10 Places in Pennsylvania You Should NEVER Move To

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  • čas přidán 13. 06. 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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  • @OldeCountryHomesteading
    @OldeCountryHomesteading Před 3 lety +12394

    who else from PA is here looking for their town to be in here? lol

  • @wvvystock555
    @wvvystock555 Před 3 lety +1890

    This dude clearly hasn’t heard of Kensington

    • @byjoancollado
      @byjoancollado Před 3 lety +55

      Jjaja real rap. Kensington is the sombie zone 🔥

    • @dachba213
      @dachba213 Před 3 lety +16

      You're right about that!

    • @emilyschultz9094
      @emilyschultz9094 Před 3 lety +45

      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

    • @firstnamelastname-td2in
      @firstnamelastname-td2in Před 3 lety +70

      that's a neighborhood in philly. so just philly in general you shouldn't move to. everything is becoming Kensington and Frankford

    • @thomasknowles7700
      @thomasknowles7700 Před 3 lety +34

      I lived at K & A. It was wild.

  • @JerryR1776
    @JerryR1776 Před 11 měsíci +25

    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.

    • @wakenow1
      @wakenow1 Před 3 měsíci +4

      My pop pop worked at the steel factory in phoenixville, my family went from wealthy to poor in less than a generation.

    • @blue18404
      @blue18404 Před 29 dny

      ​@@wakenow1 no thanks to pollution

    • @wakenow1
      @wakenow1 Před 29 dny +1

      @@blue18404 lol. Okay pal.

    • @user-fj7vm9fz2h
      @user-fj7vm9fz2h Před 26 dny +1

      Gas and Oil. Dead for the last four years. In my city. General Steels; Specialty Steel; Aluminum manufacturing and Trucking are all gone to Other Countries. Thanks to Big Government. Oh and don’t leave out Hershey Chocolate which is now the Great Mexican Chocolate Bar.

    • @mcintosh.motors
      @mcintosh.motors Před 15 dny +1

      @@wakenow1same. my grandfather operated one of the large cranes at bethlehem steel. helped built framing for golden gate bridge, buildings in NYC etc. then the cheaper and more efficient overseas production methods took over and made US made steel obsolete.

  • @etherlords88
    @etherlords88 Před 7 měsíci +50

    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! ☹️

    • @jayliptak6117
      @jayliptak6117 Před 6 měsíci +1

      I LITERALLY LIVE THARE

    • @merlin1649
      @merlin1649 Před 2 měsíci +5

      Yinz can eat parogies with us any time.

    • @jodiwest23
      @jodiwest23 Před měsícem +1

      @@merlin1649 Ya jack wagon! They're called perogies! Or pierogies or pyrogies!

    • @merlin1649
      @merlin1649 Před měsícem +2

      @@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.

    • @Pets_over_people
      @Pets_over_people Před měsícem +1

      They drive with a vengeance there.

  • @vaultbull706
    @vaultbull706 Před 4 lety +459

    You can't even move to Centralia so you wasted a spot on this list

    • @19DrumFreak89
      @19DrumFreak89 Před 4 lety +49

      You can't even visit Centralia anymore lol. Glad I saw the graffiti highway a few times before the state condemned the area

    • @gunnersteve13
      @gunnersteve13 Před 4 lety +8

      That’s how I feel. No one with half a brain cell would even consider it.

    • @budbinner2276
      @budbinner2276 Před 4 lety +3

      Correct Vautlbull !!!

    • @Paul.M.Smith1960
      @Paul.M.Smith1960 Před 4 lety +4

      @@19DrumFreak89 I was lucky enough to have been a part of three photo shoots over there, about 3 or 4 years ago. Interesting place.

    • @concertscoastersandnitro725
      @concertscoastersandnitro725 Před 4 lety +4

      @@RockyAliTyson1 there's nothing stopping youm..rt 61 still going thru...there isn't much there..you will be bored after about 10 minutes

  • @halyefn2403
    @halyefn2403 Před 3 lety +2397

    if you're from PA you know he said "Wilkes-barre" wrong lol

  • @soldsouls6317
    @soldsouls6317 Před 8 měsíci +74

    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.

    • @SalandFindles
      @SalandFindles Před 6 měsíci

      Damn, man. What was some of the worst things about it that you encountered?

    • @ericf7221
      @ericf7221 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Also born and raised in Reading. I wholeheartedly agree.

    • @soldsouls6317
      @soldsouls6317 Před 5 měsíci +3

      @@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.

    • @HeroicStumpy
      @HeroicStumpy Před 5 měsíci +4

      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

    • @um52
      @um52 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Facts

  • @inmotion6238
    @inmotion6238 Před 5 měsíci +27

    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

    • @merlin1649
      @merlin1649 Před 2 měsíci

      And the dank. You can't forget the dank. It's the best part.

  • @Stephen-vl2ky
    @Stephen-vl2ky Před 4 lety +554

    This guy clearly isn't from PA since he doesn't know how to pronounce our cities.

    • @dbarrelbeatz2025
      @dbarrelbeatz2025 Před 3 lety +46

      Wilkes- berry though 😆 its wilkes- bare he clearly not from PA

    • @jck956
      @jck956 Před 3 lety +6

      D Barrel Beatz ngl in (south) Central Pennsylvania we call it Wilkes-Berry

    • @pjdonovan5788
      @pjdonovan5788 Před 3 lety +4

      From avoca. Wilkes berry is fine.

