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Old 04-20-2012, 09:03 PM
 
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Originally Posted by OptimusPrime69 View Post
the OP's description of the state makes it sound awful

fishing? redneck-ish? camp fires? what the.....?

and exclude philly? uhhhh isn't philly the largest population center in PA? isn't it like one of the largest population centers on the entire east coast? but according to you....we'll just skip over that minor little philly detail.... they dont count. .. they dont count because they dont fit into your lame description of the state... because ur description of the state does not accurately describe PA..... hence the reason we skip over Philly.


and PA does not invoke southerness....at all.
I really love the intellegence of some of the responses I am recieving. I am not bashing PA. It an outdoorsy state. Sorry buddy. Second of I meant exclude Phily from all the outdoorsy stuff. Furthermore, PA does have rednecks, what do you think coal crackers are? Steel worker? People need to really keep quite if they have no clue. Apparently your not from PA and you don't have a clue.

 
Old 04-20-2012, 09:20 PM
 
Location: Pa
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The other states look down on Pa because they are the states above us ....duh. New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Maine?
 
Old 04-20-2012, 09:29 PM
 
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The other states look down on Pa because they are the states above us ....duh. New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Maine?
This question is getting a lot of negative responses, which really wasn't my intention...lol. Thanks for the humor. I think PA has alot in common with all three of the regions that surround it, don't ya think. I mean come on, I wear cowboy boots, live near a bunch of corn fields and also know right were to get a good slice. I don't think it gets much better than that.
 
Old 04-21-2012, 12:03 AM
 
Location: Philly
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Originally Posted by scottyg354 View Post
This question is getting a lot of negative responses, which really wasn't my intention...lol. Thanks for the humor. I think PA has alot in common with all three of the regions that surround it, don't ya think. I mean come on, I wear cowboy boots, live near a bunch of corn fields and also know right were to get a good slice. I don't think it gets much better than that.
mmm...sweet corn, tasty slice
 
Old 04-21-2012, 12:32 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh, USA
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We aren't looked down upon by any other state.

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Old 04-21-2012, 03:19 AM
 
Location: S.W.PA
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Originally Posted by scottyg354 View Post
This question is getting a lot of negative responses, which really wasn't my intention...lol. Thanks for the humor. I think PA has alot in common with all three of the regions that surround it, don't ya think. I mean come on, I wear cowboy boots, live near a bunch of corn fields and also know right were to get a good slice. I don't think it gets much better than that.
Well, I guess you hit a nerve. Possibly a sign of PA sensitivity? Having lived in PA, NJ, and NY, I have to agree with you. PA is the rural hinterlands relatively speaking. Economically speaking it is quite a bit below NJ and somewhat below NY in cost of living, which is a sign of its status. And I think its perfectly logical to point out that Philadelphia is "different". Geologically speaking, its really more like NJ- by which I mean it is within a very fertile if not small region of flat agricultural land outside of the mining and logging region of the Appalachian formation that makes up most of the state.
It should be noted that from the other side of the state (Ohio and WVA) PA is viewed as a step up.
Personally I don't care much what the perception is. I love PA's rugged interior as well as its cities.
 
Old 04-21-2012, 06:02 AM
 
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steve06, NYC is not New York State and not all of NJ is more expensive then all of PA. I've lived in upstate NY and it's quite a bit like the Northern tier of PA, or the northwestern tip of NJ. South Jersey is, in parts, just as rural as parts of PA. Pennsylvania is "rural hinterlands"?? Have you looked at a map of the US? North Dakota is the rural hinterlands....
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Old 04-21-2012, 06:04 AM
 
Location: Pennsylvania
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Some people look down on other lifestyles, so there probably are urban/suburbanites from other states who look down on rural aspects of Pennsylvania, but it is more about lifestyle than state. There are plenty of rural areas in these other states as well. The OP knows this (which is why he left Philly out) and also knew he'd get more of a reaction by wording it the way he did.
 
Old 04-21-2012, 07:00 AM
 
Location: Silver Spring, MD/Washington DC
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I have no idea where the title of this thread came from, because I've NEVER gotten the sense that people from other states look down on Pennsylvania. Some of those people may look down on rural life, and because Pennsylvania has a larger rural population than any other U.S. state, there may be segments of the state's population that are looked down upon, but urban people looking down on rural people is something that happens in every state. (Of course, the reverse also happens, but probably not quite as much.) I wouldn't be surprised if people from the NYC area look down on people who live in rural, upstate New York either.
 
Old 04-21-2012, 07:11 AM
 
Location: New York
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Fishing, hunting, camping are not "redneck" activities. For an example, my father does all three while wearing a yankees hat and speaking with a thick as hell new york accent. He's liberal with his politics and is the personification of the "east coast" mindset. While he is just one example there are hundreds of thousands of northeasterners just like him. The south does not have a monopoly on liking the outdoors.

Also, I lived in new jersey and new york all my life and have never looked down on PA.
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