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Old 09-13-2015, 01:25 PM
 
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Famous sayings about Pennsylvania ...

"There's Philly in the east, the 'Burgh in the west, and Alabama in the middle."

(It's totally bogus and untrue BTW)
It was "Philly--Pennsyltucky--P'Burgh" when I was there . . .
Anything in between Philly and Pittsburgh = Pennsyltucky
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Old 09-13-2015, 02:07 PM
 
Location: back in Philadelphia!
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Is that true?
Talking about good ol Charlie Robertson.
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Old 09-13-2015, 02:57 PM
 
Location: University City, Philadelphia
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It was "Philly--Pennsyltucky--P'Burgh" when I was there . . .
Anything in between Philly and Pittsburgh = Pennsyltucky
The exact quote, according to Wikipedia, was by political analyst James Carville. Speaking at Franklin and Marshall College he was quoted as saying "Pennsylvania is Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with Alabama in the middle." No mention of Pennsyltucky.
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Old 09-13-2015, 07:25 PM
 
Location: New York City
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The exact quote, according to Wikipedia, was by political analyst James Carville. Speaking at Franklin and Marshall College he was quoted as saying "Pennsylvania is Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with Alabama in the middle." No mention of Pennsyltucky.
This is actually a common misquote of what he actually said.

His actual quote was...

"Between Paoli and Penn Hills, Pennsylvania is Alabama without the blacks. They didn't film The Deer Hunter there for nothing -- the state has the second-highest concentration of NRA members, behind Texas."
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Old 09-14-2015, 06:37 AM
 
Location: New York City
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Famous sayings about Pennsylvania ...

"There's Philly in the east, the 'Burgh in the west, and Alabama in the middle."

(It's totally bogus and untrue BTW)
While central PA is very rural with confederate flag flyers, it is nothing like the backwoods of Alabama or Kentucky, those places are downright scary for a northern city slicker like me.
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Old 12-05-2015, 02:04 AM
 
Location: Wherever I May Roam...
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I have to opine on this. Although far from Pgh. and Philly, I wouldn't consider Erie to be "Pennsyltucky" or "Alabama", either. Well, the CITY of Erie, that is. Go south of Interstate 90, into Summit Township, Waterford, Union City, and Corry, and it's a whole different story...
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Old 12-30-2015, 11:52 PM
 
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Granted, a recent mayor of York, PA (right in the middle) was a Klan member....

As a native Alabamian I resemble that remark above ( The comment about Central PA being referred to as Alabama, NOT the comment directly above referring to the Klan. )

Actually I have more often heard Central PA referred to as Pennsyltucky.

I've visited both Pittsburgh and Philadelphia a few times but not enough to comment here about my perceived differences/similarities and don't have any gripes about Pittsburgh or Philly to chime in on.

Carpe
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Old 12-31-2015, 03:32 PM
 
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While central PA is very rural with confederate flag flyers, it is nothing like the backwoods of Alabama or Kentucky, those places are downright scary for a northern city slicker like me.
Ive lived in both. And in Vermont further up. To me, there is nothing scarier than a northern redneck. TN rednecks come close, but KY rednecks don't hold a candle to what is up around Wilkes Barre or outside of Allentown. Vermont too . . . Angry rednecks who hate everyone and want to secede. Not sure where the "hippy" stuff comes from Everyone has their own version of Wrong Turn. All rural places have a certain element of provincialism that suburban or city people call "redneck".
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Old 12-31-2015, 04:00 PM
 
Location: East Central Pennsylvania/ Chicago for 6yrs.
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In reading just a couple pages of the thread. All I can say is.... YEE HAW.... GOLLY GEE AND LETS GO 4-WHEELING UP DEM DAR MOUNTIANS...... We good ole boys gota burn sum thread. YEE HAW.

Living just East of the Susquehanna. Its more small city after another... with farms and suburban-like areas in between.
Even some Mennonites on farms are far from hillbilly types insinuated in this thread and regular farmers too. There are really no mountain folk as you might see in parts of Tennessee/Kentucky. A Few good ole boys......

But with all the ex-Philadelphian poor and lower middle class moving into ALL THE SMALL TOWNS AROUND ME FOR CHEAPER OLD STOCK ROW-HOMES and from the NYC Boroughs too. Its HARD TO TELL THE PHILLY GOOD OLD BOYS FROM LOCALS? Though... and No, I'm in NO WAY exaggerating the amount of their influx.... honestly.
Ohhh... and I never heard the term here... "Pennsyltucky" either.... But then.... the thread is NOT about what is BETWEEN Pittsburgh and Philly...

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Old 12-31-2015, 04:56 PM
 
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It was "Philly--Pennsyltucky--P'Burgh" when I was there . . .
Anything in between Philly and Pittsburgh = Pennsyltucky
Maybe the rural areas. But the inner cities of Allentown, Reading, Bethlehem, Harrisburg, Scranton, Hazleton, York, Erie, and Lancaster dont resemble the south at all. With the exception of Erie which feels like the eastern Midwest like Buffalo or Cleveland, the rest of these cities feel very Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic, almost like Baltimore or Newark NJ.
Maybe when ppl say things about PA resembling the south, they mean western PA outside of Pittsburgh and Erie, or northern PA between Erie and Scranton.
Eastern PA and south-central PA (Harrisburg/York on eastward) is nothing like the south, its the center of the Northeast megapolis and upper Mid-Atlantic region.
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