I learned a few fun facts about Pennsylvania this week:
-No matter where you are in the state, you are never more than 25 miles from a state park.
-PA is 33rd in size (area) but 5th by population.
-Native residents of PA are more likely to stay here, in their home state, than any other state in the nation.
-1/3 of PA residents live in rural areas, the largest non-urban population in the nation.
-PA drivers have the 3rd lowest auto mileage in the nation, probably due to the fact that most live less than 25 minutes from work.
-There are more bridges in the state (57,000) than any area on earth its size.
-William Penn owned it all (no commoner in history before or since has personally owned so much land).
-PA's road systems are equal to all of New England and New Jersey highways, local roads, and city streets combined.
-PA German carpenters in the 1730s built Conestoga wagons with a "lazy board" at the front left for the driver to stand on. All U.S. vehicles have had the driver on the left ever since.
-PA is one of only three states with more than one major orchestra and art museum and more than one team in major league baseball, football, and hockey.
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What about how when you meet someone in Pennsylvania they always refer to their state of residence as PA. I used to meet people from PA when we lived in Kentucky and not once did someone say, I am from Pennsylvania ... always PA. Too which I would often reply ID or OR.
it should read in the first line "someone from Pennsylvania"
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