Is PA an East Coast state or a rust belt state?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's odd how people glamorize Philly and Main Line. Philly and its burbs have been rotting away for decades.

Umm, you clearly haven't been there for decades.

[Anonymous]

Pittsburgh on the west. Philadelphia on the east.
Alabama in the middle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Alabama in the middle.

They don't call it Pennsyltucky for nothing!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's odd how people glamorize Philly and Main Line. Philly and its burbs have been rotting away for decades.

+1. Most of the people posting here aren't from Philly. There isn't much of an economy in Philly anymore -- an old manufacturing city which is now just an ed-and-med city -- not much different than lots of other secondary markets out there.

Main Line is beautiful and a bastion of old money. Definitely east coast. Rest of the state is a dump.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's odd how people glamorize Philly and Main Line. Philly and its burbs have been rotting away for decades.

Umm, you clearly haven't been there for decades.

Grew up there 50 years ago, half my family still lives there. The other half, inc me, left for greener pastures. Old money Philly is a dying breed, literally.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Western part is rust belt, eastern part is east coast

+1. Same for Western NY, really. Way more in common with Ohio than the North East.

Yup. What a weird place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's odd how people glamorize Philly and Main Line. Philly and its burbs have been rotting away for decades.

Umm, you clearly haven't been there for decades.

Grew up there 50 years ago, half my family still lives there. The other half, inc me, left for greener pastures. Old money Philly is a dying breed, literally.

Just moved from there. Grew up in the country club set. You must not know the right people. Old money is alive and well.

[Anonymous]

Grew up in Harrisburg/hershey - I found more culture shock visiting ohio than nj or NYC. So not sure where the rust belt part starts but it's west of south central pa. It isn't southern feeling either - def not Alabama.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Western part is rust belt, eastern part is east coast

And the middle is Alabama.

I am from the middle. Assume you meant this as an insult.


You seem really sweet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Outside of Philly suburbs, PA is either a rust belt or bible thumping state, depending on the coordinates.

That south-central part around Lancaster isn't really rust belt. Neither is Gettysburg, Carlisle, etc. State College. Those are the religious, farming areas.

But, Scranton is definitely Rusty. Erie, Pittsburgh, Allentown, etc.

None of what you wrote makes any sense, PP.

[Anonymous]

East coast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Western part is rust belt, eastern part is east coast

And the middle is Alabama.

I am from the middle. Assume you meant this as an insult.


You seem really sweet.

NP here. I know old people from Williamsport who have lived there for decades who freely say that "PA is Philly, Pittsburgh, and Alabama."

Why deny it?

[Anonymous]

Both. Drove through the west part on our way to Toronto, and man... forests and poverty, basically.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Both. Drove through the west part on our way to Toronto, and man... forests and poverty, basically.

We did the same drive and I completely agree. I had previously only been to Philly and t the Lancaster/Hershey areas so it was a bit of a surprise.

[Anonymous]

DC went to college in central PA. I was always amazed at how rural it is, and how many roadside adult entertainment places there are. It's super depressing.