Is Philly trailing behind DC and Boston in prestige? Do you think it will ever catch up?

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by foo cities

I totally agree! I'm an optimist. I think Philly will be one of the great Northeastern cities in the next 15 to 20 years due to history of U.S. and dramatic improvement of its downtown.

Meanwhile, I think that most Americans still revere it as an historic city that happened to be the birthplace of the Republic.

[Mahatma X]

Originally Posted by KodeBlue

Wow, Philly really does seem like a bigger Baltimore.

It is.....

[misterfart]

Originally Posted by Gnutella

The only reason Boston is more prestigious than Philadelphia is because it deindustrialized 20 to 30 years before Philadelphia did, so it's had a lot more time to reinvest in itself and tidy up.

By the way, Philadelphia recently enacted zoning code reform, which couldn't be done if residents of the city had some paralyzing fear of change.

Pretty much.

Boston just had a 20 year head start, thats it, which means good things ahead for sure.