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I'm not one to defend Atlanta very much, but seriously, Philly isn't anything these days. It's rusting with very little growth.
Philadelphia is growing faster than Chicago, both in the city proper and the metropolitan area. Nobody says Chicago is "rusting" or not growing fast enough.
By the way, you know what rapid cellular growth is called? Cancer. "Sun Belt" cities, by and large, have cancerous rates of growth. That doesn't bode well for quality-of-life issues in the future. Philadelphia's growth is much more sustainable and much easier to plan for.
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IEven on City-Data, Philly doesn't get much attention these days.
So Philadelphia doesn't win any popularity contests. Big ****ing deal. The best-selling car in the United States is the lame-ass Toyota Camry.
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D.C. as a city is 10x as relevant these days as Philly is.
And that's a bad omen, as far as I'm concerned. Philadelphia's wealth is earned, not extorted from the rest of the country like Washington DC's is.
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The city itself is growing at a fast rate and it's metro is among the fastest growing metros in the United States at this present time.
Rapid, cancerous growth that's about to kill its host if it continues growing at such a rate.
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Philly wishes it were in D.C.'s position atm.
Philadelphia wishes its raison d'etre was a bloated, insolvent, unsustainable federal government that will more than likely have to enact austerity measures sometime this decade just to keep the lights on? Somehow I don't think so.
If such hubris is typical of Washington DC, then it's no wonder the U.S. government is on the verge of collapse. And it couldn't happen to a more deserving group of people, apparently.
Oakland is really dangerous their are gang member every there don't go there
Crime rates in some areas of town aside, Oakland is a mecca of art, restaurants, nightlife and culture and is more expensive to live in than any of the other cities in this list except maybe DC although Im not sure.
This is actually a good time to move to Oakland as there's a lot going on and thousands and thousands of yuppies, hipsters and highly skilled people are flocking to Oakland-as we speak.
I added some of my own picks. While these cities aren't majority black, They have a high black population, so I feel they should be considered too. Personally you couldn't pay me to move to Baltimore, when DC is right there...
1)Atlanta, GA
2)Washington, DC
3)Philly/NYC
4) Oakland, Ca
5)Miami, FL
6)Houston/Dallas/Charlotte
7) St. Louis
8)Cleveland
189) Detroit/Baltimore/New Orleans
Philadelphia
DC
Atlanta
Oakland
St. Louis
Baltimore
Cleveland
Detroit
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