10 Places in Pennsylvania You Should NEVER Move To

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]

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

[wvvystock]

This dude clearly hasn’t heard of Kensington

[etherlords]

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! ☹️

[inmotion]

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

[vaultbull]

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

[halyefn]

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

[soldsouls]

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.

[cemegonuts]

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

[Stephen-vlky]

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

[cthulhushell]

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

[joeyjamison]

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

[JerryR]

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.

[justsayin]

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

[Chawncy.]

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

[mikerad]

Diversity is the common issue destroying these areas genius

[garnettbrown]

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

[THEULTIMATETROLL]

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

[trutherror]

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.

[lynnw]

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.

[jamieg]

What about the people? Pittsburgh born, Coatesville dweller currently. Hard-working, 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.