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Main Line Communities Not Among Pennsylvania's '100 Worst Places To Live'
Some surprising towns made the list. Not surprisingly Radnor, and all of the Main Line, was spared.
Roadsnacks.net, the same site that gave us the towns with the highest rate of Ashley Madison “cheaters,” has also put together the worst places to live in America, and several Pennsylvania communities -deservedly or not - made that list (see list below).
In the national list, Roadsnacks divided the cities in categories of mid-sized, small and overall, and developed lists that show as many as 450 communities.
According to the site, there’s a common denominator that “bad” communities have.
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“They are the places that have bad economies. They are the places where the school systems are in bad shape. They’re the places where people are out of work, and where residents earn low salaries,” according to the site.
And if home prices are low, it’s a sign that there’s not a lot of demand to live there, according to the site.
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Feel free to voice your opinion in the comments section after reading the lists below.
On the Pennsylvania list, the site took the following categories into consideration: education; employment opportunities; crime; weather; income levels; population density; commutes; and “things to do.”
Here is the full list:
- New Castle
- Nanticoke
- Johnstown
- Wilkes-Barre
- Shenandoah
- Corry
- Hazleton
- Dickson City
- Tamaqua
- Chester
- Reading
- Bradford
- Plymouth
- Scranton
- Pittston
- Farrell
- Clearfield
- Sunbury
- Uniontown
- Mckeesport
- Carbondale
- Pottsville
- Moosic
- Sharon
- Exeter
- Punxsutawney
- Connellsville
- Aliquippa
- Lebanon
- York
- Ambridge
- Somerset
- Dubois
- Archbald
- Erie
- Beaver Falls
- Titusville
- Allentown
- Monessen
- Williamsport
- Taylor
- Swoyersville
- Greenville
- Milton
- Arnold
- Altoona
- Stroudsburg
- New Brighton
- Ellwood City
- Selinsgrove
- Dunmore
- Harrisburg
- Duquesne
- Edinboro
- Franklin
- Franklin
- Olyphan
- Tyrone
- Latrobe
- Lancaster
- California
- Lewistown
- Mount Carmel
- Blakely
- Chambersburg
- Butler
- New Kensington
- Philadelphia
- Oil City
- Schuylkill Haven
- Vandergrift
- Clairton
- Lock Haven
- Darby
- West Mifflin
- Berwick
- Kingston
- Greensburg
- Warren
- Bethlehem
- Hermitage
- Easton
- Bloomsburg
- Washington
- Sugar Creek
- Palmerton
- Mckees Rocks
- Meadville
- Lehighton
- Monaca
- Clarion
- Sayre
- Bangor
- Old Forge
- Lower Burrell
- Jeannette
- Huntingdon
- Steelton
- Wilson
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In total, 258 communities in Pennsylvania with a population of over 5,000 were analyzed. The site used the same statistics to measure the “best“ places to live, a list which included many more southeastern Pennsylvania communities.
These are the “best” places to live in the state:
- Penn Wynne
- Oreland
- Glenside
- Wyndmoor
- Montgomeryville
- Maple Glen
- Ardmore
- Trooper
- Bethel Park
- Fort Washington
Image of Chester, Pa. courtesy Wikimedia Commons user Smallbones.
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