    • @SteveSmith-eb6ze
      @SteveSmith-eb6ze Před 3 lety +2

      Who cares where he is from. The truth doesn’t care where an announcer is from.

    • @davekogut4053
      @davekogut4053 Před 3 lety +8

      He should have been more diligent...many mistakes

  • @justsayin7314
    @justsayin7314 Před 3 lety +393

    Centralia shouldn’t be on the list since it really doesn’t exist.

    • @joesmith701
      @joesmith701 Před 3 lety +18

      that's what I think as well, it's more an abandoned/lost town than an actual town you could move to.

    • @BewitchedBeckatha
      @BewitchedBeckatha Před 3 lety +35

      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.

    • @idontmindpineappleonpizza8825
      @idontmindpineappleonpizza8825 Před 3 lety +11

      It is literally closed

    • @39aeb
      @39aeb Před 3 lety +6

      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.

    • @p.d.l7023
      @p.d.l7023 Před 3 lety +10

      Agreed. But how many real cities actually have their own horror video game?

  • @cemegonuts
    @cemegonuts Před měsícem +10

    The stars on your little map introductions are so far off it is hilarious. You cant be more wrong.

  • @lynnw7155
    @lynnw7155 Před 10 měsíci +12

    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.

    • @johnjackson8709
      @johnjackson8709 Před měsícem

      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

  • @cthulhushell
    @cthulhushell Před rokem +253

    I was born and raised in PA. The fact you found five towns WORSE than the one that inspired Silent Hill cracks me up! 😭

    • @magpieone9390
      @magpieone9390 Před rokem +14

      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

    • @MrMegaMario64
      @MrMegaMario64 Před rokem +10

      @@magpieone9390 Centralia

    • @milaj7074
      @milaj7074 Před rokem +2

      @@magpieone9390 good glad you’re moving

    • @jackiehill6357
      @jackiehill6357 Před rokem +12

      @@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.

    • @magpieone9390
      @magpieone9390 Před rokem +1

      @@jackiehill6357 I visited York a couple times.(Ex-laws lived near Chambersburg) If I was offered a house there, I would go!!!

  • @garnettbrown
    @garnettbrown Před 4 lety +379

    At this stage of my life, ill take a farm any day so long its away from the city and a lot of people!

    • @young-blk-investor1059
      @young-blk-investor1059 Před 4 lety +8

      It's the opposite for me

    • @MsBadBody
      @MsBadBody Před 4 lety +2

      Right lol

    • @shadisawaqed940
      @shadisawaqed940 Před 4 lety +4

      I hear ya.. I wanna move to waymart P.A. quiet, country style.. freedom

    • @lisab.1559
      @lisab.1559 Před 4 lety +5

      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. 😁

    • @MrMoparbob498
      @MrMoparbob498 Před 4 lety +2

      @@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

  • @stephentepper976
    @stephentepper976 Před rokem +67

    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.

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  Před rokem +3

      Good to hear

    • @BernieSnowden
      @BernieSnowden Před rokem +3

      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

    • @maple855
      @maple855 Před 10 měsíci +1

      I hate the crime (mostly Shootings)

    • @Yinzer808
      @Yinzer808 Před 9 měsíci +1

      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.

    • @blue18404
      @blue18404 Před 26 dny

      The city is a polluted mess again. Plus the toxic plume from the East Palestine train derailment hit Pittsburgh.

  • @trutherror
    @trutherror Před rokem +8

    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.

  • @gurskyman
    @gurskyman Před 3 lety +1129

    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.

    • @ellengrace4609
      @ellengrace4609 Před 3 lety +73

      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.

    • @majelmehrenberg9230
      @majelmehrenberg9230 Před 3 lety +24

      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.

    • @timothybrown7779
      @timothybrown7779 Před 3 lety +36

      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..

    • @gurskyman
      @gurskyman Před 3 lety +63

      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.

    • @jsainz706
      @jsainz706 Před 3 lety +56

      I've only lived in PA for 3 years, and I live in the lehigh valley. I wont lie. I love it here.

  • @jeanmanning8028
    @jeanmanning8028 Před 2 lety +872

    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!!

    • @CrossOfBayonne
      @CrossOfBayonne Před 2 lety +18

      Especially the Anthracite regions which were served by railroads

    • @youngshiner1834
      @youngshiner1834 Před 2 lety +10

      No

    • @tmackjr8652
      @tmackjr8652 Před 2 lety +7

      @@youngshiner1834 yes

    • @dc9631
      @dc9631 Před 2 lety +52

      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.

    • @mikel9656
      @mikel9656 Před 2 lety +10

      @@dc9631 WV, its almost heaven ;)

  • @MichalisG1821
    @MichalisG1821 Před rokem +64

    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.

    • @grapefruitsodags8387
      @grapefruitsodags8387 Před rokem +1

      And those stuff happen in pretty much all the mid Atlantic

    • @Hamthy727
      @Hamthy727 Před 11 měsíci +3

      Sure. But philly has plenty of redeeming qualities and things to do.

