Threads Pertaining To People Disliking PA (Philadelphia, Pittsburgh: employment, best school, contractor)

[JHG722]

Originally Posted by StuckPA

So do you and awesomo take shifts here? I know you can't be the same person as you're apparently on bookends of the state and neither would probably even be familiar about each other's suburban neighborhoods...

Geography is a big interest of mine, so even though I've never been to the Burgh, I know the neighborhoods/schools relatively well.

[StuckPA]

Originally Posted by Stephanie P

I will not let the negative posts here get me down.

That's a proper response. If one has enough real confidence in their area then they wouldn't spend most of their time trying to knock down every criticism of the place,which truthfully I've only seen with this place so far.
Although it was observed this place has one of the largest concentrations of lawyers in the country so that might have something to do with it...just brushing up

[HeadedWest]

Originally Posted by nocturnal rooster

Went from NEPA (Hazleton to W-B area, moved around there alot, didn't like it), then went to Harrisburg area, still hated it. People were more rude and wages didn't pay.

Sounds like the problem is you more than your location.

[nocturnal rooster]

Originally Posted by HeadedWest

Sounds like the problem is you more than your location.

OK pal. Whatever helps you sleep better at night.

[StuckPA]

Originally Posted by nocturnal rooster

OK pal. Whatever helps you sleep better at night.

Ya remember roost...you're in PA,everything is YOU!

[nocturnal rooster]

Well of course! If you hate PA, then you hate America!

[laxguy]

Nocturnal rooster, I Completely agree. I lived in Upper Darby and while the people are ok it was a dump and Harrisburg people seriously could not get any more rude and the wages are a joke.

[IHATEPA!!!]

Sorry for not posting more to this thread in so long, just had a tough time getting around to it.

To be honest, there is not a whole lot more that I can say that hasn't been said already by me on this board as to why I dislike PA. That's another reason why I haven't said anything else until now.

I still feel that most pro-PA people look at this state through rose colored glasses, and have poor social skills. And this shows in the sense that most PA residents seem angry and/or depressed the majority of the time. Yet, they will defend this state to the death when someone actually has the guts to come out and say that they dislike PA. I suspect sometimes that alot of Pennsylvanians secretly don't like it here and want to leave, but act as thought they like PA so as not to ruffle any feathers. I, on the other hand, have always felt that I need to be honest when it comes to things like this.

Plus, all of the economic depression and crappy weather play a role too. The last two spring seasons here in PA, for example, have been nothing but gray and rainy. Always raining or threatening to rain. Today is actually pretty nice and sunny. Hopefully we'll buck the trend and it'll stay that way. But, given dismal PA weather, we'll likely see gray and rainy soon enough.

Yes, there are places with worse economies, worse weather, worse people(although not much worse!). But, it is said that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. And these things cumulatively make PA the septic tank of the nation.

If you like it here, great! That is YOUR choice! Just like the things outlined above are mine.

[Unstable]

Originally Posted by IHATEPA!!!

-Seniors who continually act like "grumpy old men(or women)" that think the 1950's were so much better. Tend to be bitter, opinionated, and so tight with a buck that when they open their wallet, George Washington squints at the light.

-Country people who live and act like "poor white trash". Y'know, can't hold a job, abuse gov't and state welfare programs, conceive kids at an alarming rate when they can't even BEGIN to afford them, almost always in some kind of trouble with the law, etc.. Usually live in some trailer park way up in the mountains or back in the woods. Have no self-respect or dignity, and it shows in their actions and the way they live their lives.

-Industrial laborers who are so into the blue collar macho tough guy lifestyle that their job isn't just their job, it's their whole life and identity. Spend a good bit of their off time at the bar, club, VFW, etc. drinking. Sometimes show bully tendencies and pick fights with people. A prime example is construction workers here working on PA's badly deteriorated roads. Always cursing, telling dirty jokes, sometimes even outright picking on and mocking motorists who are stopped in their workzones.

What confuses me is that there is exactly no need for you to encounter any of these people. Yes, we have these people. Many members of each of the groups you identify will vigorously defend their lifestyle. Are they forcing their lifestyles on to you? Other states have such people too. This entire thing reads like a poorly-thought out stereotype.

[Unstable]

Originally Posted by IHATEPA!!!

I still feel that most pro-PA people look at this state through rose colored glasses.

Of course we do. It's our home. Can you blame us? You're looking through mud-covered glasses.

and have poor social skills.

Sir. This is a vicious ad hominem, and it has no place in a thread meant to be reasonable. If you want to know why threads get closed, I would say that comments like this one are a perfect example.