Top 10 worst towns in Pennsylvania. # 2 is a great story

[@dustinreadinger6855]

This guy obviously has never been to Reading PA.

[@i.c.7296]

Stop typing....

[@Labaron26]

Nor Braddock either....

[@0ater]

thats what im saying lmfao, watched so many of this dudes video and hasn't mentioned reading once, i grew up in boyertown and we would always lock our doors when driving through reading. you know its bad when one of the main pasttimes for kids in reading is just getting high/drunk and having sex at the pagoda

[@rvilla4257]

Reading is a shithole my friend

[@GgabriellaF]

It’s a shithole that we call home.

[@thenoodledrop]

General rule of thumb about Pennsylvania: If your town relied on the steel industry during the 19th/20th century, your town reallllyyy sucks now ((Coatesville, PA representing here))

[@shanebirkenfeld8644]

spando dongdee unless it’s PITTSBURGH

[@BOLPutube]

Birken Shane Pittsburgh is a city, not a town. There are towns surrounding it that do suck now. Although Pittsburgh does have a lot of nice areas, like the South Hills

[@shanebirkenfeld8644]

BOLP fax

[@jeff7764]

I live in Downingtown and couldn’t tell you the last time I’ve been through coatesville 😬

[@mp8605]

Or coal

[@merebrooks8616]

I swore Reading pa would be on this list

[@Suckbitch-js5zy]

Mere Brooks sameeee

[@HemlockRidge]

The Mafia wouldn't let it.

[@oscarcastillo340]

Reading pa the worse and poor

[@noobsnoobs1510]

Fr tho I live not in reading but out side of it and the one day like 5 cops rushed into the city

[@cdee75]

Reading PA is a city and he said towns

[@Definitely_Not_Sheev_Palpatine]

Every other town in Pennsylvania: "You forgot about us."

[@patriciayohn6136]

Pennsylvania truly is one of the most beautiful states in the country and yes there are some really bad places, but life long Pennsylvanians know where not to go, but awesome state for a long road trip.

[@Gay_Cousin]

Haha yeah very long road trips even when you dad doesn't stop for bathroom breaks

[@laurielenig9939]

Born n raised!!

[@taylarmcfadden]

Yes exactly

[@dcasper8514]

Aliquippa has most always Had great HS football teams.

[@johngullo9420]

No Chester? Why I'm flabbergasted!

[@TuckertonRR]

the title is "towns" not "cities"

[@AHouseDivided1998]

John Gullo Agree! Grew up in Folcroft (no high class haven either) and we never went near Chester even on a dare.

[@theevangelist6178]

Yeah that whole county sucks.

[@kstevenson232]

I just was about to say no chester i live in chester its scary down here

[@theevangelist6178]

@@kstevenson232 you want scary? I used to live in Coatesville until a year ago. I went from living with family in Parkesburg to a homeless shelter in Coatesville. To support myself I got a security job, at Coatesville Area Senior High. That was as close to Hell as I ever want to get.

[@RainbowlemurAJ]

Pennsylvania is a beautiful state but like all other places it has it's bad areas but overall the state has plenty of nature outside the cities so hiking would be good there.

[@seamrog3593]

Black violence in pennsylvania is the danger along with its denial deceit and delusion

[@Kadunkpsh]

seam rog I live in Pennsylvania Connellsville.

[@seamrog3593]

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[@Bossrah]

Pa sucks

[@Snarkapotamus]

@Tracey Benna - why? The state didn't work any better under the current (and former) crop of repubs..

[@funny_clipss-e1e]

Centralia is not on the list. that town has been on fire since 1962

[@HeathStevens]

Bc it's not a town anymore

[@apollo_nightmare3554]

Its is not on fire

[@lautarocasas6]

Appollo NightMare im pretty sure theres an underground one with natural fas

[@evienova1922]

Population is 10, the fire is underground and the ground can give way at any second

[@StarSwisss]

I was scrolling for this comment.

[@ShadowOfADoubt9]

I'm shocked that Johnstown wasn't on the list.

[@justjim61]

Yeah Little Philly aka Johnstown

[@storybooksoapothecary1310]

I thought it would be too. I left Johnstown in 1986 thankfully. The house we used to live in, which was a nice family neighborhood at that time is now ghetto. Very sad.

[@pimpzgangstazhustlaz1345]

Solomon homes Johnstown

[@storybookstitchery1115]

@@pimpzgangstazhustlaz1345 Moxham

[@winstonfoxpeckerdvm9449]

Johnstown sucks big time. Very depressing place.

[@annsaccount8628]

Every state in the union is like this. Its easy for someone to mock and make fun of places when that person has never been here. I have lived here in PA all my life. I have been to 6 continents around the world, there is nothing wrong here that can't be fixed. Move somewhere else you will have the same problem, you don't help out with your community, you are part of the problem. You should be happy living here, there are places so much worse.

[@shelbymccoy3936]

The towns you mentioned, for the most part, are victims of the collapsed steel industry. Bigger cities were able to get government funding to help them get back on their feet even though many still struggle today. The little suburbs where the steel workers lived were left on their own to rot in the dust. We have only ourselves to thank for this because we stopped buying American steel and bought from foreign companies. You get what you pay for and it has come to bit us in the ass. I live in Pennsylvania and am proud of our state. Our mountains are beautiful and where I live I can tell you my neighbors names for miles down the road and throughout the nearby counties. Just wondering, can you do that?

