last week I did my first trip to some rural areas since relatives of my host family live there. I don't really remember the name of the town, but it was somewhere in the center of Pennsylvania and we spent a lot of time in the car. The drive was extremely boring and hard because the little baby cried all the time. It was like a never ending siren that killed your nerves.
However, the arrival was good! The family was as nice and friendly as my host family.
We had a great time and experienced a lot although we only spent 3 days there- we visited some beautiful places. I liked the lakes the most but the smaller cities were nice to see as well.
One interesting thing I noticed was that most of the people living in a rural area are very conservative and live a rather old-fashioned life. Many people I've met still think of the ideal of a family consisting of a working and moneymaking man, a woman who has to lead the household and to parent the children. Of course there are also some more modern families, but rather seldom. What's also striking was that rural people tend to be homophobic and less open minded than people in the urban Philly.
After some research on the Internet, I found out that rural areas tend to be more conservative in general.. It's like a big red "T" in the center of Pennsylvania showing which counties support the Republican Party (mostly rural counties) und blue coloured counties surrounding this big "T", which show the counties who support the Democratic Party ( mostly urban areas)
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