10 Places in Pennsylvania You Should NEVER Move To
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- Опубликовано: 12 май 2024
- Move to these places and you're gonna regret it big time!
If you were going to make a list of places to NOT to move to in Pennsylvania, you’d have a lot to choose from. Many people wouldn’t want to live on a farm, or in smallish communities where there isn’t even electricity. Or in an old beat up former coal mining town where the local economy is horrible. Many of us wouldn’t want to live in a big inner city where violence and homelessness rules the day.
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You could actually choose many MANY places in Pennsylvania that would be a bad choice for a newcomer. Long time Pennsylvania residents could rattle off at least 20 places they wouldn’t want to live in themselves. And, in case you didn’t know, migration TO the Keystone State stopped being positive a long while ago.
Anyways, because everyone likes lists in tens, we did a lot of homework to bring you a list of only 10 places in Pennsylvania where you should NEVER move, even though there’s way more than that.
We're going to talk about places in Pittsburgh, near Philadelphia and near Scranton. Places like McKeesport, Chester, Reading and more!
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who else from PA is here looking for their town to be in here? lol
ME LOL
Here lol
ME 😭
I'm seeing how many towns in my county are on this list.
me
This dude clearly hasn’t heard of Kensington
Jjaja real rap. Kensington is the sombie zone 🔥
You're right about that!
Theres a documentary series out there about the heroine epidemic in kensington and youd think that would certainly make it stand out a lil bit 😭😭 im definitely surprised it didnt make the list
that's a neighborhood in philly. so just philly in general you shouldn't move to. everything is becoming Kensington and Frankford
I lived at K & A. It was wild.
Lived in Pittsburgh for many years, it’s gloomy, depressing and terrible to find enough housing/apartments, but the people are so nice, simple living, calm and quiet. I moved out of the state and one thing I miss the most is the people over there! ☹️
I LITERALLY LIVE THARE
Yinz can eat parogies with us any time.
@@merlin1649 Ya jack wagon! They're called perogies! Or pierogies or pyrogies!
@@jodiwest23 Look at this jag-off. I know a bar around here where I will drink that Mensa behind under the table. It's right next to a church so yinz can ask for forgiveness in the mornin. (laying it on a bit but I didn't grow up in that generation.) I have a bit of Ohio in me.
They drive with a vengeance there.
1:00 Pittsburgh
2:04 Wilkes-barre
3:25 Brownsville
4:40 Centralia
6:30 Harrisburg
7:20 Mckeesport
8:26 York
9:22 Hazleton
10:22 Chester
11:25 Reading
Reading on top less gooo
Thank you very much for listing the cities
Where is Philly 🤨 where norristown 🤨🤨
Suburban sprawl does not equal a great place to live. Philadelphia is one of the best cities in the country. Norristown is up and coming with Conshy right next door. Its only a matter of time before it takes off.
Johnstown and New Castle definitely should have made this list
You can't even move to Centralia so you wasted a spot on this list
You can't even visit Centralia anymore lol. Glad I saw the graffiti highway a few times before the state condemned the area
That’s how I feel. No one with half a brain cell would even consider it.
Correct Vautlbull !!!
@@19DrumFreak89 I was lucky enough to have been a part of three photo shoots over there, about 3 or 4 years ago. Interesting place.
@@RockyAliTyson1 there's nothing stopping youm..rt 61 still going thru...there isn't much there..you will be bored after about 10 minutes
if you're from PA you know he said "Wilkes-barre" wrong lol
It rhymes with "FAIR"!!!
It's Wilkes (🐻) not berry lol
😂😂😂
That Hazleton placement is bad too
@@JohnPeter-yf5jf Yeah, I just pointed that out. Luzerne County is hella big according to this map. lol
Born and raised in Reading and it's easily far worse than you explained. Actually, since I left, it's consistently remained one of the worst places I've been in my entire life.
Damn, man. What was some of the worst things about it that you encountered?
Also born and raised in Reading. I wholeheartedly agree.
@@SalandFindles Oh boy... For one thing the city and surrounding area have deep mob roots so for the size of the area you live it seems like everyone knows everyone and their business, there's still that feeling of everything that's owned is connected behind the scenes and descendants of local mobsters own legitimate businesses and hold some local office so there's some fuckery there. The taxes are high, the crime rate is higher, poverty rate is through the roof and homeless and drug addicted population is on the backburner for the city. gang crime is increasing in volume in adolescents and spreading to surrounding towns due to how unaffordable it is to actually live in the city despite how garbage it is including the housing since none of it's ever updated or renovated. The jobs are not great, some pay well but not for work you'd typically enjoy or even tolerate. The infrastructure is trash and it seems like nothing is ever fixed from roads, to power lines, to plumbing and gas. Not to mention the actual gangs and human/drug traffickers who aren't just adolescents with knives and guns. There's also what I call "The Reading Mentality" and it's a new type of way of thinking that you can only experience from the people there and it's basically just the most crooked and degenerate behavior you can find, it's literally like the entire city and surrounding area is a huge trailer park. The dynamic is THE SAME except, despite the fact that it feels like everyone knows each other, you'll never ever feel that feeling of being in a connected community cos so many people hate on each other. I mean straight on Facebook people will talk shit about your grandmother and then go fight about it on a livestream. Dude blasted his wife's boyfriend right at walmart last time I was home. FBI was through for a quadruple homicide just a couple years back. Living in Berks County was great though, and PA is a beautiful state.
I have lived in reading for most of my life, and I can say for a fact that crime in this city is unhinged. If you want to experience robberies less than 10 feet from your property, see several police officers on your ride home from work, or even watch the time fly by as it takes for construction to finish at a snails pace please move here. But, on a positive note you'll never be bored on your walk home always something to see and there are many good places to eat lol
Facts
The stars on your little map introductions are so far off it is hilarious. You cant be more wrong.
I was born and raised in PA. The fact you found five towns WORSE than the one that inspired Silent Hill cracks me up! 😭
Which one is the town that inspired it? By the way, I don't think York deserves to be on this list.And Philadelphia is worse than all of these towns put together!!! Yes, I live here, moving as soon as possible.I tried not giving up but the city already has
@@magpieone9390 Centralia
@@magpieone9390 good glad you’re moving
@@magpieone9390 I agree, York doesn't belong on this list. Chester should be #1 and Philly #2 n the reason why Philly isn't #1 is because 1) not all areas are bad and #2) in no way, shape or form is it worse than Chester.
@@jackiehill6357 I visited York a couple times.(Ex-laws lived near Chambersburg) If I was offered a house there, I would go!!!
I think you’ve
focused on the worst parts of essentially good cities.
