After moving away in 2010 to spend time with the other half of my family, we moved to San Antonio, TX. Mind you, I was raised in Perry County in the 1970's, went to a tremendously successful small private school for Kindergarten and 1st grade (The Londonderry School), and have been nomadic for my entire life. The most important thing I have to say about Harrisburg, is, "there is no place like home!" After living in an extremely hot, humid climate, with no forests to speak of for miles and miles, Harrisburg and the surrounding area is more like a best-kept-secret of beauty, nature, and the arts like no other I have ever experienced. With the annual Arts Fest, and Kipona, you have a welcoming of the summer, and fall, respectively with each being held over Memorial and Labor Day holiday weekends. The food alone is worth traveling hundreds of miles to experience. Not to mention, I don't know if it still happens during the summer months, but when last I lived in the area, free jazz performances were held each Friday during the lunch hour, right around City Hall. And then you have all of the pristinely manicured golf-courses surrounding the city and its suburbs, along with the hundreds of state and local parks, like Little Buffalo, right outside of the New Bloomfield, Newport area (I lived on the other side of the "mountain", growing up) to Pinchot Park. Did I mention Ski Roundtop that provides excellent outdoor activities year round; from paintball in the spring, summer, and fall, to skiing twenty-minutes away from downtown Harrisburg. My wife and I are leaving tomorrow afternoon, from here in San Antonio, driving the 1,800+ miles back home to the beautiful Susquehanna Valley, and my beloved home of Harrisburg, PA. When I was younger, I was not proud to say where I was from, but these days, after living all along the East Coast, Washington State, and Texas, I can say that without a doubt Harrisburg is far more appealing than anywhere I have ever lived and cannot wait for it to welcome me back after a thirteen-year hiatus!

@kendsouza9361

3 ай бұрын

The title of the video is false and misleading. Harrisburg is a picturesque location, one of the best in the country. The creator of this video appears to have compiled information from the internet rather than offering original insights, potentially aiming to generate views.

Tell me you've never been to Pennsylvania without telling me you've never been to Pennsylvania.

@601TRAVELS

8 ай бұрын

I have lived there. What a comment!

@Puukkki

8 ай бұрын

@@601TRAVELSwe don’t miss u

@jessemorehead8617

2 ай бұрын

Na u might have passed through

@lucathegamer9113

15 күн бұрын

​@@601TRAVELSshut up

@Shartlyfartly

14 күн бұрын

Your state is a dump. Get over it.

I know Harrisburg very well and yes it has its issues like most cities (not denying that) but referring to it as the worst place in the USA is QUITE a reach. Have you been to Chester, PA? Detroit? Gary, Indiana? St. Louis even? Parts of MD, VA and DC? smh

@jessemorehead8617

3 ай бұрын

Puerto Rico murder capital

I’ve never thought Harrisburg is the worst city in USA

@601TRAVELS

10 ай бұрын

Now you know.

@oliviah7411

10 ай бұрын

Jackson, MS is not far behind

@imreallyagoat

8 ай бұрын

No Camden NJ is

@2v_5r84

3 күн бұрын

@@601TRAVELSit’s not. You say that about every city. Clickbait

Whoever the mastermind of this page is. Travel before you judge by characteristics

On the rare occasions I still have to drive the PA Turnpike my blood always runs a bit cold passing Harrisburg. Even by the putrescent standards of the Rust Belt there is something about the place that diminishes the human spirit.

Camden NJ clears easily

I'm from Harrisburg and I literally have never heard anyone call Harrisburg. Any of those nicknames that you named five seconds into your video and i'm already picking it apart with things that are not true and wrong

@601TRAVELS

3 ай бұрын

Oh jessy wait till you keep going!

I feel this is a false description of Harrisburg. I have lived here for 30 years and now call this my home. It is a great place to raise kids and the cultural arts here is wonderful. There is so much to do and see here. It’s a small town with big experiences.. ijs

DONT MOVE TO HARRISBURG...$HIT SOME OF US ARE TRYIN TO GET FAR AWAY FROM HERE

I lived in Allentown PA and Harrisburg is really pathetic and depressing. The only place that’s worse is Reading PA.

@Roadtripmik

7 ай бұрын

Braddock, chester, aliquippa, k+a, gilberton all worse i can keep going

@MalevolentBite

3 ай бұрын

Allentown really isn't much better. Give it 10 years when everyone from Jersey moves in.

@jessemorehead8617

3 ай бұрын

​@@Roadtripmikplease tell this fool😂

@jessemorehead8617

3 ай бұрын

Allentown is soft

Have you been to Camden NJ?

@gbb82

7 ай бұрын

Yes. Camden is better.

@MalevolentBite

3 ай бұрын

​@@gbb82noo at all lol.

@2v_5r84

3 күн бұрын

@@gbb82Yeah right dude

Totally false that she said Paxtang and Lawnton are bad areas of Harrisburg.

philadelphia is the largest at 1.5 mil all packing ! lol

Harris urg sucks massively the local population are miserable assholes

Imo, the entire state of Pennsylvania is the worst in the country

@601TRAVELS

10 ай бұрын

One of them!

@DARKBLAZE_LX

8 ай бұрын

Tell me where you live whiteout telling me.

@melissak8892

8 ай бұрын

@DARKBLAZE_LX if you're guessing Pennsylvania, you're wrong. Thank God.

@Roadtripmik

7 ай бұрын

I will tell you this, Pennsylvanians live in crowded cities and towns, but the quality of living/incomes are average for the nation (not the worst)

@kevlar9173

Ай бұрын

we dont like you or your useless opinions either

Have you been to Harrisburg?

@601TRAVELS

10 күн бұрын

No. The videos of me driving around all were magically created.