Rank Pennsylvania's Cities (Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg: crime, home, neighborhood)

[ki0eh]

Originally Posted by Ohiogirl81

Erie has a Great Lake (which seems to be news to very many people who have lived in Pennsylvania all their lives ... ).

Seems sometimes Erie is to PA what the U.P. is to Michigan. I've seen an hunting store in Tioga County called "PA's northernmost outfitter" and Lake Wallenpaupack called PA's largest.

Although I'm not much of a city person I'll call Pittsburgh far and away the most interesting. I think the only incorporated cities I could see myself living in are Pittsburgh or maybe St. Mary's. Or possibly the most populous Borough.

[danwxman]

I love Erie but I have to give the nod to Harrisburg, of course. The density, vibrancy and location of Harrisburg are top notch.

[LibraGirl123]

Originally Posted by Ohiogirl81

Erie has a Great Lake (which seems to be news to very many people who have lived in Pennsylvania all their lives ... ). That alone ranks it above the others.

And with a Great Lake comes lake-effect snow. Yowzers...

[rainrock]

Originally Posted by KoobleKar

That's about the most skewed possible way to prove that point! Pittsburgh is broken into 14 different zips.....and that's not even what I said. Wikipedia says that many of the Pittsburgh SUBURBS are the wealthiest (it doesn't mention anything about any percentage basis).

Lets try this one then.

2008 Household Median Income by County.

Bold designates state ranking

1.Chester(Philly)- $85,547
2Montgomery(Philly)-$77,973
3.Bucks(Philly) $75,701
4.Delaware(Philly) $64,688

Butler(Pitt) $57,398
Washington(Pitt)$50,791
Allegheny(Pitt)$48,778
WestMoreland(Pitt)$46,994
Beaver(Pitt) $45,393
Armstrong (Pitt) $41,055

MAYORS ranking??? Sorry but what does the Mayor of Tokyo know about cities in PA?

About the same thing that Wikipedia knows about wealth,Forbes knows about restaurants,or Rand McNally knows about livability.

Also, for some reason the name "Philadelphia" isn't even on the page you linked to.

Aside from that, you did say "9th largest metro in the world" which has nothing at all to do with what a bunch of Mayors think about who's the richest.

I said 9th largest metropolitan economy in the world.Heres the direct rankings link.Phillys economic output is 4x that of Pittsburgh.

http://www.citymayors.com/statistics...ties-2005.html

[KoobleKar]

Originally Posted by rainrock

About the same thing that Wikipedia knows about wealth,Forbes knows about restaurants,or Rand McNally knows about livability.

Wikipedia is an unbiased source with links to all the statistics to back-up what is written. In fact, if you contribute something false, it'll be challenged and removed. Probably why you never contribute there.

Forbes travel and leisure section is well known and highly regarded for such rankings.....CERTAINLY better than YOU just spewing that nonsense with not a thing to back it up. Philly's restaurants are better than places like New Orleans and San Francisco? Are you SERIOUS???

Rand McNally has been doing America's most livable city rankings for around 40 years. The criteria for them hasn't changed. You only diss it because Philly can't get anywhere near the top. It's just like how you call the US Dept of Labor unemployment figures "deceptive per capita rhetoric".

I said 9th largest metropolitan economy in the world.

Nope. You said in post #10, and I QUOTE you DIRECTLY...

Originally Posted by rainrock

Its the cultural core of the 9th largest metro in the world.

Nowhere do you mention "9th largest metropolitan economy" in that statement.

Now would you please allow people to discuss the ACTUAL TOPIC which involved cities like Erie, Harrisburg, and Scranton?

[afdude2018]

Watsontown

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Seriously though....Harrisburg is number one. Lived in Mechanicsburg(Hampden Township) and just loved the skyline whenever we had to make a trip to or through Harrisburg. Williamsport would make my list too, but I'm biased against BIG cities. I like the smaller cities, but that may come from spending the past few years away from the Northeast and in the Midwest and Southwest.

[Ohiogirl81]

Originally Posted by LibraGirl123

And with a Great Lake comes lake-effect snow. Yowzers...

I know ... Isn't it beautiful?

[rainrock]

Originally Posted by KoobleKar

Wikipedia is an unbiased source with links to all the statistics to back-up what is written. In fact, if you contribute something false, it'll be challenged and removed.

Incredulous. You attack my ironclad research (With Links) and then have the audacity to counter with this nonsense from wikipedia."

Really?

"Many of the top richest places in Pennsylvania are suburbs of Pittsburgh, located in Allegheny County.

Well if Pittsburgh has many of the top richest suburbs in Pennsylvania then lets just say Philadelphia has the Overwhelming Majority of the top richest suburbs in Pa..

[BjhMachine]

[quote=rainrock;14714268]Lets try this one then.

2008 Household Median Income by County.

Bold designates state ranking

1.Chester(Philly)- $85,547
2Montgomery(Philly)-$77,973
3.Bucks(Philly) $75,701
4.Delaware(Philly) $64,688

Butler(Pitt) $57,398
Washington(Pitt)$50,791
Allegheny(Pitt)$48,778
WestMoreland(Pitt)$46,994
Beaver(Pitt) $45,393
Armstrong (Pitt) $41,055


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This is interesting. In between the Philly metro median household income average ($77,800) and Pittsburgh ($62,500) are all four South Central PA metro areas. (This info from Fannie Mae's 2009-10 research (https://www.efanniemae.com/sf/refmaterials/hudmedinc/hudincomeresults.jsp?STATE=PA&choice=county&CITY=& FormsButton1=Search - broken link)):

Harrisburg (Cumberland, Dauphin, Perry Co's) $70,300
Lancaster (Lancaster only) $67,400
York (York only) $67,200
Lebanon (Lebanon only) $63,900

[Mr Yuk]

1. Pittsburgh
2. Philadelphia
3. Scranton
4. Bethlehem
5. Erie