Homelessness, drugs, violence can be found in any decent size town in the US.
Pennsylvania is a beautiful state.
Even the depressed, coal mining towns have a valuable story to tell.
Pennsylvania payed a large part in the Revolutionary war and has a proud, rich heritage!
I’m proud to be from Pennsyltucky!!
Especially the Anthracite regions which were served by railroads
No
@@youngshiner1834 yes
I'd never leave. There is nothing more beautiful than the Pittsburgh and Southwest PA area. There is no where in the world like it. It may not be a serene beach but the landscape, the hills and mountains are beautiful. There is nothing like driving down a beautiful country road around here.
@@dc9631 WV, its almost heaven ;)
I was raised in Bushwick Brooklyn, NY. Lived there 37 years. I’m 42 now and whenever I went to visit friends and family members living in Hazleton, York and Allentown It felt like I was in paradise. Although it was quiet, slow, somewhat gloomy and desolate, I loved driving there and spending the weekend with my friends and family. Great times
And the dank. You can't forget the dank. It's the best part.
When the Steel Factories closed and went overseas, and the Coal Mines closed, the PA economy crashed. Those were the 2 Industries that PA relied on.
My pop pop worked at the steel factory in phoenixville, my family went from wealthy to poor in less than a generation.
I’m from Reading, Pennsylvania and honestly I’m just glad someone pronounced our city correctly 😭
I live outside of Reading-the video you posted is not Reading. It shows in one scene Lowell& Winslow St, which may be Lincoln-Larimer, PA 15206
@@hopdevil88 Right you are! Reading's street signs are green, not blue. That intersection of Winfield & Shetland shown at 12:22/12:25 is PITTSBURGH. I Googled it.
I didn't think any of those streets look like Redding when I watch the video either. Grew up in the area of my whole life. I travel around Pennsylvania a lot for work. There are a lot worse places I wouldn't want to be than Reading.
This guy sounds like a hater . Rdg for life.
the one yktvvvvv 📍📍📍
I’m a Lehigh valley native who left PA after college and experienced life all over, from Denver, to Los Angeles, to Chicago, and a couple observations I’ll share: Growing up in PA, you may not realize how beautiful a state it is. It took years away and a visit home for me to see just how incredible and scenic the state is, between endless hills and cute old towns. Obviously a hefty majority of PA towns are depressing, forgotten places, but merely visiting them is a trip back in time. There’s an old charm and fascinating history to PA that’s unlike anywhere else. Sure, opportunity isn’t around unless you’re in Philly or up-and-coming parts of the Valley, but you can’t imagine how much I miss the funny miserable nature of people there - the old school characters, complainers, and honest, authentic people. You DON’T find that anywhere else. To everyone complaining about life in PA and planning an escape, I just want to forewarn you that you may miss it, and you also might find there’s a little something off about people from everywhere else. A lot of you also underestimate how shitty so many other places can be when you’re stuck somewhere looking for reasons to not be content. Just drive through Kansas and Iowa if you want a new appreciation for Pennsylvania.
You are absolutely correct. Problem is, like many things, the only way to truly gain that appreciation is to leave and be away for awhile.
As a Colorado Native there's a lot more wholesome places there then the lame scenic drives in PA. The east coast sucks. Pretty to visit miserable to live here.
I agree. I grew up in Central PA and couldn’t wait to leave after High school. I am now 54 and live in Texas and still go back at least once a year to PA. When I go back I do miss the scenery, the food and the many Amish markets and flea markets. May eventually live there during summer months but fly back south for the winters..
Majel Mehrenbergp gonna give you a moderate wake-up call - you just think the east coast sucks because you grew up somewhere with very different people and culture. I initially thought Colorado sucked too - a place where young people are lost, nobody’s honest, and there’s a strange lack of heart. People in Colorado are, for lack of better words, goofy in comparison to those from the reality I knew. It’s just different, and you’ll either emotionally mature enough to understand that or just paint regions with the same brush your whole life.
I've only lived in PA for 3 years, and I live in the lehigh valley. I wont lie. I love it here.
My Grandmother and Grandfathers grandparents where immigrants who moved from Lithuania to Shenandoah PA. I still have cousins and an aunt and uncle who live there to this day. Recently I brought my grandmother to visit her sister in Shenandoah, I also brought my husband for the first time. We walked around "down town" and my gram almost cried to see her childhood town in such a depressing state and I have to say I am kind of obsessed with looking at my cousins Facebook, seeing the pictures of their daily lives living there. It's like a different world and so interesting to me. I love reading the old news paper clips, one which told the story of my grandmother's grandmother who ran a boarding house (by herself) while her husband was in the 2nd World War. On our visit we also went to Centrila to see the abandoned "burning" town and the Graffiti HWY. The town is all but gone a few house with people actually still living there and the Graffiti HWY was covered. It was still pretty neat. My husband also uploaded a video of an abandoned video store back in Shenandoah, still stocked but completely abandoned and in shambles, his fellow movie lovers went nuts... he loves movies and is big into horror so seeing that was sad but neat. It's definitely sad to see the town with its beautiful churches in such a bad state but I do love looking back at the history.
Damn, someone hates PA. Some of these places may be lacking curbside appeal and need more economic growth, but you’ll find some of the most hardworking and honest people here. And I don’t know about you guys, but I’d take a kind neighbor and good friend over living the high life ANY DAMN DAY.
Agreed Margaret ❤️
Totally agree, I just moved back here from Mexico due to this covid-19, horshitery! But, the sad thing.. Pa is dying.. every state in the U.S.A is dying... Starting with the major cities. Working slowly to the outsides. I leave that there, for now.
Plus there are amazing buildings and houses very affordable..
♥️♥️ you’re so right!! schuylkill county proud here!!
AMEN @Margaret Ochs
Centralia shouldn’t be on the list since it really doesn’t exist.
that's what I think as well, it's more an abandoned/lost town than an actual town you could move to.
It exists, you just can't move there. And honestly, his info on Centralia is way outdated. The churches and fire department have been gone for years.
It is literally closed
I agree too. I mean I have read articles that fire will continue to burn for decades to come. I read a comment that said anywhere there is a Sheetz there's a dying coal town...I don't see Sheetz's in steel towns, I see them everywhere else.
Agreed. But how many real cities actually have their own horror video game?
Lived in Wilkes-Barre for 10 years and worked in Hazleton for many years.
The amount of poverty, decay and crime in these two cities and just about every little defunct town in between them is absolutely unreal.
I had to move across the country to fully realize how depressed and hopeless they are. You become desensitized to it.
If you had a chance to repopulate that city with immigrants and homeless people from the west coast, would you do it? It would mean jobs for the current residents.
