It's only the cities in the NE that are better. Rest is pretty rough. Philly is pretty good, but once you leave the city we call that Pennsyltucky. shyt gets like the South real quick. I remember in rural PA my mom and I being told we wouldn't be served at a gas station and that we should leave town before it gets darkI've seen just as much open racists, Confederate flags, and MAGA supporters in Upstate New York, Pennsylvania, and parts of Long Island as I have in South Carolina visiting my family.