20 Things That Only People In Pennsylvania Know To Be True
By virtue of living in Pennsylvania, you are endowed with unique experiences that few others would understand, for better or for worse. (Though our neighbors in Ohio and New Jersey might be able to chime in on a few of these.) Here are twenty that spring to mind.
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1. Let's get one thing straight, right off the bat: it's not Pennsylvania, it's PA.
2. There's nothing better than a Philly cheesesteak, though whether Pat's or Geno's is superior is an ongoing debate. (There's also the eternal underdog, Jim's.)
3. Even if you live in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, or another metropolitan area, you know you don't have to drive more than half an hour to find horses and buggies, cows, and moon pies.
13. You've been living here so long that you no longer giggle at silly town names like "Intercourse" or "Blue Balls."
"Intercourse, PA Keystone Marker 3" by Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States - Intercourse, PennsylvaniaUploaded by GrapedApe. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
14. You also don't think of the Bible when someone talks about Bethlehem, Nazareth, Emmaus, or Egypt.
15. We're divided amongst ourselves. In Philly, you eat a lollipop, drink soda, and have to watch out for slippery floors. If you're in the western part of the state, however, you eat a sucker, drink pop, and watch out for slippy floors.
17. Your elementary school education included at least three field trips to Philadelphia, two field trips to farms, and at least five million field trips to go apple picking.
18. You have become so used to absurd laws surrounding the sales of liquor that you don't even think twice about making two different stops at the liquor store and the beer distributor to stock up before a party. Getting your alcohol at the grocery store is an unheard-of concept.
The number one thing that everyone should know about Pennsylvanians is that we’re always sad to leave our state, and happy to return. That might sound trite, but it’s tried and true.