@@davidtrotman5990 deluded
@@DefaultUser1790 Not deluded. If I paid you a million dollars to let one immigrant move into this city would you do it? I want you to start thinking about things and come up with coherent answer.
@@davidtrotman5990heck no man
the entire valley is rotting
I lived south of Pittsburgh for 60 years, moved to SWFL in 2013. Naples and Ft Myers can’t hold a candle to Pittsburgh as far as medical care, culture and ethnic diversity. My adult son commented about how many opportunities he had growing up there, Carnegie Museum, Children’s theater, National Aviary, Phipps Conservatory, the festivals, concerts at Hartwood Acres, Pittsburgh Zoo, etc. He realized how culturally deprived the children are here. Despite living on Florida’s west coast, I could buy more types of seafood at Wholey’s. I miss the Strip District, nothing like that on either coast in Florida. The weather sucks but Pittsburgh is great place.
Good to hear
Pittsburgh is 15x the size of Naples and 3x the size of Ft Myers. It's to be expected that it offers more than those places...?
It's still kind of a shithole, unfortunately
I hate the crime (mostly Shootings)
Nov til' March is pretty dreary but it's a bomb city with plenty of things to do that don't cost much. Summers are very nice in the burgh.
At this stage of my life, ill take a farm any day so long its away from the city and a lot of people!
It's the opposite for me
Right lol
I hear ya.. I wanna move to waymart P.A. quiet, country style.. freedom
Farms are beautiful, looking at finding a rural area myself, still in my area of PA, because my family of 8 are outgrowing suburb communities. Hate HOA's and neighbors up against me is getting old. We just are too tight where we are at, love our area but we definitely need land. Though, we are bicyclists, so we still will be in Pittsburgh often, just can not live there because our family is too big, and still growing and our mini bus needs a lot of room to park somewhere and cities neighborhoods are not made for vehicles like ours, and families our size. 😁
@@lisab.1559
My wife & I live in an old coal mining town by Amish country so we like the location & lucked out with the house actually (it was the Foreman's back in the late 1800's so it's different from the rest, wood instead of brick though... Bummer. Anyhow - far enough away from Pittsburgh but close enough to hit warehouse type shops & whatnot. I did not like living in Pittsburgh, lived in Bellevue - got mugged walking through the north side ... What a sucky town
Just been to Pittsburgh for a vacation. I really loved it personally. Lots of places to eat and an Amtrak line that can take you anywhere. There is some amazing architecture there as well as the inclines. It was IMHO a very beautiful city compared to many others.
We don't have Amtrak. We have the T.
Yeah idk what he was talking about Pittsburgh isn’t that bad
Pittsburgh is actually a great place to live as far as cities go. Just don't move to the outskirts.
Thanks. Ive lived in pittsburgh basically my entire life (im not THAT old, though)
He completely forget the fact that pittsburh is one of the few places that has an incline
Hes too focused on completely ratting these places out.. this city really isnt that bad. I mean, yeah its not gonna be super exciting and outgoing like new york, its not that big of a city
The guy is making pittsburgh sound about as bad as centralia lol
Edit: i didnt actually think he was gonna say centralia, i didnt think ghost towns counted but okay then
@@qemdrive That's called Penn Station, and the bus stop there is one of the most dangerous places in Pittsburgh to be alone late at night. Or between 3-4pm, when the high schools let out, and the "students" congregate at the Liberty Avenue station 4 blocks away.🤣🤣
😂😂 10/10 video great comments and very witty lol the only thing I’d say is that your journalism on the phone with the pizza girl was hilarious baddd 😂😂 she’s on the clock and you wanna interview herrr,, love ittt 😂☝🏽⭐️ journalism at its best.
I lived in Philadelphia for 17 years. I'm amazed it isn't somewhere on this list. Besides the grime, crime, and squalor, Philly's taxes, astronomical car insurance rates (and subsequent high number of uninsured drivers) and anti-small business laws will kill you. My daughter lives in Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh is a million times better than Philadelphia.
At least when I moved to Philadelphia from Huntingdon, I could easily find a job. Philly isn't that bad, especially in the better areas like Manayunk/Roxborough/ Fishtown . Small towns in Pennsylvania are awful for finding stable work and the people have absolutely nothing else to do than start DRAMA! I'll stay here where people have actual lives and stay TF out of my business
This guy clearly isn't from PA since he doesn't know how to pronounce our cities.
Wilkes- berry though 😆 its wilkes- bare he clearly not from PA
D Barrel Beatz ngl in (south) Central Pennsylvania we call it Wilkes-Berry
From avoca. Wilkes berry is fine.
Who cares where he is from. The truth doesn’t care where an announcer is from.
He should have been more diligent...many mistakes
"Brownsville is eerie." Thought PA already had an Erie.
Lmao 😂
Lol
I live near Brownsville😂😭
i live in ERIE guy
@@MrSmiles1977 Oh yeah? THinking of moving there. Nice place?
I believe you wholeheartedly on a lot of those towns. In fact I moved from Allentown, Pa to St Augustine, FL, 8 years ago! A very wise decision I might add!
I grew up in york almost my whole life and honestly it is kind of ashame it's going down hill. I kind of not surprised to make it on the list. Also great video!!
How can you mention "worst cities in PA" and Philadelphia doesn't even get an honorable (or dishonorable) mention ?
Exactly. The swirling toilet of Philadelphia should be in the top worst places in the country to live, much less just in PA. I’ve lived in Philly as well as in Pittsburgh. My favorite view of Philadelphia is in my rear view mirror. Pittsburgh is much more friendly and welcoming. This list is a joke.
They somehow missed Kensington that should be 1st
For real! Dude Pitt is beautiful compared to Philly. By far!
Right, I’m a Harrisburg native and recently moved to North Philly and it makes me miss home so I’m not sure how Philly wasn’t even mentioned 😭
@@vikingprincess634 I live in Philadelphia rn and it’s not that bad. But it could
Be better.
What about the people? Pittsburgh born, Coatesville dweller currently. Hard-working, give-you-the-shirt-off-your-back types who you know you can rely on. Mr. Roger's, for crying out loud. I'd rather be surrounded by quality salt of the earth than hollow, shallow jagoffs.
