Bucks County
Region (suburb) in Pennsylvania, USA. Part of Pennsylvania.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breakneck | Dan Wang | setting | The family moved after the father found a software job. |
Breakneck — Dan Wang (2025)
Source: Breakneck · Readwise highlight
And I went to high school in Bucks County, which is the sort of place that people describe as bucolic.
- Role: setting
- In the book: The family moved after the father found a software job. Their house is full of books, and they walk the Pennypack Trail and visit the Delaware Water Gap. Wang describes the parents as isolated, driving two hours to Princeton for an Asian grocery or a decent Sichuan restaurant.
- Why it matters: It embodies the car-dependent suburb the author finds dreary and contrasts with Sunset Park; it frames the trade-off the chapter weighs.