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I know that I am going to get many people disagreeing with me, because a lot of people like it for it's culture, but I lived there for 32 years, so I am entitled to think I know what I am talking about
1. Check out their crime rate!
2. I subscribe to the Philadelphia Daily News, even where I live now, just to remind me of why I left, and the amount of murders....it's disgusting.
3. Their public schools (I was a public school teacher)
4. The trash that is absolutely littering all over the place
5. The dime baggies and crack vials, and bullet casings that I have found even in some of the "better" neighborhoods
6. The prositution that is all over certain neighborhoods, hidden or very prominent
7. the filthy, smelly public transportation (I have taken the subway, el and various buses throughout my life!)
8. over priced housing for very small square footage, without any land (and usually, without it being a single home)
9. the ignorance of sooo many of the people that live there (and this is in all races, not just one)
10. the gangs
I couldn't agree more. I live in the "better" part of Philly (Manayunk/Roxborough). And I'm surrounded by drug houses. The police here are in total denial that drugs exist in this "totally trendy" section of the city. Maybe when we end up with turf and gang wars and drive-by shootings like the rest of Philly, then something will get done about it. And the sad thing is that people pay top dollar for the houses here, plus the high taxes, just to live among this crap! If only they knew what they were buying into.
1. High number of people
2. Majority of people self-centered
3. The HEAT
4. The Crime
5. The housing costs
6. Lacks culture-- read: oversized farming community
7. Gangs and gang related activity
8. The FOG
9. Too sprawled out, takes half an hour to go anywhere at best
10. Extremely poor air quality
11. Only two seasons; HOT HOT HOT and FOG
So I'm reading this thread, laughing hysterically at all the posts, humming a little tune in my head, and generally minding my own business, when I suddenly come across Cleo's post about my own hometown. What a hit - like a bullet from out of nowhere!! But the worst part?? Every word is true.
ITChick
Over 30 years (some in the burbs)
Northwest side primarily
Fun place to visit, not to raise a family
(doing that north of San Diego)
P.S. enjoy the great food and nightlife
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