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Originally Posted by skyhigh07
I’ve always felt PA and even Philly to some degree have a more Midwestern vibe than most places on the East Coast. You can really see it in the the burbs and rural collar counties. Hard to explain but people in Delco, Lancaster County etc seem closer to Midwesterners than New Yorkers or New Englanders. Might have something up do with PA and the Midwest being more Germanic.
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Not to prolong this debate, but I'd have to strongly bristle at this, as well. The German ancestry commonality is a "surface level" type of synopsis; in fact, PA Germans are very distinctive from German immigrants in other parts of the US based on their historical settlement and religious differences:
https://www.thecollector.com/history...ylvania-dutch/
Also, I've spent plenty of time around Midwesterners in college; it was fascinating how different their personalities were from PA folks like myself. If I had to put into a nutshell, PA'ns are overall MUCH more cranky, loud and neurotic--and I mean that in the most lovable way. Conversely, I've always felt much more "at home" around NYers and New Englanders. Personality-wise, there's no comparison. This chart/map sums it up well:
https://time.com/7612/americas-mood-...s-of-attitude/
It's even irksome when outsiders call Pittsburgh "Midwestern;" it's further east than much of Florida! It's part of the Rust Belt overlay, of course, which extends between the Eastern Midwest to Upstate NY. However, Pennsylvania, from the NJ to the OH border, is thoroughly Eastern in character.