Yup I’m from Pittsburgh and second this*
I'd rather be in the ghetto of Pittsburgh than anywhere in johnstown tbh, Pittsburgh isn't that bad
I was kinda surprised Coatesville missed this list honest haha
Amen we keep that old school flavor
I feel ya. He seems to have an idea of what constitutes bad than that of yours or mine lol. I'm not a fan of cities in general but if ya gotta be in one then Pittsburgh is about as good as you could ask for
I was born and raised in SW Pa. The people in the towns are good, and I still have friends living in my hometown. It's just that the steel mills, coal mines, and railroads dried up. When I was living there I worked for many companies as a software consultant all around Pittsburgh. There are new companies moving into the area. The great thing is that young people can buy affordable property, have a nice, spacious home, and yet commute to a good job in less than an hour. I moved away because I was nearing retirement and wanted to live in a warm climate. I know Brownsville well, and it is a historic area. Yes, downtown is not good. The highway through there is narrow with little parking. Businesses moved elsewhere. That has happened in many towns all across the US. The area surrounding Brownsville is beautiful. I would not hesitate to buy a homestead there. It would be a great life.
Centrailia was great in the 80's when the trees were still burning from the inside out and liquids sizzled when they'd hit concrete/macadam.
Now it has to be in every single list due to silent hill.
You wouldn't even know you were in Centralia today if you drove through there with memories of it from the past.
It's just open area, trees, roads and coal mountains.
No open fire/smoke visible. Clear as day anywhere else this side of the state.
Nick, I just got done watching your video on the 10 worst places to live in Pennsylvania. Then I watched another video on the 10 best places to live in Pennsylvania. Four cities overlap between the two lists. Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Reading and York. Your list is as follows going from worst to less worse: 1) Reading 2) Chester 3) Hazleton 4) York 5) McKeesport 6) Harrisburg 7) Centralia 8) Brownsville 9) Wilkes-Barre 10) Pittsburgh. The video on the 10 best places to live in Pennsylvania is as follows going from best to less best: 1) Pittsburgh 2) Harrisburg 3) Lancaster 4) Reading 5) Scranton 6) York 7) Philadelphia 8) Altoona 9) Mt. Pocono 10) Johnstown. From the casual viewers perspective, it appears that someone is full of that brown sticky stuff you find in your front yard after everyone gets home from work and takes the dog out for a walk. How do you explain this? They can’t both be right can they? Is it just a matter of personal taste perhaps?
He does it for the views and nothing else.
As a PA expert (lol), I assumed Chester would be top 3. If this was done by neighborhood Kensington wins hands down
North Phila rt? Kensington is just a street in north philly
I grew up in Kensington (Frankford and Allegheny) and I agree with you. My mom lives in Port Richmond and I dread going to visit her. No parking and pot holes everywhere.
I’m not even from pa and I agree. I’ve seen those horrible videos of people on fentanyl walking around like zombies
@@paulpulcinello9478 It's a neighborhood also
I would think just Delco in general
As a lifelong native of Pennsylvania whose home has never been more than half an hour from Philadelphia, I can say there are portions of the state (and city) that are very desirable, and parts of both that are less so.
Delaware County is one worst County it's overpopulation and horrible living conditions
I live in Brownsville and love how out of the way and quiet my neighborhood is. I could even afford a yard large enough to have a big garden.
This is such a spot on list I live 30 minutes from Pittsburgh and all these locations spot on
I grew up in Roncyand then Masontown PA. I wouldn’t change a single thing. No locks on doors, barely any crime. Neighbors knew and cared about each other. That’s Fayette County. It’s probably changed a lot but the way of living and feeling safe was wonderful.
I'm from Pittsburgh. of course there are places you don't want to go. I live in a good neighborhood in the south hills and it is quite nice here.
I'm from Pittsburgh I live on the west side
yeah pittsburgh is cool
I lived in Pittsburgh for 11.5 years, and loved it.
I’m moving from the South Side Flats to the South Hills area next week and I can’t wait!
I live in Brentwood and it’s amazing and any where close to Brentwood is also so cool
The fact you put hazleton literally in the wrong part of pa, made me laugh, it's right next to wilkes barre
Right??? But He's a know it all about PA.
Senapes pitza in Hazleton is crack
I live in tamaqua
Harrisburg is not S/E of Philly either!
Lmaooo
As someone who grew up in Philly, I'm genuinely surprised it - or at least a part of the city - isn't on this list. I used to ride the trains through West Philly, and half of the area is made up of abandoned and burned-out houses. Fights on the train were common. And don't get me started on places like the Northeast and Kensington. Pretty much anywhere outside Center City or areas like Chestnut Hill are just not safe at all.
And those stuff happen in pretty much all the mid Atlantic
Sure. But philly has plenty of redeeming qualities and things to do.
I call Philadelphia Filthadelphia💀
True. Lived all over, but really lived and grew up in Fairhill, West Kensington, and lived in East Kensington and Fishtown. Got out in 1999. Worked in state law enforcement. Philly was the main area of major crimes.
@@user-go2st5fi9w Have you been lately? Like in the last decade? Fishtown is gentrifying so rapidly that it's almost unaffordable these days. Same with Girard, Brewerytown, and Northern Liberties. It's not the same place as it was almost 25 years ago. Ride the El some time and you'll see nothing but new construction of houses with solar panels and rooftop decks.
I loved this. You cracked me up! 😂
I was shocked that Pittsburgh is one of the worst. I feel pretty safe living here. Beautiful nature as well.
3:40: "It's eerie."
Me: Nope. Erie's about 166 miles due north.
Yes
Wow, I live in Erie and thats the first time I've ever seen it be mentioned on the internet
Wait we live in the same city
Erie is a club, if u are not from there u will be shunned! It's not a place for transients or outsiders!
@@borksimmons2182 oh wow I went to Erie in July of 2020
I visit Brownsville every year, my grandfather grew up there. It's not necessary a "bad" place in terms of crime or anything, it's just quiet. Yeah, a lot of stuff is boarded up and closed, but it has seemed to be making a bit of a rebound recently. It's a cheap place to live if you want peace and quiet, and only 20 minutes from Uniontown, which is a much larger thriving town.
Yet another great exposé Nick.
The Amish country speckled with scenic hills and idyllic towns makes me so nostalgic. I’ve lived all over the country but Waynesboro PA area will always be beyond gorgeous to me
My parents were born in Waynesboro
@@MeidasMJ There's a Waynesboro-and a Lebanon-in Ga. too.
Very historic
Moved to Waynesboro from Orrville Oh and before that my hometown Milwaukee Wi. Waynesboro is Lovely.2 years ago we got a Starbucks! People are very nice. Its slow but not too slow, friendly, farmy-down the block, not crimey.
@@reneeelias9514 lovely comment, it makes me happy you also appreciate its beauty! I hope to one day raise my family either in Waynesboro or in Frederick MD
I love the diversity of PA, you got big cities like Philly and Pittsburgh, wealthy elite places like the main line, Amish farms with no electricity, and poor run down coal mining towns
I think we have a good community based mentality too, i like to think if it was Apocalypse our state would be better than most!
