petefromeastpete t1_isd27fm wrote on October 15, 2022 at 1:01 AM

Reply to comment by idiotdetector70 in Can Williamsport, Pa. be funnier? This New York comedian and cartoonist wants to try. by narkj

I mean, I’m not even really sure what sutisuc’s point is but anecdotally, Lancaster County was overrun with New Jersey and New York license plates during the pandemic. Especially in the early days when all I was leaving home for was groceries and an occasional hike, probably 40% of the cars I saw were from New York, 30% from New Jersey, and 30% from Pennsylvania. We definitely had a lot of New Yorkers.

sutisuc t1_isduwkp wrote on October 15, 2022 at 5:28 AM

My point was that initially COVID was brought to the rest of the US by rich New Yorkers who had the means to flee the city. If they would have just stayed put maybe the initial wave of the pandemic would have been contained in the city instead of spreading throughout the country

petefromeastpete t1_iseedec wrote on October 15, 2022 at 10:02 AM

Yeah there’s definitely something to that thought. They were pouring out of the city like rats from a sinking ship, to Lancaster, the Poconos, and who knows where else. They made quite a mess of things.