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Yes, but the volumes of each is more similar to Ohio in my opinion.
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Flat farmlands in PA? LOL. How hard did you have to search to find one?
Probably 60% of Ohio is actual flat farmlands. I'd say you'd be hard pressed to find even one decent sized flat farmland area in PA. And most farms I've seen in PA are small, not the vast prarie-like cornfields of Ohio. Maybe you just have a different standard for flat.
Western Pennsylvania without question is more similar to Eastern Ohio. The rest of Pennsylvania is a combination of Upstate New York and Maryland (excluding Southern Maryland).
Lancaster County stands out the most... Dutch, Amish and other Mennonite communities settled in one specific region. The area is pretty distinct there's really no equivalent in either state. Something else to consider that sets PA apart is the amount of Polish ancestry.
Lancaster County stands out the most... Dutch, Amish and other Mennonite communities settled in one specific region. The area is pretty distinct there's really no equivalent in either state. Something else to consider that sets PA apart is the amount of Polish ancestry.
The Amish have certainly migrated to other states (I know there's a number in Upstate NY, and some have even gone as far as Maine!) But the Lancaster, PA Amish and Mennonites are super-OG. Very deep roots in that area since the days of the Anabaptists arriving from Europe in the 1700s. It's more fundamental to the identity of Lancaster County than anywhere else in the US, for sure.
This doesn't answer the question of the thread . Which is more like PA as a whole, Maryland or Ohio?
Maryland probably is because western Maryland is a lot like Western/Northern PA, and Eastern Maryland similar to southeastern PA. But the majority of Ohio, is not like most of PA. Only the eastern 1/3 of Ohio resembles PA much at all. middle and western Ohio (which is most of the state) have little in common with any of PA.
The Amish have certainly migrated to other states (I know there's a number in Upstate NY, and some have even gone as far as Maine!) But the Lancaster, PA Amish and Mennonites are super-OG. Very deep roots in that area since the days of the Anabaptists arriving from Europe in the 1700s. It's more fundamental to the identity of Lancaster County than anywhere else in the US, for sure.
I forgot to mention that German heritage is evident in the foods and beer throughout the whole state. Jzier
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Pennsylvania is sort of like if you mixed mostly New York, with a bit of West Virginia, together in a test tube.
Neither Ohio nor Maryland are really like PA in my opinion. PA is most like New York, just without as large of a megacity. And some rural parts of PA outside of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and other cities, can be like West Virginia in terms of Appalachia/rural interior areas.
The main thing is that PA has two *major* urban cities, and a bunch of small (but mighty) cities in between.
Ohio is more Midwestern and probably faces west. Maryland faces South (but is itself not Southern), in my opinion. Pennsylvania faces east toward NY.
The part of PA that is like Ohio is Erie, which by itself is probably the most black sheep part of PA anyway (being so different from the rest of the state).
If you twisted my arm and demanded an answer, I guess I would say PA is slightly more similar to Maryland. Only because it seems like PA has more business ties and connections to Maryland due to its proximity. Ohio is really quite far from eastern PA, whereas most of PA’s population is only 2 hours (or less) from Maryland (only Scranton and Erie are not).
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