The only good thing about Pennsylvania is that in most small towns you can buy a house for about the same price as a DVD player. You probably wouldn't want to live in that town though
Ya, Colin Quinn wrote good book on all the states in America..He said PA symbolizes US the best. Bc "it's got towns that show success and failures of America"
Don't forget the meth labs in Columbia.
Yep, that’s PA…
my counter point for pitt is the housing cost is pretty good even for downtown, I've seen many nice sized modern apartments posted up for around 1000-1200 downtown. compared to many cities that will sell you a 100sqft box for 600/month (looking at you tacoma wa where i literally did that for a year)
I was born and raised in Meadville Pa. and It was a wonderland as a kid. Time stands still there and it's kind of magical.
Pretty much wherever there’s a Sheetz there’s a dying coal town
lmao so true
Wawa is better anyway.
That's every town in Pa! Only two more yrs of Wolf! 🖕 Wolf!
:,(
But there is a Sheetz in almost every town.
10. Pittsburgh 1:00
9. Wilkes-Barre 2:03
8. Brownsville 3:23
7. Centralia 4:41
6. Harrisburg 6:32
5. Mkeesport 7:19
4. York 8:27
3. Hazelton 9:22
2. Chester 10:21
1. Reading 11:24
Except he mapped Hazel Township, not Hazelton.
I live near red lion. They call it York though
You are a saint. Thank you
Philly is the worst
Thank you!
I lived in the Children's Home of Reading many many years ago. Went to Reading High School nicknamed the Castle on the Hill. Every window and outside door on the school has bars. There are definitely bad places in much of Reading but a few good ones. I took my kids to visit the Children's Home so they could see where I lived and my oldest daughter was freaking out over the slummy city as we drove through it. She was scared. I don't remember that fear when I lived there but I guess that means where we live is pretty good compared to Reading and I've given my kids a better life than I had.
I graduated from Exeter in '84. Reading High was a nightmare back then. I left PA in '85, never moved back. I hear bad things about Reading, it's sad.
Hello, there is plenty to do in Baltimore, Md, you have to find it. I am from North East Baltimore, off the Alemeda. ALL AREAS of Baltimore are not bad. I went to Towson State College. Some family members went to Morgan State College HBCU and have owned and still have thriving busineses.
You know, as someone who migrated to PA 3 years ago from the south......there are so many WORSE places to live. PA is heaven compared to southern GA. Should do a video on there.
Getting ready to move up to bensalem area w/ daughter who's due with twin boys! Moving from supposedly #3 top state to move to...Flor-Duhhhh!!! Moved here from Northern California 2009 recession when rent here was Very reasonable, but now gentrification, so now one of the highest in nation. Crime, drugs, gangs, racial biased all sides, tons of pervs, traffic, heat is getting worse. CAN'T WAIT TO LEAVE FLOR-DUH FOR GOOD
Yea I are right bout that.
@@kimshone2626 good riddance, take a friend.
@@kimshone2626 I actually work in Bensalem lol
@@kimshone2626 Facts! Please take me with you out of the south Florida hell hole. Everything in your post is my exact situation and you could not speak truer words if you tried.
I feel like Centralia shouldn't count because the town is dangerous from circumstances outside of any control. I went there last fall and it was oddly peaceful. Would go again.
Dangerous circumstances outside of any control. Well they could have contained it many many years ago, the federal government was going to pay most of the money to put the fire out and I don't remember the percentage that the township would have to pay but it wasn't very much and they shot it down so the town really doesn't even exist anymore . It could have been saved.
I stop every once in a while in the winter so the grandchildren can feel how warm the ground is .
@@n40tom it really could have been, but sadly it wasn't. I went for the first time in the fall and it was beautiful. Saw the old Ukrainian church. Sadly the graffiti highway is done away with because of people being negligent during quarantine :(
Checked out Centralia back in 2014, very erie town! Or lack of.... sad to hear the graffiti hwy is gone now
@@donrusnak7230 yeah it is. It kinda sucks.
Also you can’t even live there
Hey, that portion of video that you played while talking about Reading, is actually the Lincoln and Larimer (border) neighborhoods of Pittsburgh. That's nowhere near Reading.
Looked up some of the street intersections as he was explaining Reading, PA and doesn't find those streets (ie Lowell st and Winslow st @ 11:50)
The surrounding towns near Hazleton are awful now too. Mahanoy City and Shenandoah are just depressing. Sad considering they were booming not all that long ago
I was a student in Pittsburgh and I’ve been in many cities in the U.S (North, West, East, and South) and I can say Pittsburgh is one of the most beautiful cities in America.
Love ya Pittsburgh 412
Pittsburgh is a solid 6/10
@@why-ic1dz 8/10, totally not biased
@@why-ic1dz I grew up in East McKeesport. No slums there. Just a basic simple little town adjacent to McKeesport which I always thought was extremely depressing growing up. So, he’s very right about that including the surrounding towns of Braddock, Pitcairn, Elizabeth etc. I left after graduating from UPitt.
I live in CT now. GORGEOUS state and a lot of quintessential, quaint New England villages nestled in the sloping hills and windy country roads. But, even CT has it’s bad towns, namely Bridgeport and Waterbury etc.
And furthermore why isn’t Pottstown on this list? Now that is a drug and crime riddled town and a hot bed for shootings and anyone from this region would confirm this.
He did say that the whole of PA is the state not to move too.
It seems though that there are too many Cities to choose from.
It almost Sounds like the best Solution would be to Light a Match and Let the whole state burn down.
Except for Centralia. Apparently that Made Things worse.
I just want to move to Florida and live near the beach.
@@theprinceofdarkness4679 Iunno. We do have some nicer areas. But yeah, were I not employed by the state (and were COVID not a persistent issue) I'd make serious efforts towards moving either back to New England, or to the Pacific NW.
My 9 year old cousin got shot at there just a few months ago
@@Suralin0 I'm afraid that my standards must be way too high.
Pacific NW and Atlantic NE aren't even on my would consider list. But Hey. People have to live somewhere.
I lived 56 yrs in anvonmore pa all my life its great to live here but cold in wintertime but its lovely i only roam three counties❤❤❤❤
Got it going on in the woods
Will say I love Pittsburgh and York. I live in a town across the river from Harrisburg and while it is pretty bare bones there is a lot of outside events, trails, etc. To do
Yeah York dosent seem good but it should have been lower on the list Johnstown definitely should have been number 4 instead that place is a mess
Pittsburgh has so many neighborhoods, that there are many good ones to choose from. I lived in Dormont which was plain, but safe. Mt Lebanon, was really nice. Pittsburgh has lots of great parks and interesting places. Tons of preserved architecture. I avoided the bad parts and they avoided me. It's a big place, that's intertwined with its natural setting. The bridges are amazing and the tram system winds in and out of streets. My favorite place.
