Post Something you like about Pennsylvania

[charlie and algernon]

the Poconos

[Meshuga]

1. Philly

Except for the sports teams.

[AwakeAtLast]

2. My husband grew up there

I am from the Midwest.

I like the cheesesteaks.
I like the mountains.
I like Bojangles and Friendly's.

If we had $100,000 we would open a Bojangles here!

[GOPisEvil]

3. Tastykakes!

[TK421]

47. For you...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMQBGntlbyg&feature=PlayList&p=9C3177DA1705EA6E&playnext=1&index=23

[AwakeAtLast]

86. I can't believe I forgot about TastyCakes!

:9

[jeff30997]

4. Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney.

Again and again and...



...again and...

[madinmaryland]

55. My Dad went to high school there.

My Dad went to high school there.
My Dad went to high school there.
My Dad went to high school there.
My Dad went to high school there.

:hi:

[bicentennial_baby]

5. The Pittsburgh Incline on Mount Washington:

The Cathedral of Learning:



Falling Water:



Primanti Bros:

[SteelPenguin]

29. Good choices

Here's more...

Allegheny National Forest (Colton Point State Park)


Phipps Conservatory


Seven Springs


Whitewater Rafting on the Yough

[femmocrat]

35. Gorgeous photos!

thanks for posting them

[femmocrat]

6. I live in PA!

It is a beautiful state. Beautiful scenery, charming small towns, moderate climate, and friendly residents. For me, it's home.

[old mark]

17. Me, too. We love just to drive around the back roads.

We also have lots of great restaurants and grow wonderful fruit and vegies.


mar

[Forkboy]

7. It was cool to drive through while high and listening to The Ex.

It sucked straight though, I'll tell you that.

:hide:

[crimsonblue]

8. I like the fact that I don't live in Pennsylvania. n/t

[TK421]

75. I feel sorry for you n/t

[RushIsRot]

9. Chalfont and most of Bucks County.

[TK421]

43. A high school buddy of mine lives in Chalfont

You're familiar with it? Is the Roasted Pepper still there? I really liked that restaurant!

[RushIsRot]

52. I lived there in 1964 while in the Army. I suspect it has grown a tad

since then. I loved the area when I was there. It was gorgeous and because I am an erstwhile artist, Bucks County was quite artistically oriented which appealed to me.

Chalfont was only a crossroads location when I was there.

[TieDyedDad]

10. I live close to the Poconos but still in NY

The Poconos...The Irish Alps.. rofl

Gettysburg..What a haunting and beautiful place.

[LynneSin]

11. Home of the World Series Champion Philadelphia Phillies and Super Bowl Champs Pittsburgh Steelers

nuff said!

Oh and we kept McCain and Palin so fricking occupied in Pennsylvania that they forgot to campaign in the other 49 states.

[tabbycat31]

40. and because of that I was able to attend 2 rallies

Thank you PA for pretending to be competitive enough to draw Obama to Chester in the pouring rain and Biden to Allentown.

[Swede]

12. The Flyers and the Penguins,

pass the puck in Pennsylvania.

[Zomby Woof]

13. The Declaration of Independence

Drafted by Thomas Jefferson in the Graff House in Philadelphia. When in doubt, I go for the historical aspects of a state to get at what I like about it.

Philadelphia can be the butt of jokes and sometimes gets a bad rap - but I like it anyway. Maybe it's the history, or the vibe, or the food I enjoyed many years ago when I went on a field trip there, but I like Philly more than most east coast cities.

[DebJ]

14. The 10,000+ York City residents who voted for Barack Obama

and who never voted before in their lives, for the most part. In 2004, York had a voter turnout of 10%. 10 fracking percent, when I had registered more than 400 people myself
in this city of about 40,000. This time, 10,000+ voted for Barack, killing the 3900 idiots who voted for McCain (and the only ones who usually vote.)

[intheflow]

15. I was born there.

I moved when I was 8 weeks old. But it all started in Pennsylvania.

[barb162]

16. It's a beautiful state.

[PittPoliSci]

18. these two guys.

even as a pens fan, i still have to admire mike richards. he is a great nemesis to have. there isn't a more exciting match in the NHL than watching the Penguins play the Flyers.

[Adsos Letter]

19. My oldest daughter goes to medical school there...

Here she is, saying goodbye to california on the initial trip Eastward:



:D

[MrSlayer]

20. I'll just do Philly. Jim's Steaks, Primo Hoagies, Reading Terminal Market, the Mummers.....

http://media.philly.com/images/citizens+bank+park.jpg







One of the most hardcore Democratic and Union strongholds in the country.





And of course the notorious Philly sports fans.

[TK421]

77. Love Jims Steaks...we sat at the table that had John Candys photo above it!

We spent the whole day on South Street showing a kid from L.A around town because we were on a filming project...the kid ( well, he was about 19 ) kept stopping at every other block taking pictures because he said our architecture here was nothing like what it was on the west coast. I mean, he was taking pictures of project buildings on the way downtown...and City Hall, forget it! We couldn't drag him away from that building! and when we went to Jims steaks he pretty much raved about how good the food was, we actually couldn't get this guy to leave! We were on a tight filming schedule so we had to get going.

