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Lets be clear here! Philadelphia is dirty and poor compared to DC. The people look rough and the city looks rough. Philadelphia is not a white collar city, it is a blue collar city. Miles and miles of broke people and cheap housing. Philadelphia is not on anybody's radar. It's widely known that it is a poor blue collar city. People are not rushing to be in Philadlphia. It's dirty! If Philadelphia has built 90% of what DC is building already and still looks like a run down slum, then you wasted a whole bunch of money!
well suprisingly the cesspool added more people to the DT in the last 10 years than did DT DC; they must be broke and looking for broken homes
Also DT Philly is vastly more educated when compared to DC; 3rd most in the nation with college degrees for the DT population and 1st among post grad percentage. But am sure they are all dirty and broken and could not have gone anywhere else and had to settle for the cesspool of Philly
LOL I can never stop laughing when silly little Washingtonians call other places poor. Oh the irony, the country's biggest welfare state has the nerve to call Philly poor. Those same Philadelphians pay the bills for your swamps amenities
Hahahaha, I'll just sit back and watch you tear your rep to shreds with these ridiculous comments. It must be that Philadelphia has beaten you in every possible match up you can think of, so you must result to calling us poor and crime ridden. Look at your own city before you start claiming these things about Philadelphia. Your city is worse. If D.C. can't straighten it's act with the entire Government body living within it's borders, then there is no hope for that city. Yes, I am sure the people living in Rittenhouse Square, Society Hill, Old City, Fitler Square, Logan Square, Washington Square West, Graduate Hospital, Bella Vista, Queen Village, Northern Liberties, Farimount, Clark Park, Cedar Park, Spruce Hill, Chestnut Hill, Roxborough, West Mt. Airy are all poor. Yep, there is no affluent, wealthy, rich or upper middle class neighborhoods in the city, but I just named 17 neighborhoods. That's not even naming the middle class neighborhoods. Which would consist of the rest of Center City, the rest of South Philadelphia (except point breeze). The rest of University City, some of West Philadelphia like Powelton Village, Woodland Terrace, Wynnefield, Wynnfield Heights, Overbrook Park, Overbrook Farms, some neighborhoods in the Southwest, most of the Lower North that I haven't named (Fairmount and Northern Liberties) would be Franklintown, Callowhill, Poplar, Spring Garden, Spring Arts, the North Broad Corridor (up and coming), West Poplar(up and coming), Yorktown, Templetown (up and coming). The rest of the neighborhoods in the Northwest (Germantown, Morton, West Oak Lane, Cedarbrook, Mt. Airy, Andorra, East Falls, Manayunk, Wissahickon, East Mt. Airy. Some neighborhoods in like East Oak Lane/West Oak lane. The entire Northeast is middle class. Oh and the Riverwards, like Kensington, Olde Kensington, Fishtown, Bridesburg. West Kensington is just bad news
You're right though... all of those neighborhoods are poor and run down.
Here is a map of the 12 districts that make up the city oh Philadelphia. The worst sections of the city are in the Upper North (Strawberry Mansion, West Kensington, Hunting Park) and the lower west portions of West Philadelphia and the Upper West Portions of Southwest Philadelphia. Oh, and Point Breeze in South Philadelphia is pretty lame. It is being gentrified though, and the neighborhood next to it Newbold is quite nice and is the new "gayborhood"
Here is your typical Graduate Hospital block. All of the rowhomes in this area are brand new and cost from $800,000 to $900,000 dollars (picture originally taken by VZ on skyscraperpageforum)
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Lets be clear here! Philadelphia is dirty and poor compared to DC. The people look rough and the city looks rough. Philadelphia is not a white collar city, it is a blue collar city. Miles and miles of broke people and cheap housing. Philadelphia is not on anybody's radar. It's widely known that it is a poor blue collar city. People are not rushing to be in Philadlphia. It's dirty! If Philadelphia has built 90% of what DC is building already and still looks like a run down slum, then you wasted a whole bunch of money!
Wow! Someone is upset!
How about you post facts instead of trying to pass off your opinion (which is way off by the way) as a fact. You clearly do NOT know Philadelphia. Please refrain from making anymore comments based off your emotions.
Lets be clear here! Philadelphia is dirty and poor compared to DC. The people look rough and the city looks rough. Philadelphia is not a white collar city, it is a blue collar city. Miles and miles of broke people and cheap housing. Philadelphia is not on anybody's radar. It's widely known that it is a poor blue collar city. People are not rushing to be in Philadlphia. It's dirty! If Philadelphia has built 90% of what DC is building already and still looks like a run down slum, then you wasted a whole bunch of money!
Wow, serious melt down! I like parts of DC, downtown is not one of those parts. It is probably the most boring, lifeless downtown of any major city in the U.S. Philadelphia may suffer to a an extent some of what you've suggested, but not by much. It makes up for it with character.
You need to sit back, take a deep breath, and return with a cooler head.
