# Think of a city in Pennsylvania other than Philadelphia or Pittsburgh **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 12, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426 "2015-10-12T15:24:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/41 "2015-10-12T18:36:31Z")
I can’t believe I’m the 2nd person to mention Gettysburg. Also Beaver, Alaquippa, Erie, Lancaster, York, Johnstown, Altoona, Breezewood (ugh), Beaver Falls, Harrisburg, Monaca, Allentown. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/42 "2015-10-12T18:38:44Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Huh, I wouldn’t have guessed that we had multiple Johnstownians here. By any chance, did either of you know a large family named Sheehan? No, can’t say I did. And BTW, I call myself a “Johnstowner.” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/43 "2015-10-12T18:44:52Z")
…I got nothin’. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/44 "2015-10-12T19:06:15Z")
Scranton. Campaigned there several times for various candidates (also Allentown and Philadelphia, but Scranton more often). Also, kind of a geographical marker for long trips from where I live…“we’ll stop for gas when we get to Scranton,” that kind of thing. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/45 "2015-10-12T19:09:36Z")
Harrisburg, then Lancaster, then Gettysburg. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/46 "2015-10-12T19:15:40Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I forgot the obvious: > > [Intercourse](http://www.villageofintercourse.com/) It’s a nice place toy visit; as long as you don’t run out of gas in [Blue ball](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Ball,_Pennsylvania), or end up getting no further than [Bird in Hand](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird-in-Hand,_Pennsylvania). ETA: Sorta ninja’d by **cochrane** ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/47 "2015-10-12T19:34:59Z")
Berwick, Shickshinny, Plymouth, Larksville, Edwardsville, Kingston, Forty Fort, Exeter, Dallas ----- want me to go on? But the two really important ones are Danville and Elysburg. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/48 "2015-10-12T20:07:59Z")
California Ohiopyle (home of Fallingwater) Butler (For the record, anything in Allegheny County is usually considered part of Pittsburgh, at least to residents of PA) ---
**Author:** ![CT\_Damsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/49 "2015-10-12T20:24:00Z")
The first and only one I thought of was Altoona. I do not know why. I have never been there and do not know anyone from PA. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/50 "2015-10-12T20:25:15Z")
Harrisburg ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/51 "2015-10-12T20:30:44Z")
Erie, because I was born there. Centralia, because it’s freaking on fire. Harrisburg, because it’s the capitol. Intercourse, because I’ll never be mature enough to not find that funny. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/52 "2015-10-12T20:33:01Z")
Allentown, Lancaster, York, Scranton, Wilkes Barre, Olyphant (had a girl friend from there), Easton, Stroudsberg, Paoli, Malvern, Media (my parents married there), Darby, Jenkintown, Chester, and, oh yeah, Harrisburg. I could go on. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/53 "2015-10-12T20:39:07Z")
> [@Omega\_Glory](#): > > Gettysburg. This is another big one. Growing up a Civil War buff where I did, I made the (easy 90 minute) pilgrimage here more times than I can count. Can’t believe I didn’t mention it upthread. (As a side note, may I say how awesome it was to grow up in central Maryland for this kind of thing? It feels as though 80% of the Civil War took place within a two-hour drive of my parents’ house.) ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/54 "2015-10-12T21:52:29Z")
Lancaster. My grandfather lives there and my dad grew up there. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/55 "2015-10-12T21:59:57Z")
Scranton due to _The Office_ ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/56 "2015-10-12T22:07:06Z")
> [@DummyGladHands](#): > > If you think Ligonier is not much of a City (and you’re right about that), try New Florence or Fairfield - I lived around there. Although, honestly, they’re probably not classified as cities. I don’t know how anything can be smaller than Ligonier. (My aunt lives there). Then again, there’s always Crabtree, although that’s really kind of part of Greensburg, really just a few cornfields. (My mother’s from Greensburg and I have family living in Crabtree) BTW, if you do find yourself near Crabtree, GO TO CARBONE’S RESTAURANT. It is the best fucking Italian food in the whole entire world. ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/57 "2015-10-12T22:29:38Z")
> [@robert\_columbia](#): > > Inspired by the recent “think of a city” threads for Britain and Australia, let’s do something similar in a different part of the world. > > Other than Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, what is the first Pennsylvania city that you can think of? Shippensburg ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/58 "2015-10-12T22:38:01Z")
First to come to mind was King of Prussia, because I knew some people who lived there once. I’m kinda surprised that Breezewood didn’t come up first. I spent three days there once, when my U-Haul truck popped its pumpkin on the way down the mountain. That was unpleasant. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/59 "2015-10-12T23:11:58Z")
> [@robert\_columbia](#): > > Inspired by the recent “think of a city” threads for Britain and Australia, let’s do something similar in a different part of the world. > > Other than Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, what is the first Pennsylvania city that you can think of? Titusville Oil City Franklin ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/60 "2015-10-12T23:27:36Z")
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