I always thought it was Kentucky in the middle. e.g. Pennsyltucky
Edit: I’m a moron. From the Wikipedia page "This quote is often paraphrased as “Philadelphia in the east, Pittsburgh in the west, and Alabama in the middle”
See also: upstate New York. You have the 5 boroughs, the suburbs thereof, and then it’s “paddle faster. I hear banjos” with a few islands of sanity in between.
I live in Upstate NY and you’re absolutely right. I’m in a very blue area, but I could drive a half hour away and see Trump flags alongside Confederate flags. (I’m close enough to Stefanik’s district to get her horrible political ads on my TV.)
A map of New York would actually look red, not blue, because of the vast rural areas. Luckily, land doesn’t vote so the huge red areas with few people are outvoted by the small blue areas with a lot of people.
I used to live in New Paltz 30 years ago. I still know exactly what you mean. The West Point area and Kingston is that last “island” on your way north.
There are other areas. I live in a very blue area in the capital district, well north of New Palz. Pretty much any of the cities in New York will be blue, while the rural areas are deep red.
Locally, we call it Pennsyltucky. There’s a lot of farmland and open space, with towns scattered across. It’s not all bad, but generally you will know it’s not a great area if there is a noticably high concentration of churches, strip clubs, or the smell of cat pee.
I’ve lived in it my entire life. Beautiful countryside, lots of land, but the neighbors are terrifying and there’s entire counties I won’t live in like Perry, Clearfield, and Tioga
Some of it’s really gorgeous, and we have some incredible state parks. Once the Main Line sprawls out past York, all that beautiful countryside is going to become golf courses and McMansions.
Pennsylvania: Philly in the east, Pittsburgh in the west, and Alabama in the middle.
I always thought it was Kentucky in the middle. e.g. Pennsyltucky
Edit: I’m a moron. From the Wikipedia page "This quote is often paraphrased as “Philadelphia in the east, Pittsburgh in the west, and Alabama in the middle”
See also: upstate New York. You have the 5 boroughs, the suburbs thereof, and then it’s “paddle faster. I hear banjos” with a few islands of sanity in between.
I live in Upstate NY and you’re absolutely right. I’m in a very blue area, but I could drive a half hour away and see Trump flags alongside Confederate flags. (I’m close enough to Stefanik’s district to get her horrible political ads on my TV.)
A map of New York would actually look red, not blue, because of the vast rural areas. Luckily, land doesn’t vote so the huge red areas with few people are outvoted by the small blue areas with a lot of people.
I used to live in New Paltz 30 years ago. I still know exactly what you mean. The West Point area and Kingston is that last “island” on your way north.
There are other areas. I live in a very blue area in the capital district, well north of New Palz. Pretty much any of the cities in New York will be blue, while the rural areas are deep red.
Locally, we call it Pennsyltucky. There’s a lot of farmland and open space, with towns scattered across. It’s not all bad, but generally you will know it’s not a great area if there is a noticably high concentration of churches, strip clubs, or the smell of cat pee.
I’ve lived in it my entire life. Beautiful countryside, lots of land, but the neighbors are terrifying and there’s entire counties I won’t live in like Perry, Clearfield, and Tioga
Some of it’s really gorgeous, and we have some incredible state parks. Once the Main Line sprawls out past York, all that beautiful countryside is going to become golf courses and McMansions.