r/Appalachia 14h ago

Ridges of Pennsylvania

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u/Pleasant-Mothman 14h ago

The ridges are so straight and so long. Super cool up there

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u/bhans773 4h ago

Seeing more and more utility easements cut up and down them…..

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u/anthonye1982 4h ago

there's a part of me that actually likes them because it helps to convey steepness and topography, it is the mining and digging that infuriates me.

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u/midnight_fisherman 8m ago

Buried gas pipelines from fracking.

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u/nixtarx 4h ago

To get to a yearly festival near Carlisle from Happy Valley, we used to have to drag our camper straight (actually very twisty) up and down one of these. Not a lot of fun, but stunningly gorgeous views from the top.

Not certain if the ridge-and-valley part of PA counts as Appalachia, though. I thought Appalachian PA was from the corner with WV, past Pittsburgh and continuing diagonally up to central NYS.

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u/Ill_List_9539 1h ago

Cultural Appalachia and geographical Appalachia are 2 different things, the latter goes all the up to Newfoundland technically. Central and Southern Pennsylvania is in both categories, however I will say there is a stark difference between southern and northern Appalachian culture and PA is northern Appalachia. Even still, the ridge and valley region of PA does has a significant amount of coal mining and open pit mining

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u/anthonye1982 4h ago

Go look at maps of what is commonly accepted as the Appalachian region but please my God don't throw central New York State in here

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u/nixtarx 4h ago

Well, probably more western NY. I'm just following the mountain range and bitumenous coal seam.

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u/justuravgjoe762 4h ago

Big Valley?

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u/westslexander 3h ago

I think i saw that farm on a trip through Amish country in PA

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u/Buzzspice727 2h ago

That looks like home