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I think the entire state of West Virginia is overlooked.
It really is. There is some extreme poverty and despair in West Virginia, but a lot of the state is astoundingly beautiful scenery-wise. I found Charleston to be a surprisingly charming, pleasant little city.
Its by no means a Philadelphia or Pittsburgh, but the general Harrisburg area is very nice and offers the amenities of a larger city.
I know someone in New York who had to go to Harrisburg for work for a few months and people were like "omg" "im so sorry" "thats terrible".... as if it were Iraq or bumblebutt Mississippi.
Most of those people knew absolutely nothing about the city or area either.
I think Lancaster PA is another overlooked city, people think its just farms and Amish, its actually a bustling little area.
Hey, don't knock my homewtown (Bumblebutt, Mississippi), you meanie!!
Its by no means a Philadelphia or Pittsburgh, but the general Harrisburg area is very nice and offers the amenities of a larger city.
I know someone in New York who had to go to Harrisburg for work for a few months and people were like "omg" "im so sorry" "thats terrible".... as if it were Iraq or bumblebutt Mississippi.
Most of those people knew absolutely nothing about the city or area either.
I think Lancaster PA is another overlooked city, people think its just farms and Amish, its actually a bustling little area.
I agree with Harrisburg. It is a very small city, but definitely a substantial city. And being the seat of PA government, with a lot of satellite, spinoff industry, its daytime population swells well beyond most similar-sized metro areas, in terms of permanent residents.
But it's an interesting, attractive and historic small town. The old core area feels like it's a sliced-off piece of Philadelphia, like parts of Old City and Society Hill along with some historic structures, like Independence Hall, the old Merchant's Bank building and the beautiful old Corn Exchange Bank. There is a trendy old rowhouse, townhome district adjacent to 2nd Ave, the main restaurant/entertainment retail district of Harrisburg. The old time food marketplace is interesting and the location of core Harrisburg along the wide, attractive Susquehanna River enhances the entire city.
And it's compact and walkable. I travel there on business a couple times a year, and the few times I drive, I park the car and don't use it until I'm done. But I usually train over from Philly, which is much better. Trains get there inside 2 hours (about 1hr 45 mins) and the historic Harrisburg train station (now called "Transportation Center") is a few blocks walk from all the downtown hotels, businesses and government offices. A lot of state offices and related functions have moved across the river to Mechanicsburg, but cabs and Uber/Lyft are cheap and available... The recently upgraded, electrified Keystone Amtrak line to Philadelphia and NYC is fast and frequent enough (trains nearly every hour during the week) it's very much like a commuter train -- in fact many state govt workers commute in and out by both car and train ... mainly to nearby towns like Middletown, Elizabethtown and Lancaster, but some as far as Philadelphia and its suburbs, mainly to the west of Philly.
Because of the old architecture, historic, beautiful govt buildings (ie the State Capital and Supreme Court), along with lively 2nd Street and other interesting areas, H-burg is even attractive as a tourist town... and we've taken advantage of its charms. (and tasty Hershey, PA is just down the road!)...
I seriously doubt if Madison is thought of too much outside of Wisconsin. About the only times I hear Madison mentioned is in this CD forum or whenever University of Wisconsin happens to be playing a football or basketball game on tv. Otherwise I hear alot more about Milwaukee and Green Bay than Madison.
Not so. It (Madison) gets a lot of coverage here in Colorado. And CU doesn't play UWM in sports, so it's not that.
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