# Tell me about Erie, PA **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 20, 2015, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-erie-pa/735220 "2015-10-20T10:56:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-erie-pa/735220/21 "2015-10-22T20:53:23Z")
It’s a good place to be from.😉 ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-erie-pa/735220/22 "2015-10-24T19:48:36Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Great! You can go see the [horrifying Lucy Statue!](https://www.yahoo.com/tv/s/scary-lucy-statue-gets-role-mall-halloween-display-134520112.html) what were they thinking? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-erie-pa/735220/23 "2015-10-24T21:14:35Z")
> [@WildBlueYonder](#): > > what were they thinking? That it was eerie looking. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2015, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-erie-pa/735220/24 "2015-10-25T06:00:28Z")
Wasn’t Erie considered “out west”? I recall Horace Greeley’s famous statement “go west young man”-he was referring to Erie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-erie-pa/735220.md?page=1)