It’s why Tom Corbett was defeated by the current communist governor Tom Wolf. Some people think his loss was attributable to the Penn State fiasco, but it was really his idiot decision to raise gasoline taxes by 70% to pay for STINKING Philthadelphia mass transit.
The entire rest of the state has to always subsidize that $hit hole of a city.
PA for all its bad side has a few good sides:
1) The only state in the northeast where gun laws have gotten better in the last 30 years, not worse. If you look at Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Virginia (though I think they came back)all have seen an erosion in gun rights since the 1980s. In PA the three day waiting period was eliminated, right of local governments to pass gun laws removed, right to carry approved, castle doctrine approved, the only restriction we have that is worse then the federal side is the requirement to pass all pistols sold through the PICS system. Remarkable considering what is happening around us.
2) PA does not have all of the nanny state laws the surrounding states have, that seem to be chocking the life out of any individual freedom.
So while the road tax issue is very irritating, on the whole PA is about the most livable state in the northeast and yes we put Trump over the edge on election night. (unlike New Jersey, New York, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Connecticut, Rhode island and Massachusetts who voted for the witch)