Pennsylvania - The US Explained

Pennsylvania, the second state to join the Union, has always played a major role in the United States, and continues to do so as one of the most populous states in the country. With enormous cities and spectacular natural areas, a major regional divide and interesting history, Pennsylvania is a fascinating state and will be the second place I will cover in this 56 part series on every state, territory, and federal district in the United States.

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[C.R.W]

Driving through Central Pennsylvania: Farm, farm, farm, farm, farm, farm, giant football stadium, 37 bars on one street, farm, farm, farm, farm.

[inceldestroyer]

Pennsylvania's weird because its one of the most populous states but also only has 2 big cities (philly and pittsburgh), and 3 with a population over 100, 000 (allentown). The population is really spread out over chains of small cities and towns. Even Pittsburgh is only the 66th biggest city in the U.S.

[kevinyuniverse]

Pennsylvania, the only state where people will say they are from using the state initials. like everyone here says “i’m from PA” but no one says “i’m from NJ”

[mxb]

Im surprised you didn’t talk about the civil wars northernmost battle: The battle of Schrute Farms

[emmalinelombardo]

Fun Fact: I believe Pennsylvania is one of the only states, if not the only state, that uses its acronym "PA" as a perfectly acceptable and expected way to refer to the state as a whole.
It's also the state that hikers of the Appalachian Trail hate, not because of the mountains (they're itty bitty), but because there are rocks EVERYWHERE.

[brianearley]

Whoa! A really impressive job, and I am a lifelong Pennsylvanian. If anything was missed I would say Harley-Davidson, York (Peppermint Patties), Yuengling-the oldest US brewery, Rocky, and the absurd amount of famous football players from the Pittsburgh area. And the absurd amount of famous musicians from the Philly area. The SE definitely identifies with NYC and the US east coast. The West identifies with the US Midwest.

[pepsiwetjet]

Dang you’re making these a lot faster than I expected

[hollowhoagie]

This is the best video on PA I've ever watched, definitely the most informative and the least stereotype plagued.

[KevinNg-bqmf]

I hope prosperity returns to Pennsylvania and the rest of the Rust Belt.

[patrickmazza]

Intense labor history, from the Molly Maguires to the Homestead strike. Also, the PA turnpike predates the interstate system. Now part of it, the unique designation honors the history. I-76.

[DoodTheDoodler]

One really cool fact that I feel like could have been mentioned around 20:20 is that until 1986, no buildings was taller than the William Penn statue on top of City Hall. That agreement was broken with the construction of One Liberty Place, but then there also seem to be a losing streak for the city's sports terms. This "curse" wasn't broken until 2008 with the Phillies winning the World Series, which coincides with a mini-Will Penn being placed on the highest building in Philly at the time, the Comcast Center, around a year before. This tradition still continues with another mini-Penn on top of the Comcast Technology Center, the current highest building in the city, which shortly happened before the Eagles won the Super Bowl in 2018.
Curse or not, all of this has effected the Philly skyline and is just some fantastic trivia

[gotmoore]

A popular term for the area between Philly and Pittsburgh is pennsyltucky, its hick as hell here

[MrRoljer]

The first two historically black colleges come from Pennsylvania. Cheyney University founded in 1837 and Lincoln founded in 1854.

[spencergraham-thille]

The amount of research that went into this is insane.

[Gzimmy]

How could you not talk about Hershey’s chocolate? I’d argue that’s one of the most famous and most recognizable parts of PA!

[Aggromerchant]

I and my closest friends are from New England. We've always found Pennsylvania fascinating. Great old state.

[emperorpalpatine]

Lol I lived in Philadelphia for a while. One of my fondest memories is taking the subway to the sports complex to watch the Phillies

[jacobengbert]

Pennsylvania pride is hating New Jersey

[JamesKandler]

This is a really well produced video, I really liked the footage used for each topic, but you missed out on one particular town... Centralia, PA, home to the infamous coal fire that started in the 1960's

[bonecanoe]

I am from Pennsylvania; I think the biggest dividing line in the state is Blue Mountain; to the northwest of the ridge is culturally Appalachia, to the southeast of the ridge is culturally East Coast, broadly speaking. Also, people from the Philly area are barely aware that the rest of the state exists; they are more linked to New Jersey and even New York. Except for people who have a house in "the Mountains", meaning the Poconos.