# Something you don't know about Pennsylvania **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 25, 2004, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-you-dont-know-about-pennsylvania/247056 "2004-05-25T20:47:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-you-dont-know-about-pennsylvania/247056/61 "2004-08-20T00:28:05Z")
Nice article, **brix**! Tastykakes and James Buchanan – I’m so proud to be a Pennsylvanian! ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-you-dont-know-about-pennsylvania/247056/62 "2004-08-20T00:40:31Z")
There’s a whole **hell of a lot of** scrapple in Pennsylvania. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-you-dont-know-about-pennsylvania/247056/63 "2004-08-20T04:47:51Z")
> [@vetbridge](#): > > The movie _ **Kingpin** _ was filmed here. So was _ **Girl, Interrupted** _-part of that right in Hanover, where **Engineer\_Comp\_Geek** and I hang out! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![brix11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@brix11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brix11)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-you-dont-know-about-pennsylvania/247056/64 "2004-08-20T14:37:49Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > So was _ **Girl, Interrupted** _-part of that right in Hanover, where **Engineer\_Comp\_Geek** and I hang out! 😃 Some scenes were also filmed in Lancaster. During my junior year of college, I was walking from the campus to a house I planned on renting my senior year. Imagine turning the corner of a quiet, residential block and stumbling on to a mid-20th century movie set! Thanks for the comments on the article. One paragraph that got cut was about the Pennsylvania State Police being the first state police force in the US. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-you-dont-know-about-pennsylvania/247056/65 "2004-08-20T17:50:44Z")
Is the “Billy Penn’s Hat Rule” still in effect? (No building in, um, Philadelphia (?) may exceed the height of the statue of William Penn.) I once read that developers were very unhappy about the rule. I drink a Rolling Rock now and then. My late dad had season tix for the Pirates at their spring training park in Bradenton, FL. ---
**Author:** ![randomlyblanks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@randomlyblanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randomlyblanks)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-you-dont-know-about-pennsylvania/247056/66 "2004-08-20T19:13:10Z")
Some information about Johnstown, my hometown. [Slap Shot](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076723/)[was filmed here](http://espn.go.com/page2/s/closer/020501.html). Same with [All The Right Moves](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085154/). There have been three major Johnstown floods. [1889](http://www.johnstownpa.com/History/hist19.html), [1936](http://www.johnstownpa.com/History/hist20.html), and [1977](http://www.johnstownpa.com/History/hist21.html). The [Inclined Plane](http://www.johnstownpa.com/History/hist17.html) is the steepest vehicular inclined plane in the world. Westmont Borough has the longest continuous street lined with Dutch Elm Trees in the world. The [All-American Amateur Baseball Association](http://www.johnstownpa.com/aaaba) holds a yearly tournament in Johnstown. Past players include Oral Hershiser, Steve Garvey, Paul O’Neill, Reggie Jackson, Bob Welch, Joe Torre and Al Kaline. Our PA State Rep. Ed Wojnaroski successfully pushed legislation through to make our state dance the polka (thanks, Ed!). ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-you-dont-know-about-pennsylvania/247056/67 "2004-08-20T21:09:12Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > Is the “Billy Penn’s Hat Rule” still in effect? (No building in, um, Philadelphia (?) may exceed the height of the statue of William Penn.) I once read that developers were very unhappy about the rule. [Not anymore, The Liberty Towers are taller.](http://www.gophila.com/photos/images/large/imgA015.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-you-dont-know-about-pennsylvania/247056/68 "2004-08-20T21:37:04Z")
> [@brix11](#): > > Our roads suck Non-Pennsylvannian checking in: _everyone_ knows that your roads suck. And the Penn Turnpike is a good place for viewing tractor-trailer accidents (or the aftermath thereof). IIRC _My So Called Life_ was also set in Pittsburgh. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-you-dont-know-about-pennsylvania/247056/69 "2004-08-20T22:07:59Z")
The Stephen King novel _Christine_ was set in the suburbs of Pittsburgh. The movie version moved it to Calfornia. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-you-dont-know-about-pennsylvania/247056.md?page=3)