[JVS]

21. I like the state run liquor stores and the regulated beer stores.

The selection is huge and the prices reasonable.

[femmocrat]

36. LOL

:rofl:

[JVS]

45. What's so funny. Where in a nonregulated state can you find 50 types of vodka?

I'll tell you where. In a specialty shop that makes you pay through the nose.

[TK421]

48. Funny thing about that...I have a friend in Jersey who complains about our state stores

Now...let me just say this, I love beer and I can get it just about any time I want. There are about ten places just in my area ( two in short walking distance ) where I can get that. A state store will, of course only sell hard liquor and wines, but the hours they are open are pretty reasonable.
The only time I'll go there is to pick up some scotch or a bottle of Jamisons. I find it funny that people in Jersey find it such a hardship for a place to not sell hard liquor 24/7.

[femmocrat]

50. Sorry.... I thought I detected a note of sarcasm.

People usually complain about the state stores, not praise them!

Mea culpa.

[Mendocino]

22. Loyalsock Trail

[Sky Masterson]

23. Scranton

And a dear friend lives there.
Plus my family migrated from PA to where I am now in the late 1800's

[WinkyDink]

24. Aside from MY being a resident, there is only one answer: Made only in my town,

[old mark]

25. Must add - one of the all time great FM stations - 93.3 WMMR.

You can get it online. Great music, best morning show anywhere, Pierre in the midday shift.

mark

[charlie and algernon]

27. hell yeah

i dreadfully miss working in the philly area, i would listen to Pierre Robert evert day and look forward to his record playing.

[tigereye]

26. Lake Erie, all our covered bridges, our "blue state" ethos

lovely foliage, Pittsburgh (I live near there), waterways, forests, Steelers.... :evilgrin:

[TK421]

53. Talking about foliage...have you ever been to Jim Thorpe?

purples, yellows, reds, all shades of these fuckers in the fall

Also, Bucks and Montgomery Counties are stunning

[tigereye]

54. no, not sure where that is - I'm at the western edge of PA.

Sounds lovely.

[TK421]

56. Here it is, then

http://maps.google.com/maps?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hl=en&q=jim+thorpe+PA&um=1&ie=UTF-8&split=0&gl=us&ei=rxmOSZ_HEY-ctwec0OWmCw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=title

it's a Google map link....just to show where it is in relation to where you are..if that helps!

[tigereye]

78. at the other end of the state, a bit far

well, next time I'm out that way will have to take a look!


:hi:

[HopeHoops]

28. Looking at Harrisburg across the Susquehanna - particularly beautiful now - it is frozen.

[RetroLounge]

30. Best thing in the state of PA!

:loveya:

RL

[azmouse]

31. The Reading Pagoda

and shoofly pie with a wet bottom!

[TK421]

32. Bucks County, Philly, awesome beer and some of the best food on the planet

The County Theater in Doylestown ( I've seen lots of movies here )








New Hope...where I would live if I hit the jackpot



The Philly Skyline








The Reading Terminal Market....one-stop heart attack




Can't forget the cheesesteaks

[Demoiselle]

38. I was watching movies at the County 50 years ago!

I went to Central Bucks. That's just Central Bucks. It wasn't "West" yet.
Doylestown is great, too.

[TK421]

39. I graduated from Pennridge...and I lived in Dublin back in the 90's

at the time, there was nothing but farmland and one shopping center ( they did have a Dairy Queen, though ) now it is so overdeveloped the last time I was there I didn't recognize it.

Doylestown rocks...and I would move there in a heartbeat. I'm just a little poor now :hi:

[alsame]

33. New Hope. eom

[Beaverhausen]

34. Valley Forge

Washington's HQ



Officer's cabins

[TommyO]

37. It has one of the best darned traditional amusement parks in the country!

www.knoebels.com

[TK421]

42. My roommate goes there every year....he is part of some roller coaster enthusiast

club. I almost went last year, but couldn't get out of work.

[TommyO]

82. If it's the first weekend in October, I'm there too!

It's an event called the Phoenix Phall Phunfest, it's grown quite a bit, but it used to be a rather small gathering of coaster enthusiasts for an end-of season get-together.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

41. Fallingwater

and the Laurel Highlands area...

[TK421]

44. How the hell could I leave out the Poconos? my bad

also...Blue Mountain

Oh...I also ate at this awesome, awesome castle out in Reading back in 2001 ( I think ) Stokesay

http://www.stokesaycastle.com/

[Mike 03]

46. There were two amusement parks my parents took us to when we were very young:

Dutch Wonderland (with the red monorail) and Hershey Park. They were fantastic. My sisters and I loved those places.

And for what it's worth, my dad LOVED something called "shoe fly pie" which we could only get in Dutch Wonderland.

I also vaguely remember something called "Hex Signs" that my mother was fascinated by.