    • @Bangchanis500
      @Bangchanis500 Před 9 měsíci +3

      I call Philadelphia Filthadelphia💀

    • @user-go2st5fi9w
      @user-go2st5fi9w Před 7 měsíci +1

      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.

    • @melicat6652
      @melicat6652 Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@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.

  • @THEULTIMATETROLL
    @THEULTIMATETROLL Před 2 lety +479

    How can you mention "worst cities in PA" and Philadelphia doesn't even get an honorable (or dishonorable) mention ?

    • @vikingprincess634
      @vikingprincess634 Před 2 lety +81

      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.

    • @jesseolson3142
      @jesseolson3142 Před 2 lety +58

      They somehow missed Kensington that should be 1st

    • @terria.2581
      @terria.2581 Před 2 lety +35

      For real! Dude Pitt is beautiful compared to Philly. By far!

    • @t.reign0215
      @t.reign0215 Před 2 lety +21

      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 😭

    • @nafisahhaynes1494
      @nafisahhaynes1494 Před 2 lety +9

      @@vikingprincess634 I live in Philadelphia rn and it’s not that bad. But it could
      Be better.

  • @jackthomas7876
    @jackthomas7876 Před 3 lety +528

    Pretty much wherever there’s a Sheetz there’s a dying coal town

  • @georgesealy4706
    @georgesealy4706 Před 6 měsíci +7

    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.

    • @mintycbo
      @mintycbo Před 3 měsíci

      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.

  • @anessab-cy7zh
    @anessab-cy7zh Před rokem +3

    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.

  • @Chawncy.
    @Chawncy. Před 4 lety +468

    I’m from Reading, Pennsylvania and honestly I’m just glad someone pronounced our city correctly 😭

    • @hopdevil88
      @hopdevil88 Před 3 lety +41

      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

    • @kristinzeiber23
      @kristinzeiber23 Před 3 lety +27

      @@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.

    • @kirkvanpelt
      @kirkvanpelt Před 3 lety +25

      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.

    • @theone2964
      @theone2964 Před 3 lety +24

      This guy sounds like a hater . Rdg for life.

    • @Chawncy.
      @Chawncy. Před 3 lety +2

      the one yktvvvvv 📍📍📍

  • @jamieg1669
    @jamieg1669 Před 3 lety +115

    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.

    • @geoffreyschuchardt5350
      @geoffreyschuchardt5350 Před 2 lety +3

      Yup I’m from Pittsburgh and second this*

    • @mckenzietallentire9358
      @mckenzietallentire9358 Před 2 lety +3

      I'd rather be in the ghetto of Pittsburgh than anywhere in johnstown tbh, Pittsburgh isn't that bad

    • @SamKrepps
      @SamKrepps Před 2 lety +4

      I was kinda surprised Coatesville missed this list honest haha

    • @AliciaMully
      @AliciaMully Před 2 lety +1

      Amen we keep that old school flavor

    • @beinyconway8593
      @beinyconway8593 Před 2 lety +2

      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

  • @danaparks8812
    @danaparks8812 Před 11 měsíci +1

    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!

  • @mikedumczyk2628
    @mikedumczyk2628 Před rokem

    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!!

  • @PixelatedTwix
    @PixelatedTwix Před 3 lety +321

    This guy just sounds like he hates PA.

  • @yor162
    @yor162 Před 3 lety +349

    York definitely does not smell like cow poop. That's Lancaster.

    • @YoKnow
      @YoKnow Před 3 lety +12

      Lancaster smells like a hot italian sandwich that was left in the sun for two days!

    • @josephscalise5778
      @josephscalise5778 Před 3 lety +8

      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!

    • @stacymontes681
      @stacymontes681 Před 3 lety +12

      They harvest fields here in Lancaster. We need to eat so hold your nose! 🤣 #AmishCountry

    • @n3rfhalo696
      @n3rfhalo696 Před 3 lety +3

      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.

    • @MrFootballman52
      @MrFootballman52 Před 3 lety +19

      York smells like the Paper Factory in Spring Grove

  • @victorrveytaa69
    @victorrveytaa69 Před 3 měsíci +1

    😂😂 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.

  • @rogersellers493
    @rogersellers493 Před 10 měsíci +5

    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?

    • @joelc9329
      @joelc9329 Před měsícem

      He does it for the views and nothing else.

  • @margaretochs9784
    @margaretochs9784 Před 3 lety +335

    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.

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  Před 3 lety +9

      Agreed Margaret ❤️

    • @kentrose1641
      @kentrose1641 Před 3 lety +12

      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.

    • @gabrielmasseur4944
      @gabrielmasseur4944 Před 3 lety +7

      Plus there are amazing buildings and houses very affordable..

    • @catizone24
      @catizone24 Před 3 lety +4

      ♥️♥️ you’re so right!! schuylkill county proud here!!

    • @niquenique6393
      @niquenique6393 Před 3 lety +4

      AMEN @Margaret Ochs

  • @hlurpseed
    @hlurpseed Před 4 lety +129

    Despite being home to The Office, Scranton is so depressing. I lived in Scranton for 8 years, there is nothing to do there.

    • @samanthab1923
      @samanthab1923 Před 4 lety +10

      I think Scranton falls in the Wilkes-Barre area.

    • @howardkerr8174
      @howardkerr8174 Před 4 lety +2

      @@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.

