After moving away in 2010 to spend time with the other half of my family, we moved to San Antonio, TX. Mind you, I was raised in Perry County in the 1970's, went to a tremendously successful small private school for Kindergarten and 1st grade (The Londonderry School), and have been nomadic for my entire life. The most important thing I have to say about Harrisburg, is, "there is no place like home!" After living in an extremely hot, humid climate, with no forests to speak of for miles and miles, Harrisburg and the surrounding area is more like a best-kept-secret of beauty, nature, and the arts like no other I have ever experienced. With the annual Arts Fest, and Kipona, you have a welcoming of the summer, and fall, respectively with each being held over Memorial and Labor Day holiday weekends. The food alone is worth traveling hundreds of miles to experience. Not to mention, I don't know if it still happens during the summer months, but when last I lived in the area, free jazz performances were held each Friday during the lunch hour, right around City Hall. And then you have all of the pristinely manicured golf-courses surrounding the city and its suburbs, along with the hundreds of state and local parks, like Little Buffalo, right outside of the New Bloomfield, Newport area (I lived on the other side of the "mountain", growing up) to Pinchot Park. Did I mention Ski Roundtop that provides excellent outdoor activities year round; from paintball in the spring, summer, and fall, to skiing twenty-minutes away from downtown Harrisburg. My wife and I are leaving tomorrow afternoon, from here in San Antonio, driving the 1,800+ miles back home to the beautiful Susquehanna Valley, and my beloved home of Harrisburg, PA. When I was younger, I was not proud to say where I was from, but these days, after living all along the East Coast, Washington State, and Texas, I can say that without a doubt Harrisburg is far more appealing than anywhere I have ever lived and cannot wait for it to welcome me back after a thirteen-year hiatus!
The title of the video is false and misleading. Harrisburg is a picturesque location, one of the best in the country. The creator of this video appears to have compiled information from the internet rather than offering original insights, potentially aiming to generate views.
I know Harrisburg very well and yes it has its issues like most cities (not denying that) but referring to it as the worst place in the USA is QUITE a reach. Have you been to Chester, PA? Detroit? Gary, Indiana? St. Louis even? Parts of MD, VA and DC? smh
Yeah, but at some common level it all just boils down to aweful no matter how low or "mediocre" the "score" is. This place is just as bad as all the rest of the horrible places. What makes it SO horrible is that it SHOULDN'T BE and when you walk around you sense that this SHOULDN"T be this bad. And the CONTRAST makes it even more heartbreaking. PA doesn't deserve to have its Capital city be so run down and knowing its such a shame makes it all that much worse I lived down town and there were two murders within as many years right down my street. Its just a mess. DONT MOVE HERE. ITS NOT WORTH IT. THIS PLACE IS SO FAR BEHIND THE REST OF THE WORLD IT WILL TAKE TWO MOVE GENERATIONS TO CORRECT IT. IF YOU'RE OLDER THAN 25 YRS OLD THEN YOU DON'T ENOUGH TIME IN YOUR LIFETIME TO SEE IT CORRECTED.
I once lived outside of Chester pa in Marcus hook I been in Chester too many times lol 😂 I’m still alive n well but driving sucks there and walking zombies everywhere for real they look like zombies walk like um too 😂 how can one live like that is sad 😞
@@21299 Kind of like Syracuse, New York I suppose. For some reason the local & state governments allow some cities to fall when they could just as easily invest more resources into them to bring them back to their former glory. We often blame the residents when government officials are just as much at fault for not being innovative enough to fix their broken cities. Guess they are too busy chasing bribes to have any incentive to do the jobs they were elected to do.
I'm from Harrisburg and I literally have never heard anyone call Harrisburg. Any of those nicknames that you named five seconds into your video and i'm already picking it apart with things that are not true and wrong
Came here from AZ for various reasons....spent 30+ yrs there, had to come here for work (UPMC) and now 2 yrs later I see WHY people do NOT move here. This place terrible unless you're just used to it and don't really know that there's anything else out there and you have no standards and you don't care much about blight and people shooting each other daily. DO NOT MOVE HERE. THere are TONS of other nice places to live. Its NOT worth it.