I have no clue if they still exist as real entities or whether they are long gone.

[TK421]

49. If you drive around Upper Bucks County you will still see the hex signs on the barns

around there. We saw two of them going past Lahaska some years ago. I really think these people just leave them up there for gawkers! :rofl:

[azmouse]

65. I was born and raised in Berks Co, PA

Yep hex signs are still around on the barns. They are charming.

For those who don't know what a hex sign looks like:

[Mike 03]

74. OMG, thank you azmouse.

I have to email this post to my mom.

Maybe they were just there for gawkers, but this will mean a lot to my parents.

My dad is not in good shape, so these memories are really helpful and nice.

Thank you so much!!!!

I can't even thank you enough.

[azmouse]

92. I'm glad I could help.

:hug:

Oh and BTW... shoofly pie was available EVERYWHERE in that area. I remember going to Dutch Wonderland was I was a kid. Loved it.
Did you ever go to Dorney Park? It was up near Allentown. That's where my folks would take us every summer. Loved that too.

[Taverner]

51. Sorry, I think he's a great Director

And of course, last but not least...

[charlie and algernon]

57. don't forget Will Smith, Bill Cosby and Kobe Bryant

Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson also went to High School in PA

[Taverner]

59. Will Smith is a Scientology tool, Bill Cosby is great, Kobe - meh, The "Rock" - WHATever :)

[NNadir]

58. The Bowman's Hill Flower Preserve:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/14/225024/577

[TK421]

72. Everyone should be made aware of this....Bowmans Hill is about a 35 minute drive

north of where I'm at...gorgeous...unmatched beauty in upper Bucks

[trof]

60. scrapple. Not Scrabble. SCRAPPLE!

not sure if it's one 'p' or 2.
On edit i think it's 2.

[TZ]

62. ummm...YUCK!

My stepfather loves the damn stuff...I know what that stuff is...:puke:

[trof]

63. Me neither. Don't really wanna know.

But I liked it.

[TK421]

66. It's fucking awesome...especially with eggs

you are missing out...don't think about what it is, just fooking try it!

[rug]

61. Turkey Hill

[TK421]

67. My favorite ice cream...I buy no other brands

their Mint Chocolate chip and Peanut Butter ribbon kick ass....ice cream in a fricking tub? How can any reasonably-minded human being resist that? ( unless you are lactose intolerant then you are shit out of luck )

[MrPerson]

64. Apparently Hawaii doesn't need one of these threads.

[TK421]

68. I like their spam....whoops!

[Redstone]

69. Cheesestak hoagies. Primanti's. What else do you need?

Redstone

[TK421]

70. Amen brother...

:hi: sorry I missed you on your last trip out here! I wanted to take you guys to the King George Inn, but I know you were doing a drive-through

[dysfunctional press]

71. i've always found that pennsylvania looked the best...

in my rear-view mirror.

[TK421]

76. Were there people waving bye-bye in that rear view mirror?

[dysfunctional press]

89. nope- just lots of other cars headed the same way as me.

:hi: :hi: :hi:

[TimeChaser]

73. Sarris Chocolate

There, the thread is over. I win :D

[unsavedtrash]

79. West Chester Diner

[timtom]

80. The people from PA that I've met have been

extremely nice people with whom I seem to get along well.

[TK421]

81. I like to think most of us are...

at least where I live we have this small town kind of community thingy going on..I see the same people every frigging day when I walk out the door.

[Initech]

83. It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia

[Initech]

84. Yuengling!!!!!!

:toast: :beer:

[DainBramaged]

85. I don't live there

[AwakeAtLast]

87. One more to add - Mr. AAL misses his Icy Tea!

He would have it shipped, but the cost is outrageous!

:hi:

[CharmCity]

88. Erie, PA!!

[Redstone]

90. To be serious for a moment, part of what's great about Pennsylvania is that it's

so damn BIG (at least horizontally). You have Philadelphia, which is very much a mid-Atlantic city, and Pittsburgh (which is farther from Philadelphia than Boston is), which is very much a Midwestern city.

In between, you have parts of the state that could be Vermont, Virginia, Germany, the fertile fields of France, almost anywhere that's not tropical.

The part of Pennsylvania where I used to live got ruined by development starting in the 1970s, and I can barely stand to visit there anymore, but the state as a whole is still a wonderful place.

Redstone

[Tommy_Carcetti]

91. A certain somebody I met when I was 16 years old....

....who resided in a certain Central Pennsylvania city. That was awesome. The fact that I still think about that certain somebody years later confirms it was awesome.

Now I'm all bittersweet.

[Bravo Zulu]

93. Bobtown!

I was born in Bobtown and grew up there,the mine closed, but I still like it!
http://www.coalcampusa.com/westpa/klondike/bobtown/bobtown.htm

[no name no slogan]

94. I've never been there, but the Pennsylvania Turnpike is pretty kick ass

:headbang:

[RadicalTexan]

95. My Yankee boyfriend

who is from Hersey

whose chocolate sucks.