Rural areas and even many suburban areas are full of purse clutchers. Minorities aren't getting lynched or anything, but it could be pretty uncomfortable in some areas to be one. It's fairly safe outside of Philadelphia. Harrisburg, York and Lancaster have issues with crime but they got nothing on Philly. Love the city, but they need to get their shit together. You go to towns in the Coal Region and you will see a lot of decay. Not many jobs and drug use is pretty high (meth and heroin).

For the most part, I love PA. I could do without the far right mouth breathers, but the nature makes up for it. We have an awesome state park system and the state forests are beautiful. I live in central Pa, outside of Harrisburg and it's honestly a really decent area to live and raise a family. Lots to do. Lots of restaurants and shopping. My biggest gripe is the infrastructure. Thousands of single family homes and townhouses going in alongside shopping centers and the existing roads just can't handle it. They are working on it, but road and highway projects take years to complete here. The widening project from Union Deposit to the 81/83 split took a decade to complete and now they are in the planning stages for the next section which could take many more years.