[@mrjsanchez1]

Where is Hazleton on the list?

[@ricardooviedo4205]

mrjsanchez1 Guess is not that bad

[@underdogchris1753]

I'm surprised it didn't make the list.

[@rickstritzinger]

Covid Capital

[@heathermoulton3221]

In West Virginia?

[@robertcarey8237]

mrjsanchez1 they forgot Hazleton and all its drugs, gangs, and covid coming from all people going back and forth to New York for their drugs.and to be at their other home while hanging with their homies

[@kayzeaza]

I’m from Bucks County and the scenery around here can be quite beautiful. Pennsylvania in a whole can have some beautiful back drops.

[@caspence56]

Not many people can afford to live in Bucks county; I remember being in New Hope many years ago and it was gorgeous.

[@ryanfitz2214]

Bucks county is awesome i hunt up there near New Hope

[@garycoleman6912]

Levittown Bensalem Bristol Trevose Feasterville are all very affordable places to live New Hope is the most expensive up there with Upper Black Eddy

[@williamsholly600]

I live in Bucks County all my life beautiful County to live in actually been all over the state Pennsylvania is a beautiful state problem with the small towns is the getting infected with the drugs from the big cities besides that my other favorite little city is Williamsport PA

[@Mspinkladydi]

Space Racer26 state cops will kill you there.

[@bherber]

Bradford is actually a nice town. Zippo lighters are made there (thanks Briggs for not mentioning that.)

[@authenticpoppy]

And he's got a picture of a completely different town in there. It's a picture of a town in Bradford County in PA, not Bradford, PA.

[@ajross8200]

Didn't he forget Pitt too.

[@bherber]

@@ajross8200 lol as a nice town or a bad town? I guess depends on where you go

[@codeman99-dev]

@@bherber I think it mainly depend if you know about the corruption in schools and public offices. I hail from Smethport... so I don't really have much to brag about, lol.

[@bherber]

@@codeman99-dev - I was actually to Bradford recently, and it was not good lol. Kinda ghetto like actually

[@kalinystazvoruna8702]

The difference between a "state" and a "commonwealth" is that a "commonwealth" got it's charter to exist from the King of England *before* the US existed. There are four (4) commonwealths in the US: Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Kentucky. All of these existed *before* the US existed. (Obviously the education system in this country has gone down the drain.) As far as Upper Darby is concerned, I used to live there and left in 1998. When I was coming home from work one day, I was stopped by a cop while I was about 1/2 block away from my house and, perplexed, I asked him why I couldn't go down that street since it was on my way to my house. He told me (and I quote) "there a PIPE BOMB" in the middle of the street. That's when I knew it was time to leave. Never regretted it.

[@briane707]

Upper Dirty Royals born and raised. It is a shit hole though lol and I'm glad I'm leaving. Not as bad as chester though.

[@charlesrodriguez9398]

You forgot Puerto Rico

[@patriciayohn6136]

You are absolutely correct with regard to the Terminology of the usage of Commonwealth.

[@choreomaniac]

Kentucky did not exist until 1792. Before then it was part of Virginia. And all 13 colonies got their charters from the King of England before the revolution. Georgia became the last colony, a Royal colony, in 1752 but isn’t a commonwealth. Maryland was a colony 50 years before Pennsylvania but is not a commonwealth. So 10 of 13 colonies given charters before 1752 are NOT commonwealths and 1 of 4 commonwealths never got a charter from the king. Education is failing.

[@choreomaniac]

Btw, Puerto Rico and Mariana Islands are part of the US and also commonwealths. Neither receivedE charters from the King of England.

[@nadiahdavis3491]

I was born and raised in Darby and my family still lives and goes to school there now. I never knew it is was in the top 10 most dangerous towns until like last year. It is very small (literally like 6 by 7 blocks) you can walk through it in like 20 minutes. The funny thing is now we live in Sharon Hill. Maybe its because I've aways lived on the good blocks but I never knew about the dangerous stuff going on, the most I here about is kids fighting at school, the creek flooding, and recently they did construction on the mcdonalds. I know its not perfect, but it has a place in my heart.

[@Cassandria]

Love how both Ambridge and Aliquippa are on the list. Beaver County represent!

[@randybracciodieta6485]

I was expecting beaver falls to make the list for the trifecta

[@mathbowler2782]

Randy Bracciodieta Beaver Falls has Oram’s, so it could never make a bad list.

[@christophermiller5881]

Heeeyyyyy represent

[@elleryeggen9678]

@@randybracciodieta6485 isn't Beaver Falls the home of Mr.Belvedere?

[@randybracciodieta6485]

ellery eggen it sure is

[@KetoSierra]

Born in Aliquippa and raised in Johnstown PA. I turned out great despite the circumstances. Been in Atlanta for 22 years.

[@thefakemate8703]

Anyone else Surprised that Allentown is not on here?

[@maddog2771]

Allentown started getting better after 2008 , but now in 2018 it stalled out because the mayor went to jail

[@startedfromscratch1529]

I thought it was only a drug problem in Allentown.

[@starwarsheros9245]

Am surprised!