After watching this, i now realize the bost has some personal trauma to work through. Harrisburg isn't great, but it is by far NOT the wrost in the USA. Far, far, from it. And knowing you could take a short drive from Harrisburg to worst places... Baltimore, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Reading, Camden... Just to provide evidence of that.
Honestly you have to read between the lines for a lot of this and don’t just stop at the numerical statistics. I have lived in Harrisburg since the 70s. Most of the crimes here are from people beefing with each other and if you mind your own business generally you will be safe.
I feel this is a false description of Harrisburg. I have lived here for 30 years and now call this my home. It is a great place to raise kids and the cultural arts here is wonderful. There is so much to do and see here. It’s a small town with big experiences.. ijs
On the rare occasions I still have to drive the PA Turnpike my blood always runs a bit cold passing Harrisburg. Even by the putrescent standards of the Rust Belt there is something about the place that diminishes the human spirit.
After moving away in 2010 to spend time with the other half of my family, we moved to San Antonio, TX. Mind you, I was raised in Perry County in the 1970's, went to a tremendously successful small private school for Kindergarten and 1st grade (The Londonderry School), and have been nomadic for my entire life. The most important thing I have to say about Harrisburg, is, "there is no place like home!" After living in an extremely hot, humid climate, with no forests to speak of for miles and miles, Harrisburg and the surrounding area is more like a best-kept-secret of beauty, nature, and the arts like no other I have ever experienced. With the annual Arts Fest, and Kipona, you have a welcoming of the summer, and fall, respectively with each being held over Memorial and Labor Day holiday weekends. The food alone is worth traveling hundreds of miles to experience. Not to mention, I don't know if it still happens during the summer months, but when last I lived in the area, free jazz performances were held each Friday during the lunch hour, right around City Hall. And then you have all of the pristinely manicured golf-courses surrounding the city and its suburbs, along with the hundreds of state and local parks, like Little Buffalo, right outside of the New Bloomfield, Newport area (I lived on the other side of the "mountain", growing up) to Pinchot Park. Did I mention Ski Roundtop that provides excellent outdoor activities year round; from paintball in the spring, summer, and fall, to skiing twenty-minutes away from downtown Harrisburg.
My wife and I are leaving tomorrow afternoon, from here in San Antonio, driving the 1,800+ miles back home to the beautiful Susquehanna Valley, and my beloved home of Harrisburg, PA. When I was younger, I was not proud to say where I was from, but these days, after living all along the East Coast, Washington State, and Texas, I can say that without a doubt Harrisburg is far more appealing than anywhere I have ever lived and cannot wait for it to welcome me back after a thirteen-year hiatus!
The title of the video is false and misleading. Harrisburg is a picturesque location, one of the best in the country. The creator of this video appears to have compiled information from the internet rather than offering original insights, potentially aiming to generate views.
Tell me you've never been to Pennsylvania without telling me you've never been to Pennsylvania.
I have lived there. What a comment!
@@601TRAVELSwe don’t miss u
Na u might have passed through
@@601TRAVELSshut up
Your state is a dump. Get over it.
I know Harrisburg very well and yes it has its issues like most cities (not denying that) but referring to it as the worst place in the USA is QUITE a reach. Have you been to Chester, PA? Detroit? Gary, Indiana? St. Louis even? Parts of MD, VA and DC? smh
Puerto Rico murder capital
Yeah, but at some common level it all just boils down to aweful no matter how low or "mediocre" the "score" is. This place is just as bad as all the rest of the horrible places. What makes it SO horrible is that it SHOULDN'T BE and when you walk around you sense that this SHOULDN"T be this bad. And the CONTRAST makes it even more heartbreaking. PA doesn't deserve to have its Capital city be so run down and knowing its such a shame makes it all that much worse I lived down town and there were two murders within as many years right down my street. Its just a mess. DONT MOVE HERE. ITS NOT WORTH IT. THIS PLACE IS SO FAR BEHIND THE REST OF THE WORLD IT WILL TAKE TWO MOVE GENERATIONS TO CORRECT IT. IF YOU'RE OLDER THAN 25 YRS OLD THEN YOU DON'T ENOUGH TIME IN YOUR LIFETIME TO SEE IT CORRECTED.
