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Hey all I am planning to take a road trip from Toronto to the USA for some shopping and sightseeing this July 1st long weekend, I can only be gone for 2 days and am in need of suggestions, what are your suggestions? chicago? New Jersey? pennsylvania? Ive heard shopping is good in Pennsylvania, where in Pennsylvania should I go?

Welcome to the RTA Forum! I would think Chicago could be a nice choice. Its a fairly long drive, but it can be done in a day. However, Boston, or New York could be options that would likely be closer, as would Detroit or Cleveland. I'm not a big shopper, so I can't provide lots of help with specifics. I might avoid Philly this weekend, just because of the weather and flooding problems that have...

HI One of the outlet shopping areas in PA is Reading. It is near Lancaster, the Amish country. Michael is right about PA. The flooding is terrible. Many rivers are out of their banks. Philadelphia (on the Delaware R.) and Gettysburg (south of Harrisburg) are also two other nice places. Valley Forge, too, is just outside Phildadelphia. All three are full of US history - our founding fathers, ...

Thanks a lot guys, I just heard about the flooding in PA so thats a NO NO, im thinking maybe boston or buffalo, I heard there is an outlet mall area in buffalo thats good for some shopping, cleveland is also a good idea, thanks again, this is a great site.