, all year round. There always seems to be something going on, and the town never seems to have any slow days.
2. Traffic
With all the tourists, even the locals find themselves sitting in traffic on Hershey Park Dr, 743, Route 39 or in the next city over, Hummelstown. In every season, the locals have to plan accordingly, to make sure they don't hit the tremendous traffic just to go run a few errands. And with that, there's always an abundance of road work occurring, because the 'Sweetest Place on Earth' needs the best road ays.
3. Expensiveness
Everywhere you go, if it sits in the Hershey area, you'll most likely be paying $20 for a cheeseburger, fries and a drink. Goods and services near Hershey, are noticeably more expensive than those in the surrounding areas; and people pay it, because they're in Hershey.
4. Deceiving Smell
When I first moved here, it did smell like chocolate, but, a little while back, the Hershey Chocolate factory was demolished, which the smokestacks are no longer here, and now, the city doesn't smell like chocolate at all, and on the days it rains, you can heavily smell the Hershey sewage plant.
5. A True Monopoly
Almost everything in Hershey is owned by HERCO, and there is very little room for small businesses to take charge in this town. The town is only so big, and the HERCO most of the land, so they use it accordingly, and over the years, the space they have left to use, has completely dwindled down.
But, despite all of this, I'm happy I get the chance to live in the "Sweetest Place on Earth", and I don't mind it being a little sour sometimes, I mean it can't always be so sweet.
