So, first off: schools. We just had a landmark legal case about how the legislature funds our school districts. We have a state constitutional right to a "thorough and efficient system of education." The judged ruled that the current system does not meet that standard.

We don't know how this will shake out, but a lot of rural and urban schools could be getting quite a bit more money.

Also, PA's School districts are NOT always county based. We can have a dozen or more districts within a single county. This means that school rivalries extend beyond athletics and go to how well a school is funding the education BECAUSE folks could, in some cases, just move a few houses down and be in a different district. Pennsylvanians also have a tendency to being fiercely defensive of our local control. We make Councils of Governments rather than consolidate Governments, so I have doubts the new school funding method will cause a tidal wave of consolidations because that's just not something we like to do.

That being said, if you still want the kids to go to a Catholic school, you are mostly looking at areas near the Anthracite coal region (Scranton to Pottsville or so) or the region that includes State College, Altoona, and Johnstown (we call ourself the Allegheny region, but that confuses people who think "Allegheny County" which is Pittsburgh).

You could also do the mountains close to the Lehigh Valley or near Harrisburg since there are Catholic schools there as well.