[@jessk1874]

Some parts are nice. There's a certain area of downtown that is awful, but that's really it

[@silentstorm2239]

Allentown is hell on earth

[@trishrobinson5828]

I so enjoy your witty fun facts and I know you must spend a great deal of time researching each video. I appreciate your amusing and factual videos. Videos my grans can watch as well!

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

Thanks for watching.

[@evilmatt91]

I’ve lived in PA my whole life and was only familiar with about 3 of these towns. Really surprised Reading wasn’t on the list.

[@patriciayohn6136]

Matt K The thing about Reading is if your staying there stay in Wyomissing!!!!! The Berks Jazz Fest is freaking awesome and does bring in a LOT of money to Reading, just unfortunately not the REALLY BAD AREAS OF READING.

[@s.e.abendschoen9511]

@@patriciayohn6136 I total concur - I'm a native Pennsylvlanian - lived in Berks Couty (Reading area) for 9 years of my 76 - mostly spent my life in York county though. Now live in Lancaster county (Elizabethtown). Lived in Palm Springs (close to Bob Hope) for 4 years...missed my friends and family and moved back to PA in 2000....I'll stay here 'til I here God's call to go home!

[@libertystuffnthingsreviews829]

You pronounced so many of the names correctly. Good job.

[@authenticpoppy]

I'm always impressed when people pronounce Susquehanna properly. 😄

[@SaqueDeMetaPR]

Someone forgot Reading PA wao in 2011 Reading was the second poorest city in the nation. Also Pottsville is hell hole.

[@michaelgavin2843]

Pottsville and all them little crack towns really ain’t shit

[@johngoatsie4736]

Pure cancer.

[@chrislemaster2695]

Why is Johnsonburg PA not on the list every one is on food stamps and the town smells like cooked cabbage and rotten eggs.

[@redsunflowers7322]

Ugh, yeah. My grandma was from there and we took her there years ago to visit her home town. I hated the smell and remember her saying "That's a healthy smell!" Wtf.

[@vikkinicholson2300]

that's the smell of toxic poison.

[@niknootnoot]

i live right next to Johnsonburg and i 100% agree lol. for the most part the entirety of Elk County just sucks in general.

[@chrisl218569]

My mother grew up in Shamokin. Its pronounced Sha-moe-ken. And there is an amazing amusement park, Knoebels, extremely close. We go to that park every year as a vacation. The coal area of Pa isnt that bad.

[@williamhenry1934]

I have lived in Pennsylvania my whole life ,owned 3 businesses, owned land and many properties! Im 53! I can’t wait to get the truck out of here! Ok here we go! The weather is horrible here it’s cloudy ,cold and rainy November till June! The weather is just horrible! Rain at Christmas ,snow at Halloween , freezing thanksgivings, rain and snow at Easter, spring break in March is a disaster! Again snow and usually fridge temperatures! Don’t even think of buying a sports car or a convertible here ! You won’t get a to drive it here because the weather is so bad! Some years I put 300 miles on my corvette because the weather is so bad! In April and May you usually get one nice day a week and you spend it cutting grass due to all the rain! Also you will need an all wheel drive car or a 4x4 which are outrageous in price ! Pennsylvania also rewards you with one of the highest gas prices in the country ! Your awd car and gas guzzling 4x4 will surely put a dent in your wallet every week! Not to mention the heating oil cost which are tragically high like the gasoline to crush your wallet all winter! ! Home taxes are soaring, factories and major industries are leaving in droves! There’s no work for the uneducated and no public transportation in most of the state! The kids are in school every month of the year except July! Sorta like the hitler youth! The teachers tell the kids they can be president the baker the candlestick maker! The truth is it’s illegal to sell lemonade! The state will send armed police after 7 year old little girls at there lemonade stand! They demand upgrades to downtown buildings, when new businesses want to open up ! That are financially unfiesable ! There just isn’t enough customers ,or the town is to small as to financially support all the updates the government demands! There for if your not a corporation like McDonald’s or Walmart you won’t be allowed to open a business! And if you do open up they will make your life miserable harass you and your customers the same way the nazis did to the Jewish owned businesses in the 40s ! I witnessed it in all 3 of my businesses! In fact if I was on tv Americans would shit there pants with the stories I could tell of corrupt politicians and police! The legal system is so corrupt it makes North Korea look like paradise! They inspect your car , your home ,your kids ,and even your body! That’s right your body! You are physically checked for almost every job even your blood and nuts are checked! They have a cop for everything! A code officer for your grass, liquor control agents when you have a drink it’s worse than Nazi germany! Infact they stop you armed with guns and interrogate you! Ask you where your going , where you were coming from , they accuse you of breaking crimes you didn’t do! It’s like Nazi germany all over again! It’s horrible here ! ! ! ! ! There is no night life , the bars and grills are closing in droves they even lock up the play ground on the kids! Some towns lock up the playgrounds all winter ! My god Pennsylvania is satins paradise! Satin has to have a second home somewhere and Pennsylvania is it ! ! !

[@iignorerepliesfrombores4010]

They should change the slogan for PA to "You have a FIEND in PA."