    • @samanthab1923
      @samanthab1923 Před 4 lety +1

      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. 😊✌🏻

    • @mimie.2690
      @mimie.2690 Před 4 lety

      Chester has been that way for many many years.

    • @Trumptrain2024FJB
      @Trumptrain2024FJB Před 4 lety +2

      Lol you sound like a chump !!!!!!

  • @rockym47u54
    @rockym47u54 Před rokem

    Hi there Nick Johnson! I would like to know about your point of view Morgantown. Is it a good place to live?.

  • @joeyjamison5772
    @joeyjamison5772 Před 2 měsíci +3

    ...and then there's the Pennsylvania Turnpike Authority, the Mafia of the highways.

  • @frankm3867
    @frankm3867 Před 3 lety +104

    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.

    • @theprinceofdarkness4679
      @theprinceofdarkness4679 Před 3 lety +4

      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.

    • @frankm3867
      @frankm3867 Před 3 lety +2

      I just want to move to Florida and live near the beach.

    • @Suralin0
      @Suralin0 Před 3 lety +1

      @@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.

    • @patrickstar7
      @patrickstar7 Před 3 lety

      My 9 year old cousin got shot at there just a few months ago

    • @theprinceofdarkness4679
      @theprinceofdarkness4679 Před 3 lety

      @@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.

  • @jfziemba
    @jfziemba Před 2 lety +403

    "Brownsville is eerie." Thought PA already had an Erie.

  • @Superduper666
    @Superduper666 Před rokem +4

    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.

    • @tstahler5420
      @tstahler5420 Před rokem +1

      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.

  • @maskedmarvel
    @maskedmarvel Před 10 měsíci

    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.

  • @zijn8541
    @zijn8541 Před rokem +230

    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

  • @brendankyle7309
    @brendankyle7309 Před 2 lety +552

    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

    • @AliciaMully
      @AliciaMully Před 2 lety +29

      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!

    • @jimeagle1155
      @jimeagle1155 Před 2 lety +21

      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

    • @thismothafuckasaid7304
      @thismothafuckasaid7304 Před 2 lety +17

      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"

    • @jaydub8576
      @jaydub8576 Před 2 lety +4

      Don't forget the meth labs in Columbia.

    • @mason7002
      @mason7002 Před 2 lety +2

      Yep, that’s PA…

  • @andrewparker7110
    @andrewparker7110 Před 10 měsíci +1

    This is such a spot on list I live 30 minutes from Pittsburgh and all these locations spot on

  • @thomasderosa1458
    @thomasderosa1458 Před rokem +7

    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.

  • @isJudgingYou
    @isJudgingYou Před 7 měsíci +1

    I loved this. You cracked me up! 😂

  • @jsainz706
    @jsainz706 Před 3 lety +209

    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.

    • @kimshone2626
      @kimshone2626 Před 3 lety +4

      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

    • @karliestar4131
      @karliestar4131 Před 3 lety +2

      Yea I are right bout that.

    • @Edaloy27
      @Edaloy27 Před 3 lety +1

      @@kimshone2626 good riddance, take a friend.

    • @jsainz706
      @jsainz706 Před 3 lety +2

      @@kimshone2626 I actually work in Bensalem lol

    • @diedonner299
      @diedonner299 Před 3 lety +3

      @@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.

  • @missselfdestruct8705
    @missselfdestruct8705 Před 2 lety +312

    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.

    • @n40tom
      @n40tom Před 2 lety +13

      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 .

    • @missselfdestruct8705
      @missselfdestruct8705 Před 2 lety +8

      @@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 :(

    • @donrusnak7230
      @donrusnak7230 Před 2 lety +6

      Checked out Centralia back in 2014, very erie town! Or lack of.... sad to hear the graffiti hwy is gone now

    • @missselfdestruct8705
      @missselfdestruct8705 Před 2 lety +1

      @@donrusnak7230 yeah it is. It kinda sucks.

    • @sambafut
      @sambafut Před 2 lety +7

      Also you can’t even live there

  • @QUICKIRONS
    @QUICKIRONS Před měsícem

    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.

  • @robfelt9283
    @robfelt9283 Před 4 měsíci

    Yet another great exposé Nick.

  • @khloeknievel3874
    @khloeknievel3874 Před 3 lety +50

    Peppermint Patties aren't even made in York anymore, they moved manufacturing to Mexico.

  • @trevorkinney8504
    @trevorkinney8504 Před 3 lety +192

    The fact you put hazleton literally in the wrong part of pa, made me laugh, it's right next to wilkes barre

  • @indytherottweiler9002
    @indytherottweiler9002 Před 9 měsíci

    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.

  • @allenmurray7893
    @allenmurray7893 Před 10 měsíci +9

    As a Pennsylvanian, here is my list :
    1. Philadelphia
    2. Pittsburgh
    3. Reading
    4. Allentown
    5. Easton
    6. Scranton
    7. Harrisburg
    8. Chester
    9. Pottstown
    10. Norristown
    The reasons are well known. You enumerated many of them. There are are many others, but they are too many to name. On of the biggest reasons is that there are too many democrats in control, especially in Philadelphia.

    • @RobinMoylan-lz5xk
      @RobinMoylan-lz5xk Před 12 dny

      And that’s the east side of tge state. It sure isn’t any. Better on the west side!!

