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djarvis77 t1_izeb7vy wrote

Reply to comment by fallowcentury in Fellow Pennsylvanians, we must join our neighbors from r/Maryland to defend our territory from the Delawarean scourge! by MPA_Dad

If Eastern PA annexed DE they would immediately stop being the US tax haven cuz of PA tax law.

In reality, DE and South Eastern PA (the Philly & Metro counties including Chester, Lancaster, Berks, Bucks, & Mont) have much much more in common with each other than they do with Western PA. It would actually be a decent match up. Leaving Western PA to do it's far right wing whatever.

Then Pittsburgh/SWPA could return to West Virginia like they were gonna do.

The Philly/DE combination could have their weed, abortion, gun laws, public transit and city life plus the beaches. Maybe even offset some of the high philly taxes with the no tax DE laws. West Virginia would probably elect better leadership and have a stronger economy. Pennsyltucky/WestNY would be able to have their low tax, no weed, mandatory gun, corporate controlled, maga dream land.

Really it would be a win for everyone.

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Patiod t1_izee7jk wrote

This is the solution. Clearly.

And we'd have to relegate my alma mater Penn State to Pennsyltucky, but once I saw people wearing "Penn State cammo" to games, I had already resigned myself to that.

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djarvis77 t1_izejgn9 wrote

The new Pennsyltucky WNY state school would probably be a two year trade school group. Probably for-profit "trump-u" type. Hell, idk if they would even want public grade-high school anymore. May just be all homeschool.

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boredoflife96 t1_izf5rs0 wrote

Tell me you don't understand Pennsylvania without telling me you don't understand Pennsylvania.

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