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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_j5kezem wrote

Reply to comment by Extreme_Qwerty in Would it be a good idea to move to PA just for work? by finallyalright

The great majority of Pennsylvanians live in urbanized areas. The only reason it seems like it's turning into Kentucky is because the people who are making that happen are incredibly loud for their limited numbers.

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thepennsyltuckyin t1_j5kknrt wrote

Pennsylvania has the 3rd highest rural population per capita. PA gets hella rural when you get out of the southeast.

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_j5kl87b wrote

3.4 million Pennsylvanians, out of 12.96m, live in rural areas according to that link you posted and then deleted. That means that 73.7% of Pennsylvanians, the great majority of the state, live in urbanized areas.

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thepennsyltuckyin t1_j5klrcf wrote

Yea it wasn't what I was getting at. This is what I was looking for. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://stategovernment.pasenategop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2021/05/CRP-Rural-Demographics-May-2021.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwj368bbod78AhUHhYkEHdwIDp0QFnoECA0QBg&usg=AOvVaw2aMzMO5GZLXy-gadKjx2Gj

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_j5kmapp wrote

What I'm getting from this is that the great majority of Pennsylvanians live in urbanized areas.

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Aribaye t1_j5m8tjh wrote

I think you’re getting the rural population percent confused with the rural land area percent.

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thepennsyltuckyin t1_j5magff wrote

Unless I looked at it wrong the linked I posted is saying that PA has the third largest rural population per capita. Not by numbers. I could have interpreted it wrong. I was only really trying to make a point that per capita PA's residents are more "rural" than other states people think of as more rural.

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LookinToHomestead t1_j5lnmv5 wrote

I can be to downtown Pittsburgh in a 20-25 minute drive if I head one way. If I head the opposite way, I can pet farm animals within 10-15 minutes.

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