@@21299 I'm curious...how long did you live in Harrisburg, and did you go other places than downtown?
I once lived outside of Chester pa in Marcus hook I been in Chester too many times lol 😂 I’m still alive n well but driving sucks there and walking zombies everywhere for real they look like zombies walk like um too 😂 how can one live like that is sad 😞
@@21299 Kind of like Syracuse, New York I suppose. For some reason the local & state governments allow some cities to fall when they could just as easily invest more resources into them to bring them back to their former glory. We often blame the residents when government officials are just as much at fault for not being innovative enough to fix their broken cities. Guess they are too busy chasing bribes to have any incentive to do the jobs they were elected to do.
I’ve never thought Harrisburg is the worst city in USA
Now you know.
Jackson, MS is not far behind
No Camden NJ is
I live in Harrisburg, and I've never heard anyone call it H-Dizzle lmaoooooo the Burg should have been the first and only one 🤣
Whoever the mastermind of this page is. Travel before you judge by characteristics
How does Dover, Delaware compare to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania? Is it better to live in the suburbs of both cities?
Have you been to Camden NJ?
Yes. Camden is better.
@@gbb82noo at all lol.
Have you been to Harrisburg?
No. The videos of me driving around all were magically created.
@@601TRAVELSI knew it was magic, can you pull a rabbit out of your hat next video?
I'm from Harrisburg and I literally have never heard anyone call Harrisburg. Any of those nicknames that you named five seconds into your video and i'm already picking it apart with things that are not true and wrong
Oh jessy wait till you keep going!
Camden NJ clears easily
Came here from AZ for various reasons....spent 30+ yrs there, had to come here for work (UPMC) and now 2 yrs later I see WHY people do NOT move here. This place terrible unless you're just used to it and don't really know that there's anything else out there and you have no standards and you don't care much about blight and people shooting each other daily. DO NOT MOVE HERE. THere are TONS of other nice places to live. Its NOT worth it.
After watching this, i now realize the bost has some personal trauma to work through.
Harrisburg isn't great, but it is by far NOT the wrost in the USA. Far, far, from it. And knowing you could take a short drive from Harrisburg to worst places... Baltimore, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Reading, Camden... Just to provide evidence of that.
Honestly you have to read between the lines for a lot of this and don’t just stop at the numerical statistics. I have lived in Harrisburg since the 70s. Most of the crimes here are from people beefing with each other and if you mind your own business generally you will be safe.
I feel this is a false description of Harrisburg. I have lived here for 30 years and now call this my home. It is a great place to raise kids and the cultural arts here is wonderful. There is so much to do and see here. It’s a small town with big experiences.. ijs
I've lived in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania for 3 & a half years from August 1987 to March 1991.
I lived in Allentown PA and Harrisburg is really pathetic and depressing. The only place that’s worse is Reading PA.
Braddock, chester, aliquippa, k+a, gilberton all worse i can keep going
Allentown really isn't much better. Give it 10 years when everyone from Jersey moves in.
@@Roadtripmikplease tell this fool😂
Allentown is soft
philadelphia is the largest at 1.5 mil all packing ! lol
Totally false that she said Paxtang and Lawnton are bad areas of Harrisburg.
DONT MOVE TO HARRISBURG...$HIT SOME OF US ARE TRYIN TO GET FAR AWAY FROM HERE
On the rare occasions I still have to drive the PA Turnpike my blood always runs a bit cold passing Harrisburg. Even by the putrescent standards of the Rust Belt there is something about the place that diminishes the human spirit.
6th and mCclay what up
Imo, the entire state of Pennsylvania is the worst in the country
One of them!
Tell me where you live whiteout telling me.
@DARKBLAZE_LX if you're guessing Pennsylvania, you're wrong. Thank God.
I will tell you this, Pennsylvanians live in crowded cities and towns, but the quality of living/incomes are average for the nation (not the worst)
we dont like you or your useless opinions either