I live in NY about 10 miles from the borders of both Canada and Vermont, and it's readily available up here. In Burlington, VT, most places have it on tap too.
When my Dad died a decade ago and I went down to Clearwater, FL to settle his estate, I was astounded to see they had Yuengling all over the place down there.
They must have a satellite/contract brewery somewhere, is what I'm thinking.
Yuengling a small, still independent brewery built into a hillside in Pottsville, Pa, not too far from where I live.
Hawk Mountain is close by, well worth going to despite the touristas:
http://www.hawkmountain.org/History.php
Another honest, decent beer that is even "lower end" than Yuengling is Lionshead, also brewed in the great state of Pennsylvania at a large, long-operating independent brewery in Wilkes-Barre.
Apparently, it's creeping on out there, and is now available in NYC, Milwaukee and Chicago:
http://www.beermenus.com/beers/lionshead-lager
It's $13 a case at my distributor, and was only $11 just a year and a half ago. It puts Bud and Miller, etc. to shame. No contest, really.
Btw, I never did answer the OP's question, so here goes:
In my fridge, I've got some Lionshead, some Joe Porter, a lovely coffee porter from the Philadelphia Brewing Company, some Stoudt's Scarlett Lady Ale (one of the pioneers of today's microbrew boom, also from the Commodious Commonwealth of Pennsylvania), a few remaining Saranac Irish Stout, and two beautiful bottles of my fave, Young's Double Chocolate Stoudt.
The Saranac brewery is located up in the Adirondacks of New York state. It's yet another old-line independent brewer with roots back to the 1800's:
http://www.saranac.com/page/family-history.
You'll notice that except for the Young's, I do not regularly go in for the bleeding edge expensive types. It's
beer, after all, and has long meant to be a local, inexpensive, all natural, grain-based refreshment.
Cheers!