Pennsyltucky?
That is a derogatory term which was devised by a leftist to describe the red part of PA, when in fact almost no crime or murders take place there, instead taking place in the blue corners of Philly and Pittsburgh.
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Red, you could not be more wrong about the derivation of that term.
We used it in Ohio in the late 70s. Cleveburg, Pittsland, all of ‘em.
It was used to describe the state or city of a sports rival.
The modern use came from James Carville:
The modern popularization of the term, however, is commonly associated with Democratic political consultant James Carville, famed for his work on the victorious campaigns of Robert Casey, Sr. of Pennsylvania in 1986 and Presidential candidate Bill Clinton in 1992.[8][9] Carville’s original statement, however, did not speak of “Pennsyltucky”. In 1992 he said:
“ Between Paoli and Penn Hills, Pennsylvania is Alabama without the blacks. They didn’t film The Deer Hunter there for nothing — the state has the second-highest concentration of NRA members, behind Texas.[10][11] ”
This quote is often paraphrased as “Philadelphia in the east, Pittsburgh in the west and Alabama in the middle.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsyltucky