Virginia, Kentucky, PA, Massachusetts

Let's just do the average then

46+50+56=152 152/3=50.67

There are 50.67 states.

Presumably counting DC as 1, and New Jersey as 2/3.

When I was in high school, I learned that we were a commonwealth because we had a less centralized government, later of course I learned PA is one of the more decentralized states with the strength of local government and strong regional character, but that has exactly zero to do with being a commonwealth.

Personally, I like the name, I think it sets us apart and the kind of old-timey charm of the name fits with the rich history PA has.

In Dubois that's pronounced: POO-TAYNE TOOMEY

we need a 'FUCK TOOMEY' translated into every dialect in the state

That was one big reason I became an environmental scientist. I grew up in a rural area off of a well, one of my biggest fears was they would find natural gas in the area because if anything got into our water my life would be OVER. This is so shitty and whoever approved the new drilling needs to be ashamed.

Rutter's is like a regional South-Central PA entrant, especially in York County, can't speak to their food but they always had good in-house drinks because they also are a drink company. 78 locations in PA

I dislike that we just have the seal on a blue background like so many other states. I'd want something incorporating the keystone or at least state colors.

Penmarva has a nice ring to it

Only legit school lockdown I had was one time a few deer literally jumped through the school window and was running around for an hour while we had to stay locked in the classrooms

https://www.gettysburgtimes.com/news/local/article_3b2b8e81-4f6a-50c6-bcfc-5abb2c6b3116.html

You can run for two offices simultaneously, they both ran for and won reelection in their current state House Districts

EDIT: To clarify a bit further, they wouldn't have to vacate their current office until they are sworn into their new positions in January, but I think they resigned from both now to have the special elections completed sooner.

TL;DR

The state House saga continues. Essentially, House Dems have said since they won the majority(a 1-seat majority), they should get chamber leadership for now, even though they technically have the same votes as the Republicans, 101-101, since one of the elected Dems is dead. The issue is that the state House leader is the one who schedules special elections, and for now neither party has a voting majority. So Joanna McClinton has just been sworn in as House Majority Leader.

Two more Dem legislators, Austin Davis and Summer Lee, have just resigned and will need vacancies filled via special election as well. Which leaves Dems temporarily with leadership(and likely a legal challenge from the state Republicans) and 99 voting seats. All 3 special election districts are solid blue so it is very likely in a few months they will just have a normal(if slim) majority, but for now there is a weird legal limbo until at least February.

the Alleghenies basically bisect the state, in western and especially nwpa people consider the area part of the midwest, the rest of the state considers itself northeast/mid-atlantic

edit: (i've found a good rule of thumb is "soda" vs "pop")

And I work in a service job where I don't get ANY PTO, but just because my bosses are screwing me doesn't mean I think the rail workers should be getting thrown under the bus. Even if they get the time, if the scheduling is so restrictive that they can't use it in case of an emergency, where everything needs to be cleared at least a month in advance, that is a serious restriction on their life.

I think they get some unpaid sick days, but they have to be scheduled with a doctor's permission at least a month in advance, which is useless for any kind of emergency and still makes their lives beholden to the bosses

But also lets say that while he voted down the sick days, Casey was willing to force the deal on workers without those sick days, and those bills should have never been separated in the first place

EDIT: correction

Well since SEPA specifically refers to Philly metro and suburbs most of the time, anything west of that usually calls itself 'Central' even if its on the eastern side of the state. South Central PA is odd, The eastern part forms the core of Dutch Country, the western part you are more in the Appalachian foothills, and then in between you have the capital region.

There's even a regional planning org(http://www.southcentralassembly.org/)

Well Dauphin(Harrisburg) is also considered South Central PA and its blue, in general what unites South Central more than anything is the PA Dutch culture and generally being in between SEPA and Western PA at least in my experience

1am sounds like the perfect time to demolish a venison burger and fries, although i'd down it with a hot spiced apple cider(but maybe that's just because its snowing where I am)

Hey, who knows, maybe they shot those fries with a bow from 500 yards

In defense of Philly(if not lazy online list writers), Philly is the biggest city in the state so its understandable people default there. PA is one of the most regionalized states in the country so we can keep all the cultural little nooks and crannies to ourselves. One thing I sorely missed when I lived out of state, PA has a lot of great regional culture(I didn't even know how much food I grew up with was specific to South Central PA until I left).

Yeah it also helped get Trump in the first place, so still worried. Honestly this is from Republicans in the state house not doing anything beneficial for us in a decade as much as anything. Still remember when their meddling in education funding almost shut down my school senior year.

Motherfucker, I grew up here. I'm not leaving and I am fighting like hell to keep you people from destroying my region and my state. You're probably a carpetbagger from New York or something. I will never let corporate power to take over our state politics, and I won't let the Republicans destroy the nature on which we depend. Maybe you should consider moving to Florida or Texas.