[@berjaboy]

There are a bunch of depressed towns in Pennsylvania, like Bangor, Palmerton or Pen Argyl, and the list goes on and on. But despite them being economically depressed, most are very, very safe. Yes, the unemployment may be high, and many may be living on some form of assistance, but you can walk the streets at night, or leave you car or home unlocked. The job markets may be poor, but what isn't poor is a sense and respect of family, community and your neighbor, you know, the kind of things that money can't buy. I know, I grew up in one of these dirt poor Pennsylvania towns.

[@loganstuebner]

Why not talk about reading PA that's where I am from very dangerous rich history but crime rate is horrible

[@carmendilcherd4765]

It's a city, not a small town

[@randypullman1155]

The difference between a state and a commonwealth is the law. In a commonwealth when one commits a crime it not only a crime on the victim but a crime against the people of said commonwealth.

[@theevangelist6178]

The way the board of supervisors and town manager run where I live it's just one more reason to get out of Virginia

[@rojogrande2472]

Commonwealths blow...hard

[@Snarkapotamus]

It's also in the way it's organized into townships. Each being 36 square miles in size..

[@austinhance415]

West Dover, York, Reading, Upper Darby, Chester, McKees Rocks, Wilkinsburg, Coatesville are also very bad

[@CK-op7ho]

Chester! Goodness, yes. And Coatesville. I live two towns over from there. But Chester beats all.

[@tylerwardwell3723]

Austin Hance wow Upper Darby is not really as bad exept for beverly hills middle school

[@kylieborghi7673]

I used to be from Upper Darby and I live in Collegeville now, but is it weird I miss Upper Darby? I had a lot of great times there. It may not be the best, but there are some great people there.

[@kylieborghi7673]

Tyler Wardwell Agreed

[@kylieborghi7673]

Emma McFadden pftt. I lived there and I can tell you otherwise. But I will agree the people there were good.

[@earthdate3495]

Duquesne beat McKeesport/Braddock/Rankin/Homestead???? Inexplicable!

[@timwest277]

ikr

[@ericpennington5036]

I used to be a delivery truck driver and my one route took me through all those towns McKeesport,west mifflin, dravosburg, and a few others and yea their pretty shity lol!!!

[@oliviakatherine11507]

Actually live in wilmerding/mckeesport and near braddock and its not that bad.. Well maybe braddock

[@kevinjerome4907]

Also Clairton

[@krakeddreams08]

Duqusene has a higher unemployment and higher poverty rate than Mckeesport. Mckeesport has some areas that are a bit more affluent on its outskirts

[@TuckertonRR]

4:59 -5:40 is Terminal Square in Upper Darby, Not Darby. Few miles away, different town, different neighborhood.

[@Bear3015]

Glad somebody else caught that

[@saffronblu71]

They BOTH suck! In early 70's Terminal Sq.was safe.I'd NEVER go there now! As for Darby? That's ALWAYS been dangerous!

[@PreciousTea]

t uckerton I’m like 20 mins from there

[@TuckertonRR]

@@saffronblu71 Upper Darby has some great Korean restaurants

[@sexydex1260]

Briggs needs to get his pictures right. Maybe even visit. Darby ain't that bad, just depressed.

[@theragingplatypus4743]

Why show Pittsburgh in the opening which is actually a great city.

[@thelazyyinzer5548]

Yeah...

[@markrago5024]

The air quality and traffic is rough, and there are plenty of ghettos

[@SA-sp2bm]

Pittsburgh is a hell hole and riddled with crime.

[@annsaccount8628]

independent mama Spoken by someone who has never been there. It has been voted as one of the most liveable cities in the nation. They have been on the list for over a decade.

[@markmiskinis9306]

@@annsaccount8628 I agree. Pittsburgh is a great city.

[@toobevr1244]

I was born in Darby, and raised until I was 10 in Sharon Hill. It's definitely changed in the years since we moved.

[@Masternater1000]

Isn't Bradford we're Zippo lighters are made?

[@jumpy323081]

Nathan Mofield yeah

[@kennnuthatch5724]

I have a stainless Zippo pocket knife.

[@davidswanson640]

Yep

[@patriciayohn6136]

Yes!

[@GOberdorf]

Love your vids, Briggs! Totally agreed on Duquesne. That place is scurry as f***! I grew up in Leechburg, PA on the Kiskiminetas River near Pittsburgh. And, cause I want to be one of THOSE people (lol), the town of Shamokin is pronounced shah-MOY-kin. At least that’s how we pronounce it in Picksburg. Lol

[@beatle9239]

My mom was from Leechburg and lived until her senior year of high school. I actually went there in 1970 and my first thought that came to mind was that I just went back in time to 1950's.

[@paingoret6]

My mom’s family is in Shamokin and it’s pronounced exactly as it sounds.

[@tomfields3682]

​@@paingoret6How could anyone argue with that?😂

[@tictok9972]

Kennywood is in West Mifflin

[@ryetim32]

No it isn't

[@TalibanTy1]

Exactly

[@sydszymko6390]

It actually is lmao

[@lindabentley1749]

Yes Kennywood is in West Mifflin.

[@TalibanTy1]

Well I would know since I work there 😂😂

[@jeff7764]

PA has been good to me- I live in the 5 county area and work as a laborer doing heavy highway construction and make incredible money, so....

[@roofieandraggy16]

Briggs..... Their are three territories in Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and arkansas.