It’s nice. Just don’t move to beaver county.
tram system?....once upon a time you could go anywhere in this city on a streetcar for a dime.....and it was clean and green...now you choke to death on diesel fumes from the buses...the only place that's serviced by the T is the south hills....
the part about intertwining with its natural setting is so true. Its nice to see a city that works with its surrounding nature instead of bulldozing thru it to make some ugly grid suburbia, or have to create fake rivers like LA or Dubai to make it livable. The only real noncompliance with nature is the tunnels that plow thru mountains, but there's not much you can do with that anyways.
Coming from California, Pittsburgh reminds me of the upper bay area, but less fake. Less fake imported palm trees and people, more down to earth. The east side of the city reminds me of Berkeley with its hills, bay weather, greenery and college towns, but without so many pretentious UC kids and grid streets.
The Jewish neighborhoods are still very nice. Sadly, as of late, thug shootings are showing up in the heart of the city.
Lived in Bethel Park. Went to the Dormont pool a lot when daughter was young. Great memories.
York definitely does not smell like cow poop. That's Lancaster.
Lancaster smells like a hot italian sandwich that was left in the sun for two days!
I was born in Camden, NJ, however, my family and I moved to Hazleton, in 1958! Back then Hazleton was a much better place then today! There were businesses downtown, and things to do, for the young and the elderly! Many stores and eatery's closed, stores went out of business, and the influx of many people moving in from the big cities have made it an unsafe place to live! Had to move out!
They harvest fields here in Lancaster. We need to eat so hold your nose! 🤣 #AmishCountry
Yeah Lancaster smells you go 2 miles out of the city and just pure farm land.
Also it is lan-cas-ter not lan-kiss-ter because people who live in Lancaster can’t say their county’s name right.
York smells like the Paper Factory in Spring Grove
I lived near Pgh until I was 35. Been away for 18 years. I didn’t realize how weird and depressing it was while I lived there. I only noticed it after I moved away and come back to visit. There’s a dreariness and bleakness to it and the personalities of the people seem to match that feeling.
Been here almost my whole life and you are right to some level. On a Governmental level it is a badly managed area, unless you work for one of the many local universities or the medical industry you can't find a job with a decent paycheck. Your limited to retail (now dying too in the area too), auto parts stores, fast food places and big box stores. None pay a livable wage by any standards in this country. It is also a rapidly growing geriatric area. For most of us the area is not growing and thriving, just getting by.
The university kids all move out when they graduate because there is no place for them to work here for the most part. Unless they become full lifetime students living off freebie grants and many do!
When a city is not growing and prospering it does tend to get dreary and dark. Look at Akron, Detroit, and other post war boom towns, same way. If it weren't for all the Federal Grant money coming into this city to the universities, and grad students and the medical industry(one of the largest in this country) this city would been bulldozed into a giant parking lot long ago. The cities management has not been very successful at running it properly over the years either and that hasn't helped. Another point is that because so many people are working in the medical and education industries there is a high level transient turnover. These people come and go but do not invest much in the growth of the area.
Hi there Nick Johnson! I would like to know about your point of view Morgantown. Is it a good place to live?.
This guy just sounds like he hates PA.
I'm on his side lol!
@@kingreyes7917 I heard that 👏
👁👄👁 Kinda
I definitely agree!
Well he has plenty of other states to choose from that's a plus.
Moved to Pittsburgh in 2020 and couldn't disagree more with the video's assessment of the city. We love it here. So much to do. Good food, no violence/drugs in our area. We encourage others to move here as well.
💯
I surely did in 2020
Life really is all that we make it! Enjoy Pittsburgh, it is beautiful!
pittsburgh is one of the least trashy cities ive seen
I as well moved here in 2020 and struggles are a part of life when you first move somewhere! I stayed, and struggled for the last couple of years and now l have it made! The people however are some of the nastiest rude people l have EVER met. However you develop your own relationships and you will be fine!
My brother lives in pleasantville at his dad’s my sister lives in oil city but we live in Titusville. We’re from oil creek. Titusville has almost 0 drop outs cause we have our own programs for people who are sick or pregnant so they don’t have to move away or drop out.
I was born & raised in Monroeville PA ; It was a great place to grow up being a newer community surrounded by the more rundown communities of the greater Pittsburgh areas : In the mid 1980 s we moved out west to Utah and I did business in Seattle, Portland , & Los Angeles; Living today in a beautiful resort town of Coeur D ‘ Alene Idaho ! Got to experience an awesome adventure living in the western part of America for 40 years !
Born and raised in PA!! Love my state! There are good and not so great areas in all states!
I’m a transplant from NY been here about two years love it
Born and raised in the Pittsburgh suburbs, Pennsylvania sucks from Philly to the Ohio line. why anyone would purposely choose to live here let alone move here from someone else is beyond me
Yep all 4 season other than the humidity it's a great state. Lots of beautiful places to visit and lots of our country history started here.
It will always be my home even though I have been gone for 30 years.
SW Pa sucks, and Gov Wolfe makes it totally suck and gag.
Pennsylvania' s state forest and park system have been the best in the usa for long time. The steel mills, coal mines, and vast woodlands of pa were critical to the fast growth of the entire usa
I love the honesty!
Oh yeah; Reading is the pits. I lived there for over a decade before moving out to the suburbs and then rural, on a small farm about 14 miles north of Reading.
I actually LOVE my home state of PA. but your list is correct.
Pa is a beautiful state, all states have their run down tows.
Exactly
Right. And just about all towns have bad areas. He could have picked any place and found some run down houses and crimes.
Pa is beautiful it seems like everyone here in allentown get long ok and we have our parts to dont get it fucked up but ovea all couldnt ask to live in a beautiful city of allentown 😎😆😊
I'm from philly, just don't be an outsider in that jawn, you could get dealt with real bad, from what I heard a lot of crime is happening with tourist going missing and being labeled by the media as philly natives.
Absolutely!
Despite being home to The Office, Scranton is so depressing. I lived in Scranton for 8 years, there is nothing to do there.
I think Scranton falls in the Wilkes-Barre area.
@@samanthab1923
If you live in northeastern Pennsylvania it is lumped together like that, but having grown up north of Scranton my impression is that the 2 areas were somewhat different in the early part of the 20th century. Then, that whole area kind of went downhill in the 70s and the 2 areas are still somewhat different.
Would I want to live there? No. The only "attraction" for that area is that it's big enough to be a regional transportation hub....or it was?
