rural Pennsylvania
Farmland, rolling hills
Rural Pennsylvania refers to the farmland, small towns, and forested regions between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh—the vast middle of the state sometimes called Pennsyltucky.
The term evokes a distinctive culture: Amish buggies, deer hunting, coal country, and conservative politics that contrast sharply with the state's urban centers.
She grew up in rural Pennsylvania, where Friday nights meant high school football and church on Sunday was assumed.
- dairy farmingLivestock husbandry for milk
- barn raisingCollective agricultural structure assembly
- country roadsUnpaved rural thoroughfares
- dirt roadsUnpaved travel surfaces
- rolling hillsGently rising, falling landscape
deciduous forests · Appalachian Mountains · quilting bees · Susquehanna River · coal mining · wildlife habitats · deer season · timber industry · covered bridges · corn mazes · general stores · storytelling traditions · volunteer fire departments · maple syrup production · tractor pulls · Amish Country · trout streams · one-room schoolhouses
rural PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia
Pennsylvania's largest metropolis
Pittsburgh · New York City · Manhattan · Harrisburg · Allentown
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San Francisco · Brooklyn · Silicon Valley · Hollywood · Georgetown