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

Lol

[@robertbangkok]

Yep, I live in PA-arkansas

[@tl5108]

Parkansas

[@TheBronxBunnyMan]

The more north you go, the more that statement is true. Maybe, that's why I don't really ever people talk about going to Schuylkill county for fun. It's almost always south, east or west from Lebanon county.

[@tl5108]

@@TheBronxBunnyMan a ton of people go up to potter county for hunting. Northern PA is beautiful

[@imsayrocket]

I respect this dude, but he's definitely really rude when it comes to his top 10 worst.

[@blusnuby2]

And sarcastic, flippant & (sometimes) jovial when reporting 'the decaying of America.' SO sad & depressing to have watched it`s decline over the last 60 years. Feel blessed to have lived during the 1950s & experienced America at it`s zenith...

[@johngoatsie4736]

Thicker skin.

[@maryeby7076]

Very rude and needs to educate himself about the commonwealth states.

[@elantralimited554]

PA BEEN HERE MY WHOLE LIFE BEAUTIFUL PLACES ARE TRUELY LEFT HERE IN PA.

[@patriciayohn6136]

elantra limited Me too and yes Pennsylvania is truly a beautiful State never leaving and I can trace some roots back to circa 1700. My Husband and I love a good road trip and PA is a great State to road trip, travelled to northwestern Pennsylvania for vacation to support as many small businesses as possible and then spent along weekend three weeks later in Bedford to do the same. I also pay taxes in two PA Counties, Lancaster and Sullivan, ironically one of the most prosperous and one of the poorest, but Sullivan County is very beautiful, home to World's End State Park as well as part of Rickett's Glen State Park.

[@GreenToMe2000]

We have Kenoebel’s and Hershey Park so it isn’t THAT bad

[@SeekerLancer]

And Shamokin is only a short drive from Knoebels if you like urban decay!

[@K1LLADELPH1A-_-]

Kenobels....lol....everyones goves their shitty old rides to them...

[@emmahammond741]

😂😂

[@brookealissa7348]

it’s weird to hear him talk abt places i’ve been thousands of times

[@oliviakatherine11507]

Ikr

[@onlyplayaseattacoswiththei9433]

Hang out in Darby & Sharon Hill huh? Lol

[@leob4403]

Thousands of times, and you're like 15? Have you traveled around Pennsylvania on a daily basis since you were a baby then?

[@MissOphelia1872]

OMG! I knew my town of Clearfield was horrible! Too bad I'm stuck here. I totally fit the bill of poverty. And My rent is more than half of my monthly income!!!!! Bringing the methadone clinic here made it even worse! The crime dealing with drugs and domestic violence is absurd!! My mom grew up here back when it was THE best time to live. She always tells me, you would have loved this town back in my day! We had four theaters in town! There was always things to do too! About the most you can do here now is go to the bar and get drunk. There's one practically every street corner! I would rather live in State College! Better everything including health care! It's so bad here, that doctor's in the ER automatically assume you're looking for narcotics!!! Pretty effing sad. DuBois is just as bad if not worse in some aspects. I'm shocked it was only # 7 on the top ten.

[@iignorerepliesfrombores4010]

I was born and raised in CLFD. Left in 1983 My parents refused to leave, and were swallowed up by the corrupt court system. You can see the top of their home to the left of the bridge in this video.

[@JBAT_X]

Where's top 10 reasons not to move to Pennsylvania ?

[@fiercedrift1097]

justin daniels exactly he’ll do every video on PA but that

[@Peng_Pong]

I feel like that’s the gag of this channel, alongside *STOP TYPING*

[@alexhennigh5242]

I think he may have already covered PA. Don't quote me on that but I could have swore PA got one

[@alexhennigh5242]

I stand corrected, he has not. Im sure it'll be really soon. I've been waiting for my state Kansas forever but he's getting closer to the end so soon enough

[@Snobert99]

I'm wondering that, myself.

[@iignorerepliesfrombores4010]

I was born and raised in Clfd, in fact, at 4:35 you can see my childhood home to the left of the bridge. In 2011, Judge Fred Ammerman gave custody of my elderly father to the agency on aging because Dad never signed a POA. The agency dumped him in a nursing home where he languished for 5 years. The state turned a deaf ear to my pleas for guardianship (I am an RN and my spouse is a hospice chaplain) They totally drained his funds and the home has been subsequently charged with Medicare fraud. Clfd is corrupt to the core, even though it has great bike paths and nearby state parks. The weather stinks most of the year, and Gov Wolf's response to covid is draconian. Needless to say, I live out of state.

[@m.h.8084]

So sad. My heart goes to you, and your poor dad. I hope your family has a streak of good luck for many generations. People of Pennsylvania are beautiful, as is its nature.

[@iignorerepliesfrombores4010]

@@m.h.8084 Thank you, that's very kind. 💖

[@williamanthony9090]

I once spent an overnighter in Clearfield, on my way to New York City from the Midwest. Never... NEVER... Had I seen so many "large" farm girls, squeezed into some very small dresses, on a Friday Night, on a Holiday Inn Dance Floor! Just saying...

[@BassAmateur99]

Thats what I'm talking about !!!!! YES !

[@Shelleyatmarshamarsh]

😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@paytondaly270]

As someone from clearfield I can confirm 😂😂😂 come back when the fair comes to town you’ll be flabbergasted!

