Remember a few weeks back when we wondered aloud if Allentown was cooler than Philly? That was funny. (And about as good of an idea as gentrifying Camden in a single weekend.) Because as it turns out, for every Pissed Jeans or Easy Subculture that abounds to the west, there are also entire tribes of mouth-breathing hicks selling their plasma to drum up funds for Milwaukee’s Best and lotto tickets. And just so nobody gets confused about this again, we’ve bookmarked Lehigh Valley With Love, a Tumblr account where one LV-obsessed person dumps news item after news item of abject stupidity on the run in the Valley. Tales of drinking in the woods then beating a dude to death? Check. Police chiefs being caught with whores? Check. Whole towns smelling like human fecal matter? Check! Gosh. You know, come to think of it, we have been not far off — Allentown may not be the new Philly, but the Lehigh Valley sure as shit is looking like the new Fishtown! Hiyo!
Tumblr: Lehigh Valley With Love

This entry was posted on Friday, November 14th, 2008 at 11:38 am.