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Carlisle is a borough in and the county seat of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The name is locally pronounced as in British English with emphasis on the second syllable . Carlisle is located within the Cumberland Valley, a highly productive agricultural region. As of the 2010 census, the borough population was 18,682; the estimated population as of 2014 was 18,916. Including suburbs in the neighboring townships, 37,695 live in the Carlisle urban cluster. Carlisle is an suburb of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to the east.
Carlisle is the slightly smaller principal city of the Harrisburg−Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Cumberland, Dauphin, and Perry counties in South Central Pennsylvania. In 2010, Forbes rated Carlisle and Harrisburg the second-best place to raise a family.
The U.S. Army War College, located at the Carlisle Barracks, prepares high-level military personnel and civilians for strategic leadership responsibilities. Carlisle Barracks ranks among the oldest U.S. Army installations and the most senior military educational institution in the United States Army. Carlisle Barracks is home of the United States Army Heritage and Education Center, an archives and museum complex open to the public.
Carlisle also hosts Dickinson College and Penn State Dickinson School of Law. Ahold's U.S. headquarters are in Carlisle.

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Has a lot of varied job opportunities especially in the warehouse and medical fields. Close proximity to many tourist and historical sites.

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Friendly people. Lots of things to do.

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Relatively age friendly. Seniors overlooked often.

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I noticed the Carlisle Harrisburg area is not friendly to older workers I have worked temp jobs in the Pittsburgh are and find they are more friendly to older employees and value the experience in life or workplace. I grew up in Harrisburg and went to college in Pittsburgh and live there 6 years. Pittsburgh population for two decades lost young people due to the lost of many Steel Industry jobs. Now younger people are staying and the area has many white collar and health care jobs. Harrisburg is a state capital and industry is booming and the internet is lowering the dependence on government workers.

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