It really depends on what you are talking about and your perspective....
If you are saying "Why is Harrisburg (The city) so bad"... If you limit it to just the city then the reason "its so bad" is there is nothing for the city to live on... There is no big attraction that makes people "Want" to go to the city or live in the city. There is no big university, no big shopping center, no major league sports teams. I recently relocated from Cleveland, and the city at least had its major league teams to draw people into the city... Harrisburg the city has 2nd street and Politics...
If you are looking at "Why is Harrisburg (The Area) so bad"... I don't really think that it is. If you look at Hershey, Mechancisburg, Camp Hill, ect... there are some very nice areas within 15mins of downtown. If you take all that into account then Harrisburg The Area is actually a pretty nice place. As someone else pointed out, its also a very convenient place to be to get to other areas on the East coast to go visit. Again coming from Cleveland where the closest other town to visit is 3hrs away... and that’s Detroit or Columbus take your pick... Where can you get in 3hrs from Harrisburg? (Train or car)
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