  • @ikec2894
    @ikec2894 Před 2 lety +229

    In Pennsylvania you have Philly in the east, Pittsburgh in the west, and Alabama in the middle

    • @n40tom
      @n40tom Před 2 lety +34

      The whole rest of the state is sometimes referred to as pennsyltucky

    • @AaronCross760
      @AaronCross760 Před 2 lety +2

      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.

    • @scottyV1000
      @scottyV1000 Před 2 lety +6

      I worked with someone from North Carolina and he said rural PA isn't much different.

    • @n40tom
      @n40tom Před 2 lety +2

      @@scottyV1000
      I have a sister in Tennessee, Georgia and Florida all in rural areas. We are from Pennsylvania and they would agree.

    • @devilrecordsreborn5311
      @devilrecordsreborn5311 Před 2 lety +13

      Lol central PA is nothing like the south

  • @toob1979
    @toob1979 Před 3 lety +255

    3:40: "It's eerie."
    Me: Nope. Erie's about 166 miles due north.

  • @really...8359
    @really...8359 Před 5 měsíci +1

    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

  • @stuartspot8009
    @stuartspot8009 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I've lived in PA my whole life. Pittsburgh and Cleveland are my favorite places to go. Also downtown sharon is fun

  • @Aiijuin
    @Aiijuin Před 2 lety +495

    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.

    • @norsevikingsir4932
      @norsevikingsir4932 Před 2 lety +14

      We don't have Amtrak. We have the T.

    • @Walking.L
      @Walking.L Před 2 lety +23

      Yeah idk what he was talking about Pittsburgh isn’t that bad

    • @dhsredhead
      @dhsredhead Před 2 lety +19

      Pittsburgh is actually a great place to live as far as cities go. Just don't move to the outskirts.

    • @iulia5665
      @iulia5665 Před 2 lety +11

      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

    • @archenema6792
      @archenema6792 Před 2 lety +10

      @@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.🤣🤣

  • @Stussmeister
    @Stussmeister Před rokem +52

    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.

    • @jojosaylor8996
      @jojosaylor8996 Před 11 měsíci

      Delaware County is one worst County it's overpopulation and horrible living conditions

  • @DefaultUser1790
    @DefaultUser1790 Před rokem +10

    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.

    • @davidtrotman5990
      @davidtrotman5990 Před rokem +4

      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.

    • @DefaultUser1790
      @DefaultUser1790 Před rokem

      @@davidtrotman5990 deluded

    • @davidtrotman5990
      @davidtrotman5990 Před rokem +3

      ​@@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.

    • @Faded.Visuals
      @Faded.Visuals Před 3 měsíci

      @@davidtrotman5990heck no man

    • @clipp8679
      @clipp8679 Před 2 měsíci

      the entire valley is rotting

  • @n.e.barton1299
    @n.e.barton1299 Před rokem +6

    The one thing I can truly say about Pennsylvania is that they were all cool, interesting, friendly people. Please do not believe that Philly - centric and Pittsburgh-centric people cannot relate to so-called Pennsyltucky. There is interesting stuff to see and do all over PA. I made the big leap to go to college in Pittsburgh instead of State College and Philly, and I was glad that I did.

  • @derp3697
    @derp3697 Před 2 lety +91

    As a PA expert (lol), I assumed Chester would be top 3. If this was done by neighborhood Kensington wins hands down

    • @paulpulcinello9478
      @paulpulcinello9478 Před 2 lety

      North Phila rt? Kensington is just a street in north philly

    • @kimma508
      @kimma508 Před 2 lety +2

      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.

    • @ps1hagrid84
      @ps1hagrid84 Před 2 lety +2

      I’m not even from pa and I agree. I’ve seen those horrible videos of people on fentanyl walking around like zombies

    • @derp3697
      @derp3697 Před 2 lety +2

      @@paulpulcinello9478 It's a neighborhood also

    • @mattellis2059
      @mattellis2059 Před 2 lety

      I would think just Delco in general

  • @iawad5897
    @iawad5897 Před 2 lety +141

    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

    • @why-ic1dz
      @why-ic1dz Před rokem +1

      Pittsburgh is a solid 6/10

    • @user-bf2nb3tm8f
      @user-bf2nb3tm8f Před rokem +2

      @@why-ic1dz 8/10, totally not biased

    • @tonyrussell5058
      @tonyrussell5058 Před rokem +5

      @@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.

  • @shutupandlisten873
    @shutupandlisten873 Před rokem

    I love the honesty!

  • @alberto8835
    @alberto8835 Před rokem

    Damn, I just moved from NYC to Wilkes-Barre like a week ago, so where is it good to move to ? Looking for a nice quiet town

  • @jaynich970
    @jaynich970 Před 3 lety +113

    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.

    • @blindz896
      @blindz896 Před 3 lety +2

      I'm from Pittsburgh I live on the west side

    • @wavy_prod6973
      @wavy_prod6973 Před 3 lety +4

      yeah pittsburgh is cool

    • @GuadalupePicasso
      @GuadalupePicasso Před 3 lety +4

      I lived in Pittsburgh for 11.5 years, and loved it.