[@iignorerepliesfrombores4010]

There's a riverwalk there now where wedding parties like to shoot photos Every bride I've ever seen there is twice the size of the groom

[@mindyb1986]

Lol I lived in Clearfield for 4 years and saw a lot of gross (no nicer way to put it) people. The area is nice, but there weren't a lot of good jobs and I wanted to move back home.

[@markorletsky5976]

A day in Clearfield this past summer was very pleasant. We enjoyed a nice diner, coffee, walk down 2nd street, then walk by the river. It is a very calm, pleasant, scenic place to visit.

[@traceyscott909]

Not surprised with Darby, but was surprised with Duquesne.

[@carsonweaver9488]

Um, where is the Bob Ross chia pet link???? Haha

[@alexist2518]

I love how the named all the towns around beaver😂

[@wakeup6910]

Except Beaver Falls,, Major shit hole

[@JO-ly3hi]

@@wakeup6910 I grew up there, New Brighton and Ellwood City...left in 1982 at 16...never been back, never will! The area "accent" is so trashy! Dat dere crick over dere is where we woosh our clothes.

[@wakeup6910]

@@JO-ly3hi What jinz talkin bout n nat, I worked on da sout side n nat, dem Pat busses o

[@JO-ly3hi]

@@wakeup6910 LOL Damn! That brings back nightmares!

[@wakeup6910]

@@JO-ly3hi lol

[@raykanzenbach3883]

Love your channel. You always give me a chuckle. Good job.

[@ronnihall444]

Actually Steelton was one of the largest producers of steel (ie the name) for the railroads in the US ever. Bethlehem steel had a huge plant there and Steelton used to be a sought after place to live. When the steel plant shut down, people moved to Harrisburg or Middletown and Middleton then decided cut off some of the main roads by having construction last so long it was difficult to get there. Most of the people who live there now sadly are section 8 or retires living their last days. The reason drugs are so Bad is because Harrisburg refuses to patrol that side of their city and never go past Paxton street. I’m talking a few miles of Harrisburg blocks NEVER see the police. Blame former mayor Reid for that one. And seriously Minersville or Reading are WAY worse. Way.

[@brentyocum4824]

Steelton has their own police.

[@deannmarshall3886]

It is sad that my hometown was mentioned. Clearfield wasn’t always like it is now, once drugs (& their users) moved in, that’s when the decline started sadly!

[@iignorerepliesfrombores4010]

I graduated from CHS in 1976 The town is nothing but attorney's offices now.

[@jazmine9472]

brother, where’s johnstown ?

[@leob4403]

Jonestown was in Guayana not Pennsylvania

[@dwightmagnuson4298]

I visited Levittown, PA in the '70s. I think it might have been the inspiration for the "Stepford Wives" movie....

[@2styx]

i'm very surprised that Lewistown isn't on this list. the place severely went downhill after the 50s and 60s, and from what i've seen in my time living here (since i was born) there's so many condemned buildings, and there's quite a few crackheads running around.

[@ncarlson80]

You need to add Ashland to this list! It's not far from Shamokin and just as awesome. Drugs and drug dealers run rampant, no jobs, fires seem to break out around town every other month burning houses and businesses to the ground. The whole town looks run down and creepy. I'm not sure what the median home price is but I'm guessing it isn't much and the median income isn't much either. It's sad. Cool fact - Centralia is about three miles from Ashland. If you ever get the chance, check it out. There isn't much to it anymore but graffiti highway is pretty cool to check out.

[@jamesmckane1205]

I'm from the Binghamton New York area and I've never had any problems with the small towns in PA. They're like our cousins. I love those little towns in PA. ☺

[@hajdnahad2525]

Lol you cannot day New York is actually better than PA 🤣 that’s just common sense

[@patriciayohn6136]

Thanks, and I am in south central PA and love Corning.

[@authenticpoppy]

The Valley (Waverly/Sayre/Athens) here! We love you guys right back. 🙂

[@marcvecellio]

I grew up in Bradford. It can be a nice place, just no jobs. Visiting soon... Hopefully it's not too bad. If I could make a decent living I would actually consider moving back there.

[@LRSNRCNG309]

Im from Warren Pa and its safe to say this place blows 😂

[@Jakeysfavoriteperson]

Warren's nice but there's not a lot do do!

[@Zandpa]

The highest DUi count in the state

[@LeopoldMaysonet]

I'll take boring over crime any day.......

[@jamesski1108]

At least yous have beautiful mountains and wilderness. Shamokin is nothing but giant culm banks with polluted streams while smoke shoots out of the surrounding mountains. I'm looking to move. I find it difficult to believe these other small towns can be worse than mine.

[@bamknm90]

My husband worked at the Bethlehem Steel Plant building railroad crossings and switches for 20yrs. in Steelton.

[@tvfandashow2131]

Steelton is a HOOD personified

[@Rioshaythord]

You should check out Erie Pennsylvania and determine whether it's good or bad.

[@raymondhawk7600]

I moved from Erie pa. In 1994. Came south and doubled my income immediately. I made $11 in Erie. I retired 2 years ago at $100,110 a year. As far as I heard the place I worked at in Erie are still at minimum wage

[@raymondhawk7600]

Erie is number 1 in crappie places to live

[@Adventure14]

I live directly next to shamokin, I'ts even worse than it sounds.

