I wonder how many of these "We are Pennsylvania" articles can be written? But no matter, here is another:

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20080308_Chris_Satullo__A_newcomers_guide_to_the_real_Pennsylvania.html

"The national soda/pop line runs through Pennsylvania, a bit west of Wellsboro. East of the line, the stuff that comes in a Coke or Sprite can is called soda. To the west, it is called pop. Which is to say: Western Pennsylvania is, in outlook and folkways, part of the Midwest. Eastern Pennsylvania is culturally part of the East Coast megalopolis. A candidate ignores this point to his peril. Speaking of stuff near Wellsboro . . .

We have our own Grand Canyon. It's also known as Pine Creek Gorge, and it's in the middle of a sylvan nowhere. Which is to say: Pennsylvania isn't just rusting smokestacks and rowhouse 'hoods. It has a lot of green spaces and cornfields. It has the third-largest rural population in America, and ranks 19th in agricultural production. To win our hearts, urban policy is important, but candidates better know what's on the minds of dairy and fruit farmers, too.

Pennsylvania is God's waiting room. The census ranks this as the nation's second-oldest state, with 15.6 percent of us being 65 or older. But that barely hints at our collective creakiness. Many of No. 1 Florida's elderly are affluent enough to have retired there from somewhere else. Pennsylvania is the hands-down leader for percentage of residents living in the area where they were born. This means our beloved seniors tend to be less healthy, less wealthy and less educated than, say, Arizona's. So drug prices, Medicare and Social Security remain hot-button issues."