When I was a kid, the Pennsylvania town I lived in was served by bus and rail, now neither stop there. We have an airport, but you have to have your own plane/your own charter flight to land there. So now you drive nearly 2 hours, unless the weather and traffic are " good " to get to W-B.
At least half the towns on this list used to be at least ok places to live. Now, Pennsylvania has badly slipped, yet it's scary to think that there are many states so much worse (Arkansas, Mississippi, and Alabama spring to mind). Alabama and Mississippi make Pennsylvania look almost like a paradise.
Howard Kerr Didn't mean any offense, my dad was actually born in Scranton & both my grandparents are buried there. Have cousins who went to Kings. Just that the Wyoming Valley has a certain feel. Still beautiful country up there. 😊✌🏻
Chester has been that way for many many years.
Lol you sound like a chump !!!!!!
I was born and raised in Pittsburgh and also multiple small towns around Pittsburgh. I have lived in Phoenix now for almost 20 years and the older I get, I miss the people and the towns. We are the sweetest Most loving people ever. Out here you can't even leave your house or car unlocked. Even when I walk in my home anytime of day, I not only lock all my doors, I have cameras inside and out. I watched as a 16 year old died after being shot outside my house a few months ago. I also lived in Brownsville and the people are extremely nice and sweet.
If I wanted to move to a city in the U.S. it would be Pittsburgh. So many cool neighborhoods and all so different.
It’s really not that good I live there now and while there is some neat stuff and a couple cool neighborhoods the city as a whole is mediocre
In Pennsylvania you have Philly in the east, Pittsburgh in the west, and Alabama in the middle
The whole rest of the state is sometimes referred to as pennsyltucky
Only reason to move to PA is if you want to live in the middle of nowhere, the country areas like New Tripoli are fine.
I worked with someone from North Carolina and he said rural PA isn't much different.
@@scottyV1000
I have a sister in Tennessee, Georgia and Florida all in rural areas. We are from Pennsylvania and they would agree.
Lol central PA is nothing like the south
Peppermint Patties aren't even made in York anymore, they moved manufacturing to Mexico.
Facts it's been decades
The Southwestern area of NY state borders along a nice rural border of Pa.
Lots of nice people in those rural areas. Beautiful countryside.
Driving through the hills requires watching out for deer.
Those 80s sounds and commercials, you're taking me back... I've been to Sharpsburg....country and quiet...
Good use of gray cloudy winter days to enhance the depressive mood.
That's pretty much how it always looks and Pennsylvania, we get sun like five days a year
@@jimeagle1155 ...wut I know ur just exaggerating but we get like 40% sunny usually and is perfect weather. Especially in the fall
@@jimeagle1155 One of my friends from Colorado always asks me how I can stand living in PA... He says our winters are so "bleak".
@@jimeagle1155 lol PA is a sunny utopia compared to the state of Washington
Lived in here in several different places in southwest PA my whole life. (Over 30) and from personal experience I couldn’t disagree more. Living in some of these towns, or nearby some mentioned or on your list. Not to mention there’s been tons of articles ranking several towns in PA lists of safest/most affordable to live. PA has so many towns chalk full of history.
Ive lived in pa my entire life. Let's face it this guy is just a moron. Anyone that would put Centralia on this list is just a joke. Wouldn't put anything he has to say.
Where at? I’m from South West Pa also. Just moved back from Maryland
I live in Ligonier. It's perfect! It has a little of everything you need without being a busy city. I love the Latrobe/Lawson Heights/Crabtree area too.
@@cheesecake2089 I love Ligonier and the Wicked Googley
Trapped here from the pandemic. Ppl get upset when you talk it down, they tell you it's history to quelch their shame. After all, whose fault is it if an area goes to pot?
I'm from Brownsville originally and reside in Woodside CA these days.
I miss the family and community that made these places what they are and were.
Pittsburgh from what I recall was named one of the best cities in the US just a few years ago.
If you want to raise a family and own a home ,look no further.
went to pittsburgh to visit carnegie mellon after being accepted for grad school - i LOVED the city. reminded me of richmond or baltimore but with more to do, and better scenery
Pa is a beautiful state with rich history of early settlers and the founding of the nation. But aside of the cities which are mostly run by, you know which career political power grabbers, the property taxes are the worst nightmare and considered one of the worst in the nation. They throw elderly people, medically sick and families with children out in the streets from their homes that have been paid for years ago. The escrow for property tax can be half as much a month, or as much as your mortgage payment. People have liquidated their retirement, personal assets, and hock family heirlooms to try to stay in their homes, only to lose it all in the end. Once you are behind you can never catch up. In recent years instead of taking just your home, they first come into your home with a break bond order and levy your personal belongings and sell them off, then they seize the home next and sell that off. People have literally collapsed at the courthouses as their family home is sold off and they are suddenly homeless and powerless. You will never really own your home in this state, at best you lease it from the school districts, teacher unions and state government, because you will be paying on it until the day you die and it can be taken at any moment should you face hard times, get sick or struggle. And even if you sell it, you can never recoup the punitive property taxes or enjoy the benefit of appreciate d value because the property tax is so out of control.
Dead on. I moved to another state because I knew the taxes would make it impossible to live decently on my limited retirement. There used to be another tax for working based on your job title. If you were a 'manager' you paid a certain tax. It didn't matter if you managed a convenience store or had a good middle management position, the tax was the same.
North eastern PA is a full of nature. Mountains, hills, rivers, forest, lakes, roads and roads. Peaceful place, no crowds and hustling and bustling with millions of people and vehicles.
My life in a nutshell!
I agree
Ions Polls i agree. I moved here (the poconos) from California back in ‘06, and never regretted it. I love the woods, wildlife, lakes, and small town feel.
I stayed in Harrisburg for a work training for two weeks and the restaurants were amazing, cute bars, nice people, and charming little events over the summer!
I live in Harrisburg. It's pretty great. Sure, it has issues like any place but overall it's actually got a lot going on!
@@hfreeland88 Yeah, i agree. I commented above about 3rd In the Berg and other neat stuff he missed.
I’m in the Suburbs of Harrisburg and I go there to work everyday (if your asking why i live in the suburbs of harrisburg and work in downtown harrisburg is because they didnt have enough hours and didn’t pay enough) and i would definitely say that this guy who made the video is wrong.
Harrisburg is a pretty great little gem in PA actually. Great cost of living. City crime isn’t great, but is mostly contained to certain areas and downtown Harrisburg actually has a lot of great restaurants and bars. Midtown is nice. Easy to just slip in and out. And the location to other major cities is superb. D.C, Baltimore, Philly, NYC. Day trips to the beach. Insulated from major weather events. Beautiful woods. Let the haters hate.