[@nobackhands]

In Atlanta I dated a girl from Bucks County, PA. All I heard was how great PA was. Years later, I married a girl from mid-west PA. When we went to visit my in-laws for the first time I was shocked. I thought the South had some destitute places. The Bucks County girl may have never been west of the Susquehanna

[@essencecalligrafreak5622]

I fully expected to see Johnstown and Reading on this list at least! York, too! nope!!

[@saharasmith4274]

Too many bad towns in PA lol

[@essencecalligrafreak5622]

@@saharasmith4274 truth!

[@rob1484]

Good Job on catching Clearfield in this list. I understand not catching Westover (in Clearfield county) due to its low population. Still, that one would make a great one for towns likely to disappear in the next few decades! I sure wish it would :)

[@iignorerepliesfrombores4010]

I guess after CLFD was listed as a great American town, the only way to go from there was down. SAD 😭

[@williamhetrick1550]

I grew up in Clearfield all American city.

[@eileenblaskewicz3429]

I grew up in Aliquippa and yeah it sucks! I kept waiting to see New Castle, honestly parts of New Castle are ok, but any place known as “the place to get away with murder” and known for $3 hookers isn’t that great 😂

[@hannahgchain2597]

I just moved to new castle from Mississippi and this comment has me scared now lol 😂

[@iamhimm6472]

I'm from the "Castle", West Side, & I was sure we'd be on the list. Having 10 - 11 friends of mine who committed murder, 3 who have done it twice, 1 who u see on T.V. now who is the reason why their changing the Parole rules ( Keith Burley, last crime was horrible ). U're rite, which is a shame, is the 1st thing we learn is about how to get away w/ murder, & we have a lot of places to put those bodies, & our prostitute' s are down to spare change, see yenz soon.

[@mooviedude141]

Lived in PA most of my life, absolutely terrible state. Horrifying roads,bad weather,high taxes,small job market, rude people and and a shit ton of heroin addicts. I don't ever plan on going back.

[@mickm5097]

There may be a number of people in PA addicted to watching movies with a female lead as the heroine, but the opiate ingested by addicts is heroin.

[@mooviedude141]

@@mickm5097 Oh man better call the grammar police.

[@mickm5097]

@@mooviedude141 The Spelling Police. The Grammar Police have their own separate investigative unit.

[@rock4u197335]

don't forget about 10 miles away from Shomokin is an amusement park called Knoebels

[@billbird2969]

ricky Kraus i love knoebels!!!

[@colesmountainbiking]

I love knobles he also forgot the west end of Shamokin which is filled with beautiful suberbs

[@chzel9039]

Knobles is technically in Elysburg

[@offsetukulele8130]

The only good part about living there!

[@kevinkurdes459]

Good for trout fishing

[@GetSquarewTomJolley]

I love all versions of this video, seeing my town at 10 hook me on the channel. Ha ha. Any how, sold our house and moving in two weeks. What you might have not known, #10 Aliquippa and #4 Ambridge are across the river from one another. You can often find people hitch hiking for a ride across the Aliquippa-Ambridge bridge.

[@izzymccartney1057]

imagine shmokin a blunt in shmokin pa

[@ain2123]

What about Johnston, with a per capita income of $15,000 a population that has plummeted since 1820. A one in twenty six chance of being a victim of a crime. This used to be the back yard for some of Pennsylvania's richest but it has been hit so hard

[@projectc.j.j3310]

Hazleton

[@mblaine012015]

Shamokin does suck, but I’m surprised that Sunbury didn’t make the cut. It’s about 30 minutes North of there along the Susquehanna River. (They’re not called “Scumbury” for no reason.)

[@caspence56]

It's really sad because I grew up in these areas and when I was a kid Shamokin and Sunbury were still quite busy and bustling. It seems like when the clothing factories shut down, the entire area went into a downward spiral. I can't even drive through Shamokin anymore because I end up feeling depressed, with downtown being so dead and most of the houses looking so run-down. As for Sunbury, I think the only thing that gives it a spark of activity is the courthouse being there; otherwise it too would be as dead as the proverbial door-nail.

[@emilymahler8328]

Hazleton, Wilkes-barre, and Scranton should be on this list as #1. The amount of od’s and the fact that it won the most miserable cities in the nation. Plus the crime rate is extremely high with the gang violence.

[@Beltajapsu]

Lol i live in hazleton

[@idk4855]

We love Scranton just last week someone was making a BOMB right by my house like right down the street

[@helenkruse]

Post about Schuylkill County and its towns. I'm in Florida,and have been away from Pa.for 40 years, and would love to see how Schuylkill county fared. I'm from there, Marlin to be exact. Once Marlin was home to the Dorsey Brothers and their Mother. They still have cousins that live there. There was a Park and dancehall across the street from Mrs. Dorsey and the cousins that many played, including the Dorsey Brothers when they came to visit their family and Mother.

[@DrawnbyaDog]

Good thing you corrected yourself, don’t even put awesome Kennywood in yucky Duquesne XD

[@richardgilson3512]

I clicked on this expecting Warren to be there, but still was not disappointed. Corry on one side, Bradford on the other. Close enough. Even though I escaped PA 20 years ago I sometimes think "Hey it's cheap. Maybe worth moving back?" Videos like this remind me why not to.

