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Phoenixville Among The 100 Most Redneck Communities In Pennsylvania

Some surprising - and some expected - communities made the list.

What does it mean to be a redneck?

That’s what RoadSnacks,net, the purveyor of every manner of ranking of ranking of Pennsylvania municipalities in recent weeks, tried to narrow down to a science with their latest list.

We now know the Keystone State’s snobbiest, best, and most dangerous communities. But “redneck” may take the listicle idea to an extreme.

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Using a combination of scientific and not-so scientific measurements, the study authors created a list of 100 towns that best fit their subjective criteria.

Their methodology included the following:

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  • Number of high school graduates
  • Number of dive bars per city
  • Number of mobile home parks per capita
  • Number of tobacco stores per city
  • Number of guns and ammo stores per city
  • Walmarts, Waffle Houses, Bass Pro Shops, and Dollar Generals nearby

Several communities from Montgomery, Chester, Bucks, and Delaware Counties make the list, even though they are at a disadvantage compared to the rest of the state, because the southeastern corner is the most populous.

Conshohocken led the way for the region with a 14th place ranking.

The full ranking is below:

  1. Washington
  2. Mechanicsburg
  3. Shippensburg
  4. Pittston
  5. Chambersburg
  6. Lewistown
  7. Shrewsbury
  8. Sayre
  9. Warren
  10. Lancaster
  11. Stroudsburg
  12. East Stroudsburg
  13. Shenandoah
  14. Conshohocken
  15. Media
  16. Ambler
  17. Hatboro
  18. Bridgeville
  19. Wyomissing
  20. Blue Bell
  21. Kutztown
  22. Somerset
  23. Lewisburg
  24. Paoli
  25. Enola
  26. Kennett Square
  27. Dickson City
  28. Greensburg
  29. Quakertown
  30. Phoenixville
  31. Collegeville
  32. 511430
  33. Prospect Park
  34. Uniontown
  35. Ambridge
  36. Connellsville
  37. Huntingdon
  38. Red Lion
  39. New Brighton
  40. Fairless Hills
  41. Clearfield
  42. Latrobe
  43. West Chester
  44. Greenville
  45. Clarks Summit
  46. Aliquippa
  47. Waynesboro
  48. Ephrata
  49. Nazareth
  50. Oxford
  51. Clifton Heights
  52. Ardmore
  53. Tamaqua
  54. Bradford
  55. Lehighton
  56. Hershey
  57. Hanover
  58. Pottstown
  59. Willow_Grove
  60. Moosic
  61. Exeter
  62. Coraopolis
  63. Plymouth Meeting
  64. Bristol
  65. Middletown
  66. Whitehall
  67. Johnstown
  68. Punxsutawney
  69. Downingtown
  70. Richboro
  71. Lebanon
  72. Camp Hill
  73. Selinsgrove
  74. Doylestown
  75. Glenside
  76. Palmerton
  77. Schuylkill Haven
  78. Titusville
  79. Emmaus
  80. Folsom
  81. Hellertown
  82. New Cumberland
  83. Elizabethtown
  84. Hazleton
  85. Turtle Creek
  86. Palmyra
  87. Shamokin
  88. New Holland
  89. Clarion
  90. Franklin
  91. Hollidaysburg
  92. Yeadon
  93. Bloomsburg
  94. New Kensington
  95. Broomall
  96. Croydon
  97. Horsham
  98. Carnegie
  99. Souderton

100. Glenolden

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