    • @justinp4702
      @justinp4702 Před 3 lety +3

      I’m moving from the South Side Flats to the South Hills area next week and I can’t wait!

    • @Dovervr
      @Dovervr Před 3 lety +3

      I live in Brentwood and it’s amazing and any where close to Brentwood is also so cool

  • @shawnhoover2482
    @shawnhoover2482 Před 3 lety +113

    I'm shocked that Shamokin didn't make the list.

    • @chelseayougot4958
      @chelseayougot4958 Před 3 lety +6

      Haha I thought for sure Shamokin would be on here too!!

    • @CforCLARE
      @CforCLARE Před 3 lety +4

      Right he doesn't know anything about PA

    • @mayzediehl2272
      @mayzediehl2272 Před 3 lety

      A part of my family was born in Shamokin I never heard of it till then!

    • @rick3747
      @rick3747 Před 3 lety +9

      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........

    • @HeatherLiz_5847
      @HeatherLiz_5847 Před 3 lety +2

      👏👏 agreed

  • @justincolombi2583
    @justincolombi2583 Před rokem +13

    Being born and raised in California, having lived in somerset and boswell pa for almost 2 years, the word "hillbilly" has a whole new meaning to me

    • @tattooedman42
      @tattooedman42 Před rokem +1

      I live right up the road from you. Come visit Cairnbrook...population 580 with absolutely no stores or anything to do lol. Many people who live within 30 miles have never heard of it.

    • @phantomsoup7261
      @phantomsoup7261 Před 11 měsíci +2

      ​@tattooedman42 lmao also a Carinbrook resident, Shade High school sucks but at least we have a dollar store still 🤷‍♂️

    • @tattooedman42
      @tattooedman42 Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@phantomsoup7261 😂👍
      Technically, the Dollar Store is in Central City, but yeah.

    • @helprehouseourvets6919
      @helprehouseourvets6919 Před 5 měsíci

      🤣😂😆🤭

  • @robschaffnit7457
    @robschaffnit7457 Před měsícem

    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 !

  • @statsophia
    @statsophia Před rokem +21

    I was shocked that Pittsburgh is one of the worst. I feel pretty safe living here. Beautiful nature as well.

  • @pbrittle922
    @pbrittle922 Před 4 lety +130

    Wow, where do you get your "facts?" Some of the things in this video were completely biased and showed almost no research beyond a single page of information.

    • @shannon1587
      @shannon1587 Před 3 lety +10

      This is a common thing with him, lol

    • @garyjohnson2635
      @garyjohnson2635 Před 3 lety +7

      Just not true esp for Pittsburgh / biased and not worth the time it took to watch

    • @bryandecker1296
      @bryandecker1296 Před 3 lety +11

      He's just trying to make pa sound like something its not

    • @tjr6635
      @tjr6635 Před 3 lety +8

      He's a joke.

    • @noahash1617
      @noahash1617 Před 3 lety +5

      I agree, this kid doesn't know PA from what is sounds like

  • @MakeLifeExtraordinary
    @MakeLifeExtraordinary Před rokem +1

    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.

  • @user-om6pf9do2d
    @user-om6pf9do2d Před rokem

    I was born in Williamsport but never lived here. I was adopted when I was 5. What are your thoughts on Williamsport?

  • @bcabmac
    @bcabmac Před 4 lety +83

    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.

    • @wawaweweb1811
      @wawaweweb1811 Před 4 lety +8

      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.

    • @Nop913
      @Nop913 Před 3 lety +5

      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.

    • @YoKnow
      @YoKnow Před 3 lety

      My life in a nutshell!

    • @bryton.barnes
      @bryton.barnes Před 3 lety

      I agree

    • @sheilathepetite3811
      @sheilathepetite3811 Před 3 lety +2

      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.

  • @laureldavis79
    @laureldavis79 Před 3 lety +245

    I live in Pennsylvania and have for most of my life, there is something to say for a person that doesn't understand the culture within the state. The state of Pennsylvania is also a welcoming place, at least considering the pandemic. Not everyone in the state wants to see a huge amount of growth. We enjoy and love our natural resources. This state also has many beautiful locations.

    • @mikemike3886
      @mikemike3886 Před 3 lety +9

      Yeah I live here and even I haven’t scratched the surface of the state

    • @vickyalbright6859
      @vickyalbright6859 Před 2 lety +9

      Iived in Lancaster County all my life. I love living here

    • @Nicholas102103
      @Nicholas102103 Před 2 lety +7

      I rather the countryside of PA

    • @kgrusso
      @kgrusso Před 2 lety +7

      Honestly would love to live in a area that stayed original and didn't advice do to rich corporate people! Give me the mom and pop culture!

    • @random_person2700
      @random_person2700 Před 2 lety

      Yes and great people in my neighborhood it’s really safe but I don’t want u to go out night cause once’s there was a murdered accident around my neighborhood (around my house) and it was in the middle of the night and everyone was taking about it sooooooo be careful

  • @kwaktak
    @kwaktak Před 2 měsíci

    As a middle aged Pennsylvanian this video makes me wonder why I haven't moved away but honestly after growing up in W-B, going to college in State College, living in King of Prussia for a year and then buying a home and settling down in the South Hills of Pittsburgh I'm actually happy. I'm far enough away from the city and the rust belt elements that my area is more akin to the Laurel Highlands of rural Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Maryland. If I want to go to a concert or a sporting event, I can just drive to any number of stops on the light rail line that goes right into the city.