[@nuckels188]

Guy who made this: "ew, poor people"

[@stlasmith]

I was hoping you would start a towns/city series. Bring on best / worst of Texas.

[@Krieghandt]

Paris? That would be a start. Not for a best of though.

[@Urathear1434]

I'm shocked Wilkes-barre didn't make the list.

[@gavin3993]

Facts

[@cestlavievivre]

Saintlucifer lordofdestruction what’s wrong with Wilkes-Barre?!?

[@ganymeade5151]

Who duped people into paying to have their cities ruined: no jobs, low pay, crime, drugs, etc.

[@fredgardner2870]

Called Democrats

[@justinstephenson9360]

Here in the UK we also have a town called Bradford and one called Derby - neither are better than the Pennsylvania equivalents

[@robertbangkok]

I'ts "Darby" not Derby

[@bcubed72]

...though your Camden is loads better than Camden NJ. Really, anywhere would be.

[@jonwolf83]

@@robertbangkok that's how England pronounces it. Their Derby is pronounced like our Darby.

[@omgretail6111]

Neat vidoe easy to pull out the flaws in things tho can you make a top 10 places in pa to live and why video I would definitely watch that video

[@buckeyes71077]

Yeah Aliquippa sucks other than sending people to the NFL

[@feastmode123]

Dessie Solomon Pennsylvania & neighboring Ohio also has lots of p*rnstars from there. Idk why 🤷‍♂️ lol

[@piececontrol5285]

Supreme Mikey its true coming from someone from New Brighton

[@mama_ber7179]

I'm from New Brighton too. I guessed Ambridge would be on there. And Aliquippa does suck.

[@ausby_samiyah]

Dessie Solomon ur mad because people in Aliquippa became more successful than u

[@ausby_samiyah]

Supreme Mikey periodtt

[@AHouseDivided1998]

I was born in Darby, right next to Sharon Hill. It was a dump 30 years ago. I avoid it like hell now whenever I visit Philly. Chester is much worse and I haven’t been there in decades either. Shocked you didn’t list at #1 let alone left it off the list completely. But I guess Chester still qualifies as a city more than a town.

[@paulmatakovich9096]

Got to love Beaver County

[@dr.miller638]

I was born in Steelton. The west side of town,more than 15 miles between Front St and the river, was the Bethlehem Steel plant. In hits heyday one of the greatest steel production and rolling plants in the USA. In fact, all the steel for the Golden State Bridge was made in the Steelton plant. It was a town of east European and Slovakian immigrants. Still, back then you still knew you were in the US. We only spoke English in public or not at all. To be American our parents taught us meant to speak English. Sadly now Steelton is being forgotten and replaced with middle easterners without the old American ideals.

[@tvfandashow2131]

I've lived there most of my life. Unfortunately, all I've known Steelton to be is a personified ghetto.

[@pinkdragon9446]

You should really do the best and worst suburbs in Pennsylvania

[@NORIEGA200]

I was getting ready to say who the hell is this, am I watching the right channel!!

[@cosmicview7835]

Where tf norristown at It has 1 of the highest crime rates in the US

[@lstrada3795]

A problem with these run-down PA steel towns is that they don't tear down their old, dilapidated buildings, which makes the towns look even worse.

[@IndyGuy65]

Sharon Hills, paying high rent to live in a crime ridden ghetto! That makes sense.

[@whosbetterthanme]

Sharon Hill isnt really a terrible place.. Im from NY & I pass by there alot.. Not a top tier place but I feel safe there.. Darby in my eyes is far worse.. Sharon Hill seems more like a sleepy town

[@kevinmiller4486]

Shamokin pa was once a thriving coal town. That is why most of the homes are 100 years old. Coal industry died in late 60’s and not much other industry there for jobs. Housing is cheap so lots of unemployable folks move from new york city who are on public assistance.

[@derickhenderson4652]

The next time you do a list of bad small towns in Pa, be sure to include DONORA❗❕❕❗

[@paulcondie2520]

I lived their and agree! Fun fact, Donora is in the board game trivial pursuit! The first McDonald's in the us to close due to lack of business! Lol

[@lion6322]

What's with the random train sounds? Do you live next to the tracks? :D I hail from Beaver County, PA, and I had to laugh at the fact that two of the towns on this list are from my county (Aliquippa, Ambridge). Lucky for me, I live in one of the nicest communities in the county, a good ways away from either of these towns, that just so happen to be right across the Ohio River from one another I might add. But seriously, Most of the river-front, ex steel towns in the region are extremely depressed and could easily be on this list.

[@robmeier1895]

What town is that. I was born in new Brighton, but moved when I was 5. 50 years ago. So don't remember much

[@at4k606]

No Pottstown well I'm surprised

[@1990758]

Pottstown Pennsylvania I live there from 1975 until 1978 in the village me and Eric Douglas we're two of the badasses Jerome Banks Eric Douglas Greg Sweet Kirk Andrews hoagie those were the days I got expelled for hitting the school bus driver how stupid I was

[@wassuh859]

Or Pottsville. Pottstown is so much better than Pottsville

[@b2r5ii]

As a Shamokin student I fully agree.