# How many Central Pennsylvanians do we have on this board? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 14, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-central-pennsylvanians-do-we-have-on-this-board/229240 "2004-02-14T20:28:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-central-pennsylvanians-do-we-have-on-this-board/229240/61 "2004-04-15T02:52:37Z")
> [@theckhd](#): > > **asterion** : I graduated from JC last year, so i probably coulda told ya 🙂 > It usually melts around march, usually you don’t see snow once april rolls around unless it’s a really cold year. > Are you a freshman? Otherwise i might know you, or you might know me (isn’t that a frightening thought). Nope, I’m a junior. And it was all melted after I made it back from spring break, when I went back to my beloved desert and got rained on all week while it was in the 60s and 70s in Huntingdon. Yes, I’m bitter. ---
**Author:** ![akennett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@akennett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akennett)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-central-pennsylvanians-do-we-have-on-this-board/229240/62 "2004-04-15T03:05:31Z")
I just keep getting centraler…er, more central… Born & raised in the Reading area, my family moved a few years ago to the Pottsville area, and I am right now sitting in an apartment at the grand old institution called Penn State. ---
**Author:** ![bleach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bleach/32/3106_2.png) [@bleach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bleach)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-central-pennsylvanians-do-we-have-on-this-board/229240/63 "2004-04-15T03:51:46Z")
I grew up just north of Gettysburg and went to college near Harrisburg, but you’d have to stretch your definition of central, and for that matter, Pennsylvania, to count me at the moment. I had no idea so many Dopers live in South Central PA. If you get together at Gettysburg, just make sure it isn’t in early July, specifically July 1-3 (the anniversary of the battle). You’ll be engaged by armies of tourists. ---
**Author:** ![ms\_mom67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@ms\_mom67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ms_mom67)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-central-pennsylvanians-do-we-have-on-this-board/229240/64 "2004-04-15T12:28:05Z")
I am from Reading, but live in Virginia now and never plan on going back. Virginia is a really nice state. Of course I always come home to visit since ALL of my family is there. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-central-pennsylvanians-do-we-have-on-this-board/229240/65 "2004-04-15T12:34:28Z")
Does York Count? If so, count me in. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-central-pennsylvanians-do-we-have-on-this-board/229240/66 "2004-04-15T13:52:14Z")
Born and lived the first 27 years of my life in Johnstown. 'Fraid I won’t be able to make any Central PA Dopefests, though. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![The\_27th\_Evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ebca7d/32.png) [@The\_27th\_Evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_27th_Evil)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-central-pennsylvanians-do-we-have-on-this-board/229240/67 "2004-04-15T14:05:37Z")
I’ll speak for **UndeadCleopatra** and myself from Shippensburg. But you knew that already. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-central-pennsylvanians-do-we-have-on-this-board/229240/68 "2004-04-15T15:49:17Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Does York Count? If so, count me in. You live in York? Geez, I was just there over Easter weekend visiting my folks! ---
**Author:** ![Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myron_Van_Horowitzski)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-central-pennsylvanians-do-we-have-on-this-board/229240/69 "2004-04-20T14:59:06Z")
Not me, but my inlaws. She’s from State College (her father was a professor in Middle English) and he’s from Bellwood. They met at the University. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-central-pennsylvanians-do-we-have-on-this-board/229240/70 "2004-04-20T15:33:22Z")
> [@Myron Van Horowitzski](#): > > Not me, but my inlaws. She’s from State College (her father was a professor in Middle English) and he’s from Bellwood. They met at the University. Bellwood? That’s a stone’s throw from Altoona (my hometown). Wouldn’t that be something if I knew your in-laws? ---
**Author:** ![Grant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a5b964/32.png) [@Grant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grant)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-central-pennsylvanians-do-we-have-on-this-board/229240/71 "2004-04-20T15:39:58Z")
I grew up closer to Philadelphia (Willow Grove) but I went to Pitt- Johnstown for 2 years before transfering to the main campus to finish up. Does that count? I live a long way from there now. ---
