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Originally Posted by dennis in se pa
PA is a great place to live. You have to leave it for awhile, then come back, to appreciate this. I lived in California for awhile, another friend lived in Colorado. We are both glad to be back.
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We could not have more dissimilar experiences. I moved away, loved it, and came back because my wife got her dream job. I dislike the place even more than I remembered. God bless you for loving where you are though. No doubt there are some nice things about the area, but everything I like I could catch in a long weekend.
The funny thing about the dialect is that I have absolutely no clue what Targa is talking about. I have spent roughly 20 years in PA, and haven't come across anyone who talks like that. Even grew up in a heavily PA dutch area. Just to show how different parts of the state can be.
I find a lot of the accent around Philly is fake or forced. For example 99% of the people who say iggles, when they see the predatory bird flying in the sky will say EAGLE clear as a bell.