# 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:** 4
**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, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/61 "2015-10-12T23:32:42Z")
Next one that came to mind was Huntingdon; my grandparents lived there for years. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/62 "2015-10-12T23:46:03Z")
York, because it’s my mother-in-law’s hometown, and we visited it last summer. Then Hanover, because it’s my _father-in-law_’s hometown, and we visited there, too. Since we’re giving restaurant recommendations/giggling at Blue Ball and Intercourse, when in Hanover, try the Famous Hot Weiner. It’s not all that great, but it would probably make **Revtim** snicker. > [@Srsly\_Dad](#): > > Latrobe > > Mostly owing to the fact that Rolling Rock was the cheap beer of choice in college, plus it is Arnold Palmer’s hometown …and Mr. Rogers’. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/63 "2015-10-12T23:48:06Z")
Harrisburg, of course (my hometown). The others I heard of most while growing up: Lancaster York Lebanon ---
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/64 "2015-10-12T23:48:06Z")
Easy. My ex-wife was born and raised in Kittanning (actually, I think she may have been born in nearby Indiana). ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/65 "2015-10-12T23:59:41Z")
I’m well familiar with Breezewood (we pass through there on the way to my relatives’ places), but it would never have made my list, because I hadn’t even realized it was a city. I thought it was just an intersection of freeways. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/66 "2015-10-13T00:02:30Z")
Allentown, from the Billy Joel song ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/67 "2015-10-13T05:06:40Z")
I’ve visited many Pennsylvania cities in my life but for whatever reason the first one that came to mind was one that I have never visited: Altoona. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/68 "2015-10-13T05:23:48Z")
Without looking: Allentown, Kutztown, Brown, Moosic (where the cows come to sing), Blue Balls, Intercourse, Plymouth Meeting. (Family grew up there) ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/69 "2015-10-13T22:01:29Z")
Altoona. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/70 "2015-10-13T22:15:04Z")
Harrisburg ---
**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 13, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/71 "2015-10-13T22:16:26Z")
Berlin ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/72 "2015-10-14T03:26:35Z")
**HOMER CITY!** Indiana Clymer Home Benezette Tidioute Tionesta Driftwood Sinnemahoning Luciusboro … they’re getting smaller as I go ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/73 "2015-10-14T03:29:55Z")
Blawnox, the ugliest-named town in the world, which I mention at just about every opportunity in the Fake Trivia game. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/74 "2015-10-14T03:32:03Z")
Gettysburg ---
**Author:** ![CatastrophicFailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@CatastrophicFailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatastrophicFailure)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/75 "2015-10-14T03:37:59Z")
Bryn Mawr and Haverford are the first two that come to mind. (I went to college there.) ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/76 "2015-10-15T02:23:32Z")
New Castle ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/77 "2015-10-15T02:52:31Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > I never lived there, but my family originates from central PA. > Elysburg (Knoebels) > Shamokin > Lewisburg (Bucknell, and a prison) > Mifflinburg > Weikert > Glen Iron > Jersey Shore > King of Prussia > Pottsville (Yuengling) > Bellafonte > Shenandoah (Mrs. T’s pierogies) > Snow Shoe I do live there. King of Prussia, which is a few minutes from me, is not a city. It’s not even a municipality. It has no government of it’s own. It’s a census-designated place and mailing address in Upper Merion, which is a township. Many of the places mentioned in this thread aren’t cities. They’re townships, boroughs, villages, etc. or, like K of P, not even municipalities. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/78 "2015-10-15T03:07:50Z")
Gettysburg ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/79 "2015-10-15T04:18:32Z")
> [@Omega\_Glory](#): > > …Gettysburg. > [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Gettysburg > [@blondebear](#): > > Gettysburg Or how about a city where a big Civil War battle was fought? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-city-in-pennsylvania-other-than-philadelphia-or-pittsburgh/734426/80 "2015-10-15T20:33:55Z")
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