The Nationals have never won a World Series, nor did the Senators in the 11 years before they became the Texas Rangers. The Capitals have never won the Stanley Cup. The Wizards have one NBA championship, but that was back in 1978 when they were known as the Bullets. The Redskins have a few Super Bowl championships, but we just celebrated the 20th anniversary of their most recent one back in January. They've been largely irrelevant since. In fact, these days they make more noise in March and April than they do in January.
By the way, major professional sports teams in Washington DC have won four championships since 1960. In Philadelphia they've won seven.
The Sixers havent won anything since 1983. The Phillies are ok but let's not get carried away. 1 title since 1980. The Flyers haven't sniffed a Stanley Cup since the 70's and the Eagles are choke artist in big games. The Redskins have won more championships in the past 30 years than the entire Philly sports scene.
LOL I can never stop laughing when silly little Washingtonians call other places poor. Oh the irony, the country's biggest welfare state has the nerve to call Philly poor. Those same Philadelphians pay the bills for your swamps amenities
Hahahaha, I'll just sit back and watch you tear your rep to shreds with these ridiculous comments. It must be that Philadelphia has beaten you in every possible match up you can think of, so you must result to calling us poor and crime ridden. Look at your own city before you start claiming these things about Philadelphia. Your city is worse. If D.C. can't straighten it's act with the entire Government body living within it's borders, then there is no hope for that city. Yes, I am sure the people living in Rittenhouse Square, Society Hill, Old City, Fitler Square, Logan Square, Washington Square West, Graduate Hospital, Bella Vista, Queen Village, Northern Liberties, Farimount, Clark Park, Cedar Park, Spruce Hill, Chestnut Hill, Roxborough, West Mt. Airy are all poor. Yep, there is no affluent, wealthy, rich or upper middle class neighborhoods in the city, but I just named 17 neighborhoods. That's not even naming the middle class neighborhoods. Which would consist of the rest of Center City, the rest of South Philadelphia (except point breeze). The rest of University City, some of West Philadelphia like Powelton Village, Woodland Terrace, Wynnefield, Wynnfield Heights, Overbrook Park, Overbrook Farms, some neighborhoods in the Southwest, most of the Lower North that I haven't named (Fairmount and Northern Liberties) would be Franklintown, Callowhill, Poplar, Spring Garden, Spring Arts, the North Broad Corridor (up and coming), West Poplar(up and coming), Yorktown, Templetown (up and coming). The rest of the neighborhoods in the Northwest (Germantown, Morton, West Oak Lane, Cedarbrook, Mt. Airy, Andorra, East Falls, Manayunk, Wissahickon, East Mt. Airy. Some neighborhoods in like East Oak Lane/West Oak lane. The entire Northeast is middle class. Oh and the Riverwards, like Kensington, Olde Kensington, Fishtown, Bridesburg. West Kensington is just bad news
You're right though... all of those neighborhoods are poor and run down.
Here is a map of the 12 districts that make up the city oh Philadelphia. The worst sections of the city are in the Upper North (Strawberry Mansion, West Kensington, Hunting Park) and the lower west portions of West Philadelphia and the Upper West Portions of Southwest Philadelphia. Oh, and Point Breeze in South Philadelphia is pretty lame. It is being gentrified though, and the neighborhood next to it Newbold is quite nice and is the new "gayborhood"
Here is your typical Graduate Hospital block. All of the rowhomes in this area are brand new and cost from $800,000 to $900,000 dollars (picture originally taken by VZ on skyscraperpageforum)
Those are awful! LLS Seriously, they look shabby.
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Yes, I am sure the people living in Rittenhouse Square, Society Hill, Old City, Fitler Square, Logan Square, Washington Square West, Graduate Hospital, Bella Vista, Queen Village, Northern Liberties, Farimount, Clark Park, Cedar Park, Spruce Hill, Chestnut Hill, Roxborough, West Mt. Airy are all poor. Yep, there is no affluent, wealthy, rich or upper middle class neighborhoods in the city, but I just named 17 neighborhoods. That's not even naming the middle class neighborhoods. Which would consist of the rest of Center City, the rest of South Philadelphia (except point breeze). The rest of University City, some of West Philadelphia like Powelton Village, Woodland Terrace, Wynnefield, Wynnfield Heights, Overbrook Park, Overbrook Farms, some neighborhoods in the Southwest, most of the Lower North that I haven't named (Fairmount and Northern Liberties) would be Franklintown, Callowhill, Poplar, Spring Garden, Spring Arts, the North Broad Corridor (up and coming), West Poplar(up and coming), Yorktown, Templetown (up and coming). The rest of the neighborhoods in the Northwest (Germantown, Morton, West Oak Lane, Cedarbrook, Mt. Airy, Andorra, East Falls, Manayunk, Wissahickon, East Mt. Airy. Some neighborhoods in like East Oak Lane/West Oak lane. The entire Northeast is middle class. Oh and the Riverwards, like Kensington, Olde Kensington, Fishtown, Bridesburg. West Kensington is just bad news 