**Author:** ![Mapache](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@Mapache](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mapache)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2004, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-central-pennsylvanians-do-we-have-on-this-board/229240/72 "2004-04-21T05:02:53Z")
I was born (a long time ago) in Lock Haven, if anyone knows where that is. Now I live a thousand miles south of Laredo, Tx. so I probably won´t make it to any Dopefests. Sometimes I visit my sister and family who spend the summer in Eagle´s Mere, and I bet even fewer people know where that is than can place Lock Haven. ---
**Author:** ![Volta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ce73a5/32.png) [@Volta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Volta)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-central-pennsylvanians-do-we-have-on-this-board/229240/73 "2004-04-22T05:59:11Z")
Hey **Gyrate** , I’m from Womelsdorf, way out in the sticks, but I’m hoping to move to PSU-University Park at some point. Good to see other (at least former) Berks dopers here. Can’t blame you for leaving though. ---
**Author:** ![NardoPolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NardoPolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NardoPolo)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-central-pennsylvanians-do-we-have-on-this-board/229240/74 "2004-04-22T10:13:33Z")
Born & raised in the rural Perry County, which is well known for having invented the toothbrush (if it were invented anywhere else they’d have called it the **teeth** brush). Since then I’ve lived in Palmyra, Indiana PA, and finally settled in the bustling metropolis of Harrisburg. 🆒 If I spent too much time in a different place I start to ache to see the rolling green hills on the horizon. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-central-pennsylvanians-do-we-have-on-this-board/229240/75 "2004-04-22T11:44:52Z")
> [@NardoPolo](#): > > If I spent too much time in a different place I start to ache to see the rolling green hills on the horizon. OMG. This is how I am about the mountains! Born and raised in Altoona, I find that I have to go back every couple of months (aside from family considerations) just to see the Alleghenies again. When I lived in Minnesota I almost started to get agoraphobic because of the flatness… ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-central-pennsylvanians-do-we-have-on-this-board/229240/76 "2004-04-22T12:58:56Z")
I’m not from central PA, but my dad was born in Centre County and went to Penn State (or is it State Pen?). ---
**Author:** ![NardoPolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NardoPolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NardoPolo)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-central-pennsylvanians-do-we-have-on-this-board/229240/77 "2004-04-22T23:04:04Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > OMG. This is how I am about the mountains! Born and raised in Altoona, I find that I have to go back every couple of months (aside from family considerations) just to see the Alleghenies again. > > When I lived in Minnesota I almost started to get agoraphobic because of the flatness… Absolutely. It’s bizarre to watch flatlanders walk around outside and not realize that something is _missing_. Conversely, when I saw the rocky mountains for the first time, I was a bit intimidated. Until another relative from central PA pointed out – our mountains are just more mature than theirs are. I suppose I sound like a snob. Que sera sera. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-central-pennsylvanians-do-we-have-on-this-board/229240/78 "2004-04-23T01:07:32Z")
> [@NardoPolo](#): > > Absolutely. It’s bizarre to watch flatlanders walk around outside and not realize that something is _missing_. > > Conversely, when I saw the rocky mountains for the first time, I was a bit intimidated. Until another relative from central PA pointed out – our mountains are just more mature than theirs are. > > I suppose I sound like a snob. Que sera sera. 😛 Heh. I use that argument, too. The Appalachians are old and mature, not like those arriviste Rockies… ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-central-pennsylvanians-do-we-have-on-this-board/229240/79 "2004-04-23T01:35:38Z")
Well, obviously, if you check my location, I’m not in PA at all. But we’re a _lot_ closer to Altoona than to Baltimore. If y’all get something together, I’ll keep a check, and we might be in. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-central-pennsylvanians-do-we-have-on-this-board/229240/80 "2004-04-23T01:47:59Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > Well, obviously, if you check my location, I’m not in PA at all. But we’re a _lot_ closer to Altoona than to Baltimore. If y’all get something together, I’ll keep a check, and we might be in. **Norine** , check out [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=248804). We have a PennDope all set up! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-central-pennsylvanians-do-we-have-on-this-board/229240.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-central-pennsylvanians-do-we-have-on-this-board/229240.md?page=5)