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There are misconceptions of Philadelphia as well. Philly is often viewed as a ghetto city with horrible looking neighborhoods but in reality, Philly is a very big city and has many beautiful neighborhoods. Northeast Philly is the largest section of the city and it is relatively safe and middle-class with some areas even better. That is already 40% of the city's land area that is NOT ghetto and dangerous. Northwest Philly is another section of the city that has beautiful and safe neighborhoods. South Philly has a fair share of safe neighborhoods as well. Center City Philly is home to another 100,000 people and it is easily one of the best DTs in America.
If I were to approximate how much of the land area in Philly is ghetto, I would say around 30-35% of the city looks sketchy. The other 30-35% are ok, and the last 30-35% are beautiful middle-class neighborhoods.
The reason why people say Philly has the worst hoods I've ever seen is largely due to the fact that the ghetto areas are highly visible. When you drive on I-95, you see a lot of sketchy neighborhoods unfortunately. But drive on I-76 towards Center City, Philly is absolutely gorgeous. Many people pass through I-95 and see Philly with its visible ghettos along the highway, but the reality is, you have not seen the vast majority of the city and all its beautiful neighborhoods.
Drive on I-95, you see Philly as ghetto...drive on I-76, you see Philly as beautiful. Both highways give you different experiences.
how about taking the amtrak south to 30th street station. not too pretty
You have two misconceptions here and you don't even realize it
There is plenty to do in San Jose, it's a city of 1 million people. And Silicon Valley is not "in" San Jose, but rather San Jose is in Silicon Valley. "Silicon Valley" Stretches almost from SF all the way down to and including SJ.
yeah, it's the same way for SF. Transplants move here to be part of "the san francisco lifestyle" (what ever that is), which they believe is so much superior to anything else. They're the ones who give SF that smug self-satisfied reputation that South Park famously capitalized on . Natives are 99% not at all like this.
I did not know that. Maybe not a surprise to you, but in many articles I read I kind of get the impression that Silicon Valley exist outside of San Francisco. Thanks for clearing this up.
There are misconceptions of Philadelphia as well. Philly is often viewed as a ghetto city with horrible looking neighborhoods but in reality, Philly is a very big city and has many beautiful neighborhoods. Northeast Philly is the largest section of the city and it is relatively safe and middle-class with some areas even better. That is already 40% of the city's land area that is NOT ghetto and dangerous. Northwest Philly is another section of the city that has beautiful and safe neighborhoods. South Philly has a fair share of safe neighborhoods as well. Center City Philly is home to another 100,000 people and it is easily one of the best DTs in America.
If I were to approximate how much of the land area in Philly is ghetto, I would say around 30-35% of the city looks sketchy. The other 30-35% are ok, and the last 30-35% are beautiful middle-class neighborhoods.
The reason why people say Philly has the worst hoods I've ever seen is largely due to the fact that the ghetto areas are highly visible. When you drive on I-95, you see a lot of sketchy neighborhoods unfortunately. But drive on I-76 towards Center City, Philly is absolutely gorgeous. Many people pass through I-95 and see Philly with its visible ghettos along the highway, but the reality is, you have not seen the vast majority of the city and all its beautiful neighborhoods.
Drive on I-95, you see Philly as ghetto...drive on I-76, you see Philly as beautiful. Both highways give you different experiences.
I can understand that. When I drove through Philly a few years back we were on I-95. So up until this statement, that was the view I had of Philly. The two different views reminds me of the views of my hometown Charlotte. on I-85, the most common route through Charlotte, you really don't get good views of the skyline but you see many of the industrial and distribution that Charlotte offers (I guess for good reasons since it's located on I-85.) But on I-77, you see much more of the development and get several nice views.
I can understand that. When I drove through Philly a few years back we were on I-95. So up until this statement, that was the view I had of Philly. The two different views reminds me of the views of my hometown Charlotte. on I-85, the most common route through Charlotte, you really don't get good views of the skyline but you see many of the industrial and distribution that Charlotte offers (I guess for good reasons since it's located on I-85.) But on I-77, you see much more of the development and get several nice views.
One thing I don't like about Philadelphia is that it has sketchy neighborhoods along a major highway (I-95) where many nonlocal drivers pass through and get a bad first impression of the city. Philadelphia is a HUGE city and CANNOT be generalized. Philadelphia has some beautiful neighborhods that no other city has because of its history and age and these neighborhoods are well present in the Northwest section of Philly where it is very green and hilly with lots of trees and beautiful homes. Nobody sees or even acknowledges that these great beautiful neighborhoods do exist WITHIN the city limits. Now, if you include suburban areas, Philly EASILY has one of the most beautiful suburbs in the nation. That ghetto image of Philly needs to be supressed a bit and people need to see the other side of Philly. The mini-Manhattan feel of Center City, the middle-class neighborhoods of Northeast Philly, the beautiful old homes in the foresty Northwest Philly and the beautiful rowhomes in areas of South Philly. This is why I honestly believe Philadelphia is one of the best cities in the country and there's a lot of pride to be living here.
You know every city that has snow, has years where it below the average.
I had a friend who was transferred to a GE facility in Syracuse for a year and on day one his local Syracuse manager took him in his office and told him that if it were up to him there would be not one n***er working there, and if it were not for government contracts faces like his would not set foot in this plant. Basically telling him to do his job and stay out of sight.
My experiences in Syracuse were not as bad as his, but there are plenty of old school western NY racist there. A lot of NYC people hear that western NY is racist when their friends go to college there and share their experiences about the local hicks.
Actually, it's in Central NY. Unfortunately, I'm not surprised, but it usually isn't that bad and blatant here. It seems like most like that are from outside of the Greater Syracuse area.
I work at a university here and I notice that the students don't really interact with many in the community. I think there is a perception about the people here that is due to a misunderstanding between the campus community and the community at large.
St. Paul: Has an inferiority complex concerning Minneapolis.
No. We are just sick and tired of everyone forgetting about us and thinking Minneapolis is everything. You see Minneapolis by itself all the time, but never St. Paul; it's always St. Paul-Minneapolis. Our downtown might not be as big as 'that other city over the river' but our neighborhoods are just as good, if not better. And we have much more tradition and pride in our city than the Minneapolitans.
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. Natives are 99% not at all like this.
