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Dang, this was legit my first post and thread here, and this thread is still going. I feel quite honored :')
I wonder what the relationship of Philadelphia is to NYC and DC. It's weird but I feel that Philly is much more NYC oriented than DC oriented, even though Philly is equally close to both. We're kind of forgotten down here compared to the rest of the Northeastern corridor
Dang, this was legit my first post and thread here, and this thread is still going. I feel quite honored :')
I wonder what the relationship of Philadelphia is to NYC and DC. It's weird but I feel that Philly is much more NYC oriented than DC oriented, even though Philly is equally close to both. We're kind of forgotten down here compared to the rest of the Northeastern corridor
Philly is definitely more geared/oriented towards NYC than DC. It's also closer to NYC as well (90 miles from NYC vs. 140 miles from DC to Philly). It's also next to New Jersey, which has suburbs in both Metro areas. On the other hand, you have to pass through a relatively desolate part of the NE Corridor in Maryland between the Delaware Border and Bel Air, MD (Baltimore suburb), Baltimore itself, more suburbs of Baltimore and DC before you can even get to DC. I've gone to Philly a few times for daytrips, and it definitely feels like you're in a different part of the country in some ways, even though it's just 2.5 hours up the road.
Dang, this was legit my first post and thread here, and this thread is still going. I feel quite honored :')
I wonder what the relationship of Philadelphia is to NYC and DC. It's weird but I feel that Philly is much more NYC oriented than DC oriented, even though Philly is equally close to both. We're kind of forgotten down here compared to the rest of the Northeastern corridor
Of course Philly is more NYC oriented; NYC is the much larger city and offers more than Philly while DC is Philly's equal and their offerings are essentially the same.
Dang, this was legit my first post and thread here, and this thread is still going. I feel quite honored :')
I wonder what the relationship of Philadelphia is to NYC and DC. It's weird but I feel that Philly is much more NYC oriented than DC oriented, even though Philly is equally close to both. We're kind of forgotten down here compared to the rest of the Northeastern corridor
It’s close to both, but noticeably closer to NYC. Center City is just under 80 miles from Manhattan, and a little over 120 to Downtown DC (not driving directions - straight distance). At the closest city limits, Northeast Philly to Staten Island is only ~45 miles or something like that. Philly + NYC commuter rail even have a direct connection and share a station together at Trenton. Plus there’s a lot of overlap between the metros in commuters, media, and local destinations
ex: Atlantic City + Jersey Shore, Six Flags Great Adventure, and Philly people often use EWR and sometimes even JFK for international flights.
Philly is definitely more geared/oriented towards NYC than DC. It's also closer to NYC as well (90 miles from NYC vs. 140 miles from DC to Philly). It's also next to New Jersey, which has suburbs in both Metro areas. On the other hand, you have to pass through a relatively desolate part of the NE Corridor in Maryland between the Delaware Border and Bel Air, MD (Baltimore suburb), Baltimore itself, more suburbs of Baltimore and DC before you can even get to DC. I've gone to Philly a few times for daytrips, and it definitely feels like you're in a different part of the country in some ways, even though it's just 2.5 hours up the road.
lol. After I am south of Dover Delaware I feel like I am in the South.
LOL .. It's called rural as the only home in the 360° Google street-view. PA also has it too. Lancaster thru Hershey near Philly. Certainly not Appalachian south or PA that are flat between the mountains and plenty of farmland too .... but still many huge rural valleys in even central PA.
Delaware is still a Northern State and I consider even DC a Northern city today.
LOL .. It's called rural as the only home in the 360° Google street-view. PA also has it too. Lancaster thru Hershey near Philly. Certainly not Appalachian south or PA that are flat between the mountains and plenty of farmland too .... but still many huge rural valleys in even central PA.
Delaware is still a Northern State and I consider even DC a Northern city today.
The link I just posted looks absolutely nothing like Pennsylvania. The low land shrubbery, the painfully flat topography and the planted pines are synonymous with the coastal tidewater region that does begin basically in Southern Delaware. Like how could you get ‘rural valley’ out of that link?
The link I just posted looks absolutely nothing like Pennsylvania. The low land shrubbery, the painfully flat topography and the planted pines are synonymous with the coastal tidewater region that does begin basically in Southern Delaware. Like how could you get ‘rural valley’ out of that link?
OK it could be NJ then. Just a nice rural scene to me and plenty of flat rural areas in southeast PA too. Just not a farming area and less forested patches. I've been through Wisconsin and northern Illinois looking like that. If it gives you a southern vibe? Some call mountain more central PA Alabama LOL. So I must live in a area some feel is southern-like being still Appalachian.
Just to me.... Baltimore and DC don't say "The South" yet to me. Baltimore's too much like Philly with a wider street-grid.
OK it could be NJ then. Just a nice rural scene to me and plenty of flat rural areas in southeast PA too. Just not a farming area and less forested patches. I've been through Wisconsin and northern Illinois looking like that. If it gives you a southern vibe? Some call mountain more central PA Alabama LOL. So I must live in a area some feel is southern-like being still Appalachian.
Just to me.... Baltimore and DC don't say "The South" yet to me. Baltimore's too much like Philly with a wider street-grid.
Where are these "flat rural areas" in Southeastern Pennsylvania?
Once you cross the fall line, which passes through Philadelphia - it separates its northwestern part from the rest of the city - the landscape is mainly low rolling hills, much like the area around Kansas City. (The scenery along PA 283 from Harrisburg to Lancaster reminds me an awful lot of the farmland around my hometown.)
And speaking of farming, there's plenty of that in Lancaster County.
Where are these "flat rural areas" in Southeastern Pennsylvania?
Once you cross the fall line, which passes through Philadelphia - it separates its northwestern part from the rest of the city - the landscape is mainly low rolling hills, much like the area around Kansas City. (The scenery along PA 283 from Harrisburg to Lancaster reminds me an awful lot of the farmland around my hometown.)
And speaking of farming, there's plenty of that in Lancaster County.
Off course there is plenty of farming in southeast PA. The Amish love their farms and ever drive due east from Hershey or to it on like route 322? Or toward Hershey on it?
I live more north in the mountains in the northern Susquehanna Valley Region by the Anthracite Coal Region. Also by my hometown. Plenty of smaller farms in the valleys but does roll too. It isn't all live on a steep incline... but some small cities surely are. I go over a couple mountains to work. Suck in winter adds miles if due straight was possible. I wouldn't miss one and didn't living in the Midwest a few years. Once in the valleys I go by farms too on my way or travels from small city and town all around me.
along the way random street-views for miles still southeast PA ....
No mountains in views either. Really some don't leave Philly enough I guess. whatever it is. You are not yet in the Appalachians. But we can't continue this off topic whatever it is.
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