  • @Cancerian816
    @Cancerian816 Před 4 měsíci

    Those 80s sounds and commercials, you're taking me back... I've been to Sharpsburg....country and quiet...

  • @tiffanysullivan1271
    @tiffanysullivan1271 Před 3 lety +215

    Surprise Allentown isn’t on here. Everyone always talks the most crap about it.

  • @Chris-by1su
    @Chris-by1su Před 4 lety +112

    Fun Fact: Harrahs Casino in Chester is right next to a jail!

    • @chrisdevol
      @chrisdevol Před 4 lety +10

      It is also Conveniently located right off I 95 as is ALL OF CHESTER.... so sad what has hapened to Chester, which actually USED to be a very desirable place to live.

    • @leecannon5922
      @leecannon5922 Před 4 lety +1

      So true. I remembered saying in my teens that I wanted to leave in Chester but now it's a mess.

    • @modestomouso1234
      @modestomouso1234 Před 4 lety +5

      Chris DeVol my pop used to tell me that Chester was once a bustling town like West Chester (where I grew up and still live today). Hard to imagine for me as it’s always been a bit shady since I’ve been aware of its existence.

    • @robbiegirosky6731
      @robbiegirosky6731 Před 3 lety +2

      Won $25k there.

    • @JD_Aguilar717
      @JD_Aguilar717 Před 3 lety +2

      @@robbiegirosky6731 slots?... I drove there once and Chester scared me so I wont be goin back.

  • @emmytolkein3320
    @emmytolkein3320 Před rokem +4

    If I wanted to move to a city in the U.S. it would be Pittsburgh. So many cool neighborhoods and all so different.

    • @josephhoover4542
      @josephhoover4542 Před 2 měsíci

      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

  • @Dreema90
    @Dreema90 Před 8 měsíci +1

    What's everyone's thoughts on Elkins Park? Considering of a grad school I applied there, so I was curious of what PA locals say.

    • @dooshmacbaggins
      @dooshmacbaggins Před 3 měsíci +1

      Elkins Park is a very affluent town in Bucks County with a major hospital nearby. It has a lot of traffic, restaurants, stores, and is only 20 minutes away from Philadelphia.

  • @valerieknippel8011
    @valerieknippel8011 Před 3 lety +144

    I know someone from Philly made this 😭

  • @aimeereal5122
    @aimeereal5122 Před 2 lety +331

    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.

    • @veronikalake6934
      @veronikalake6934 Před 2 lety +2

      I'm from Russellton

    • @billvill61
      @billvill61 Před 2 lety +4

      @@veronikalake6934 Could be worse...could be Culmerville.

    • @_implying
      @_implying Před 2 lety +5

      @@billvill61 or tioga-nicetown.

    • @ryanblack2986
      @ryanblack2986 Před 2 lety +15

      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.)

    • @Pittsburgh-412
      @Pittsburgh-412 Před 2 lety +10

      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

  • @phantomsoup7261
    @phantomsoup7261 Před 11 měsíci +1

    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

    • @josephhoover4542
      @josephhoover4542 Před 2 měsíci

      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

  • @rossmurog8460
    @rossmurog8460 Před 10 měsíci +1

    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

  • @pjflynn5978
    @pjflynn5978 Před rokem +153

    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

    • @MeidasMJ
      @MeidasMJ Před rokem +4

      My parents were born in Waynesboro

    • @virginiaconnor8350
      @virginiaconnor8350 Před rokem +2

      @@MeidasMJ There's a Waynesboro-and a Lebanon-in Ga. too.

    • @irenes3470
      @irenes3470 Před rokem +3

      Very historic

    • @reneeelias9514
      @reneeelias9514 Před rokem +2

      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.

    • @pjflynn5978
      @pjflynn5978 Před rokem +1

      @@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

  • @bonnielucas153
    @bonnielucas153 Před 2 lety +66

    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

  • @cathrynhicks6287
    @cathrynhicks6287 Před 9 měsíci +2

    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.

  • @BeyondTshirts
    @BeyondTshirts Před rokem

    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.

  • @boogiemcsploogie
    @boogiemcsploogie Před 4 lety +114

    PA lifer here. Can confirm, do not move to Pennsylvania.

    • @Northstar813
      @Northstar813 Před 4 lety +13

      46 years here and looking to run away.

    • @Northstar813
      @Northstar813 Před 4 lety +4

      Alex H you spelled Thomas The Tax Engine Wolf wrong.

    • @danielmorse6597
      @danielmorse6597 Před 4 lety +6

      It can not be worse than Michigan. Only BLM here.

    • @johnnikollaj496
      @johnnikollaj496 Před 4 lety

      @@danielmorse6597 what are they doing?

    • @johnmaxwell1750
      @johnmaxwell1750 Před 4 lety +4

      I fully understand your sentiment, Arch Stanton, given that you are dead and buried in the grave next to where a fortune in gold is buried.

  • @boohoo3687
    @boohoo3687 Před 3 lety +139

    Who here was expecting Allentown

    • @Vickvineager
      @Vickvineager Před 3 lety +5

      The abe area is total thrash anymore.

