I ♥PA

My reasons why I will fight to the death to defend my home state from the condescending talk of everyone else in the defense of their own:

• Pennsylvania is the 6th most densely-populated state in the US - this means that 43 our of 50 states are more desolate than PA.
• We have [unless in certain freak situations] no earthquakes, volcanic activity, tornadoes, or direct effects from east coast hurricanes.
• The weather is temperate (although this is a relative term) as we have just enough snow to have the actual winter season and a mild summer ranging from the 60s to low 90s - put it this way...if you go any more north, be prepared for the 11 feet of snow that NY got in Winter 2007, and if you go any more south, bring some bug spray and a hydration tank for your sweaty ass.
• Pennsylvania lies above the old Mason Dixon Line. What does this mean exactly? - Well, if you go more south, you might have trouble understanding the "intellect", or, as we call it in the North "grunting". Pennsylvania may be a breeding ground for NASCAR-lovers and ardent hunters and fisherman, but at least they don't live up to their possible potential by maintaining an annoying and verbally accosting southern drawl of a dialect.
• Pennsylvania, known as the Keystone States as it had a central location during American Colonization, is central to most all important cities including New York City, Boston, Baltimore, Washington D.C., and having Philadelphia and Pittsburgh within its own borders - Williamsport, PA, is fairly equidistant from all of these cities, being at the epicenter of new growth. Luckily, in the case of a nuclear attack, the earth's wind wafts to the east...and I'm guessing that no one is going to strike any deeper into the country than Washington D.C., Boston, or New York City - we will be fairly safe from the fallout wind.
  
• The mentality of Pennsylvanians is urban enough for New Yorkers and Californians to tolerate us, but homegrown enough for the influx of southern mentality, however unfortunate that may be - it is often said that there is the "T of Conservatism" laid within the center of the state, with uber-urban Pittsburgh and Philadelphia in the bottom corners.
• As Pennsylvania was one of the first colonies, it has a special history and architecture that only a few other states share - not to mention the intricate road system which is often ridiculed, but is substantially more fascinating than the straight lines of the west, along with the squared county borders of the younger western states.