NYC gentrification and its effect on Philly

[rainrock]

Originally Posted by BajanYankee

That's certainly not the case in Philadelphia since the Jersey suburbs are much more densely populated than NW Jersey.

I live here! You don't.

I drive down Montgomery,Lancaster,Spring Mill Roads everyday. You don't.

So I will repeat it one more time. I see many more NY plates in my travels in the Philly region than NJ plates. Could be that NYC and surrounding NY burbs have about 10 M people and the South Jersey suburbs surrounding Philly have only 2 M people.

I have about a dozen colleges/universities within 5 miles of me and NY is arguably the main student supply pool alongside the Philly region itself.

[KoNgFooCj]

Originally Posted by thedirtypirate

I do agree to an extent. most Philadelphians don't like the term 6th boro, because for a long time it was used as a way for New Yorkers to belittle Philly. The NYC area is just so expensive that many people look for an alternative that is somewhat similar and close. what Philadelphia has going for it is a really large millennial population. City has still got its problems, namely the school district. but if you are in your 20/30s without school age schools, Philly is hard to beat.

New York doesn't really need a name to belittle Philadelphia. They can kind of Belittle any city in the world if they want to.

[BostonBornMassMade]

Originally Posted by pwduvall

Several years ago I was at a party in Baltimore talking to a middle class Black man who worked for the Federal Government at a DC location. He told me that he lived in a beautiful house on Mt. Royal Terrace, the nicest part of Reservoir Hill. According to him, his Black coworkers told him that a he would be passed over for potential promotions because they felt that middle class Black people should live in PG County. Living in Baltimore branded him as low class and made him highly suspicious. In other words, I strongly agree that very few Black DC residents would consider living in Baltimore under any circumstances. The animosity of White DC folks towards Baltimore is real, but perhaps not quite as strong.

Here is a link to Mt. Royal Terrace: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.3112...2!8i6656?hl=en

True.