    • @AnAmericanFan
      @AnAmericanFan Před 3 lety +2

      Not the area, select areas of the Valley. That’s a lazy over generalization. Where you from me bucko?

    • @JeffreySmith7777
      @JeffreySmith7777 Před 3 lety +8

      Lehigh Valley turned into transfers from N.J. and N.Y. 30 years ago. It's been a dump ever since.

    • @Vickvineager
      @Vickvineager Před 3 lety +5

      Jeffrey Smith since they put in 22 & 78 that run into & out of those shitholes.

    • @JeffreySmith7777
      @JeffreySmith7777 Před 3 lety +4

      @@Vickvineager , I was born at Allentown General hospital, 1953. Born and raised here. Worked at the Bethlehem Steel. This place will never be the same. Especially the last few months, all dirt moving in from N.Y.C. I left a few years ago, but came back for an operation. Can't wait to get enough money to leave agin. One of the stupidest things Pennsylvania has done, is given drivers licenses to folks who cannot read or speak English. I see it every day.

  • @TheSWolfe
    @TheSWolfe Před rokem

    Almost moved to da Boigh right outta high school to be w/my guy at the time. Halfway in, I freaked out at the prospect and ran. He was a good man: talented, considerate, enterprising and fun, I knew lots of peeps, the music scene was hoppin' and I was a part of it, but the thought of spending the rest of my life in PA terrified me (I'd grown up 90 miles south). I still have friends there, but it's been years since I visited.

  • @RuckIOfficialMusic
    @RuckIOfficialMusic Před 3 měsíci

    Lived in PA my whole life and have spent time in probably half of this list.
    Went out to help my friend DoorDash recently in Reading. Im in Reading a lot since I’m somewhat local.
    It’s very interesting delivering food in the triangle of death. The guy cracked the door and glanced out the darkness and said
    “be safe” when we ride around especially through Reading we bring a good amount of bullets.

  • @TheMatthewDMerrill
    @TheMatthewDMerrill Před rokem +64

    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

    • @HeroicStumpy
      @HeroicStumpy Před 5 měsíci +1

      Reading on top less gooo

    • @mballs8985
      @mballs8985 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Thank you very much for listing the cities

    • @Deanna-casandraHunt
      @Deanna-casandraHunt Před 3 měsíci +2

      Where is Philly 🤨 where norristown 🤨🤨

    • @phillies26
      @phillies26 Před 3 měsíci

      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.

    • @josephhoover4542
      @josephhoover4542 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Johnstown and New Castle definitely should have made this list

  • @edhepner2529
    @edhepner2529 Před 3 lety +46

    Moved from PA in 1977 and never looked back.

    • @Thundercracker1984
      @Thundercracker1984 Před 3 lety +9

      You're an inspiration

    • @xochxrry6857
      @xochxrry6857 Před 3 lety +3

      ed hepner help

    • @sarahlear8581
      @sarahlear8581 Před 3 lety +1

      I left too I hate PA

    • @llg3pe
      @llg3pe Před 3 lety

      None of you are missed

    • @rickd7008
      @rickd7008 Před 3 lety

      Ed, what a coincidence. I joined the Navy in 1977. Grew up in Hazleton. Joined the Navy as that was my only hopeful a better future. I have been in San Diego since then and never had any desire to move back.

  • @im2bizy
    @im2bizy Před rokem

    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.

  • @agcala9619
    @agcala9619 Před měsícem

    Thank you

  • @jenniferendres2063
    @jenniferendres2063 Před 3 lety +153

    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.

    • @Jean-ld8nn
      @Jean-ld8nn Před 2 lety +10

      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

    • @jarvindriftwood
      @jarvindriftwood Před 2 lety +5

      Harrisburg also has Hershey close by so access to a great Amusement Park, some big name music concerts plus minor league hockey.

    • @Dalt21
      @Dalt21 Před 2 lety +6

      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

    • @terribelle3
      @terribelle3 Před 2 lety +1

      I LOVE Harrisburg! Way off on this, little whipper snapper!

    • @amoszook3775
      @amoszook3775 Před 2 lety +7

      DIVERSITY IS FOR FOOLS

  • @nancycohen9125
    @nancycohen9125 Před rokem +316

    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.

    • @gibbybot
      @gibbybot Před rokem +8

      💯

    • @matthewgarcia1499
      @matthewgarcia1499 Před rokem +7

      I surely did in 2020

    • @88Doug
      @88Doug Před rokem +19

      Life really is all that we make it! Enjoy Pittsburgh, it is beautiful!

    • @notschmebulock5447
      @notschmebulock5447 Před rokem

      pittsburgh is one of the least trashy cities ive seen

    • @crystalsparks8126
      @crystalsparks8126 Před rokem +12

      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!

  • @TexasBorn_TexasRaised

    Hey I'm from Texas I just recently received a job offer in Pennsylvania I told them I'd like to stay local simply because I'm not familiar with the area and it being so far away from home. I'm thinking of reconsidering any suggestions anyone?

  • @nickanddeb
    @nickanddeb Před rokem

    My parents lived in Chester in the early 50s before moving to Wilmington then later outside of Pittsburgh where I was born. Even back then they were told by the Chester police to drive with their windows up and the doors locked 24/365!