All of that gets old pretty quickly or you become an alcoholic because almost all the social events are at bars. People here are not nice. I mean, just ignoring the fact that I have personally known many people who've been r*ped, assaulted or robbed people here are very rude and are easily offended.
Check your map placement for Hazelton. Your narration says NE PA but you placed it south central.
As somebody else said, Pennsylvania has some great spots, and others not so much. They are slow to adapt to new technologies and new businesses, and do very little to drawl those kinds of businesses to the state. Therefore, jobs are essentially predicated to those with college degrees and those who don’t have them are usually working in lower paying jobs, with lower income. Or working two or three of those jobs to make ends meet.
I was born in Brooklyn New York, but moved to central PA when I was six years old. I had a lot of family from Camphill and New Cumberland and the surrounding areas. It was a great place to grow up in in the mid to late 70s and 80s. As the area had a very good up until the early 2000s. But because the state was so slow to adapt to emerging technologies, it left it at a disadvantage for those looking for a better life. Not that you can’t make it there, but prospects are limited… But growing a bit. Just not as fast as the rest of the nation.
I still think fondly on my childhood growing up there. As there was so much good at that time. But, I ended up moving to the beach out of personal preference of what I loved to do when I was a kid and I really haven’t been back much. I think about it often and do plan on visiting soon. As one thing I can say, is there was always a great sense of community and people valued the relationships they had with family and friends. Which is something I can’t say too much of where I’m at. Which seems very cold and uninviting to those that aren’t in the clique that makes up this area, which are barflies. Something I’m not.
Still to this day, though, I don’t think I would have any problem moving back to central Pennsylvania. As I still have a bunch of friends there that helped make that area an incredible place to be.
Chester was a well known hell hole sixty years ago. York city has been going downhill for many decades, but you only have to get about two miles outside of the city itself to be surrounded with some of the most scenic and productive farmland on Earth. York county is one of the most beautiful places I've ever lived
York is better than it was in the past. Better than most other places on this list.
Agreed.....I'm in Mount Wolf!
York county produce was some of the best I’ve had in my life. I miss it. I’m originally from Adams county, now in the Poconos
I grew up 25 miles north of Pittsburgh, I never thought of it as lame. Pennsylvanians are a wide group of diverse and wonderful people. The state is absolutely beautiful with all four seasons, some areas a bit more severe in winter. By the way, I find it amusing that in your words, find that Homestead is one of the worst neighborhoods in the country, you obviously have not checked into the Kensington area in Philadelphia.
I'm from Russellton
@@veronikalake6934 Could be worse...could be Culmerville.
@@billvill61 or tioga-nicetown.
This is a very pessimistic channel. I guess he takes that angle to get views. PA is a nice state in my opinion ( if you can get past all the cloudy days.)
I'm from homestead lmao. This area isn't bad. He didn't mention Monessen which is one of the most run down town I've ever seen. But ya Kensington is by far the worst city. Possibly in the entire country
I like how you do the maps here: you show the whole PA map. As compared to you most recent KY episode and just showed the city, close up, on a map.
Everywhere but Lancaster, totally true. I'm surprised they didn't put Shomokin, Coaldale, or Tamakqwa on that list. And the whole Slatebelt area, as well as Easton.💯
I moved from CA to PA and live in Harrisburg, I love it. We own a beautiful home, with more than we could ever afford in CA. Our property has a little creek that runs through it, there are plenty of places to go shopping (I don't know what you are talking about in your video), the downtown has had some revitalization with a farmers market, great restaurants, an arts center, an amazing bookstore/coffee shop and so much more that I haven't seen yet. I previously lived in San Francisco and you could say similar things about crime, drugs, etc. as you have about most of these towns in PA. Enjoying where you are is partially attitude and your ability to seek the beauty and potential in a place. Yes parts of PA aren't diverse, but Harrisburg isn't one of them.
I came here to say this, I live in Harrisburg too and man he did us dirty. It's nice on 2nd street at least LOL
Harrisburg also has Hershey close by so access to a great Amusement Park, some big name music concerts plus minor league hockey.
Harrisburg has awesome architecture. You can really see the old wealth in that city with the old mansions too. There’s still wealth there too
I LOVE Harrisburg! Way off on this, little whipper snapper!
DIVERSITY IS FOR FOOLS
I LOVEEEE living in Pennsylvania !!!! ❤️
Experiencing the 4 seasons.. mountains, valleys, rivers and lakes, waterfalls, countrysides, farms ... I appreciate it's beauty ...it's my forever home
What town do you live in? I'm considering moving here with my son Petar and we are looking for a nice beautiful town to settle in.
@@milostodorovic69 I live in the suburbs outside and would recommend checking out the Boalsburg - State College - Philipsburg area.
@@rhondastewart8805 thanks! I'll look into it
You’re seriously delusional! In the south we have the same four seasons without the bullshit snow and liberal Communist politics!
@@raydude9208 the south feels all 4 seasons? Huh... growing up in PA and visiting the south A LOT cuz my cousins live there I didn’t know that
recently took a trip to pittsburgh for a week i stayed in an airbnb in rankin it was a fixer upper all the other houses on the street looks abandoned but i really enjoyed the city definitely wouldn’t move there but it was a breathe of fresh air coming from portsmouth va
I’m very surprised that Allentown did not make this list. I have been here in the middle of the day and have been terrified of my life. I think you should take a trip to Allentown and make a video on it. I have lived in 3 of the places on the list in western-central Pa, and I have never been as scared as I was in Allentown. When you get there, park in the parking lot of the family dollar on north 9th street by the church. You will fear for your life I promise.
I love Pennsylvania when I've been there. The scenery and architecture are all beautiful.
Very true. Some of us have $$$$ and can afford a beautiful view away from human garbage.
@@face-diaper lol that's not even remotely accurate. You can live dirt cheap in PA and still have a *beautiful* view -- even more so in central/western PA.
I'm shocked that Shamokin didn't make the list.
Haha I thought for sure Shamokin would be on here too!!
Right he doesn't know anything about PA
A part of my family was born in Shamokin I never heard of it till then!
I drove through two weeks ago as there was a detour on our way to Knobles.
Good gosh......Shamokin is a run down hot mess........
👏👏 agreed
Lol. I just moved from California (the state) to LaBelle which is 5 miles from Brownsville. It is a poor place a lot of old buildings. But very friendly people. Yes it's a small coal town with few and far between stores restaurants bars gas stations and stores of any kind really.but everyone no matter race ethnicity or religion are the nicest friendly most forgiving and honest people I've ever met
I've lived in PA my whole life. Pittsburgh and Cleveland are my favorite places to go. Also downtown sharon is fun