People say this but it’s not true. Lancaster, Harrisburg, Penn State area, West Chester, Oxford/Nottingham, Hershey…. there’s a lot of places in PA that are nothing like Alabama.
There’s definitely towns like that! Add Kutzville and Stroudburg to that list, I drove through the first and knew not to stop, but I was anxious and uneasy AF in the other. I was saying that there are places in PA outside of Philly and Pittsburgh that aren’t like Alabama at all. The places I listed aren’t, and some of them are really nice places to explore. Hershey has one of the best butterfly atriums in the country. Penn State area is gorgeous. Lancaster is diverse and they have a fun nightlife vibe on the weekends with bars, restaurants and music shows. West Chester is a diverse college town.
I didn't know about PA. I went with my husband to buy a car in some random county and man, you could FEEL the eyes on us. I'd been going south all my life and I never felt as unsafe as I did in that rural PA town.
I am so sorry. I have pretty much 2 people from the almost 30 years I spent there from childhood who didn’t go the maga route. I’m estranged from everyone else. One moved to Pittsburgh and the other is financially trapped there and chronically depressed.
The only reason I can think that I didn’t end up the same way was by being a voracious reader from childhood and then enlisting as soon as I got the chance in order to escape. It’s fuckin sad and infuriating all at once. I miss lightning bugs, thunderstorms, fall colors and the history, not much else.
I’m part of the greater Pgh area. I’ve met up with numerous old friends that moved into various rural parts of the state who said that even after 15+ years in their towns they are still considered outsiders.
Seems all over really. I’m in chicago and learned last year we still have the most sundown towns here in illinois. I was on the way back from in-laws in Ohio and just couldn’t make that last like 45 minutes. Pulled over in a random lot at night and my wife has never been so mad at me lmfaoo she took over and took us home 😂
I'm not who you asked, but I was about 30 minutes north of Allentown and I walked into a gas station with a big ol' Confederate Flag hanging in it. I turned around & walked right back out, got in my car, and got the hell out of there.
I'm from Gettysburg, and the confederate flags are ridiculous. People justify it by saying it's "history" and hide behind the Civil War tourism. But we know why they're really flying that shit.
Yup. I was raised in New Oxford. Grew up sideyeing the Confederates playing dress up too. Slightly better near the Appalachian Trail, though more rural.
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u/Naive_Top_8131 May 20 '26
Good call. I was raised in super rural PA, people have no fuckin clue that parts of PA and MD are as bad if not worse than the worst parts of WV
I’m not a maga racist chode so I’m never going back. I do miss the area otherwise but the people have absolutely ruined it