Baltimore, DC, New York and Boston seem to rule the I-95 corridor... Does anyone care about Philadelphia anymore? (credit, neighborhoods)

[TexasTheKid]

Originally Posted by ih8mylife

Then that hits the nail right on the head. That totally means Philadelphia is like Baltimore, Hartford or Providence instead of DC, New York, Boston or Atlanta. Philadelphia went from a major city to a big town.

It seems to me you're basing all this angst on the Weather Channel's lack of acknowledgement. Maybe you should just stop watching the Weather Channel.

Or move out of Philadelphia. If you want to be in a city with a real inferiority complex, try living in Cleveland.

[ih8mylife]

Originally Posted by TexasTheKid

It seems to me you're basing all this angst on the Weather Channel's lack of acknowledgement. Maybe you should just stop watching the Weather Channel.

Or move out of Philadelphia. If you want to be in a city with a real inferiority complex, try living in Cleveland.

It's not just The Weather Channel, it's pretty much everyone. From comments to blog sites to Rueters and everything else, it's always DC, New York and Boston.

How about you do a google search of "storm washington new york boston" and you'll see what I'm talking about.

[ih8mylife]

Philadelphia isn't even a global city. Washington, New York and Boston are.

[TexasTheKid]

Originally Posted by ih8mylife

Philadelphia isn't even a global city. Washington, New York and Boston are.

How do you make it through the day carrying all this angst?

[ih8mylife]

Originally Posted by OyCrumbler

Is the Philadelphia the national or even regional center of or for anything these days?

For sports. Which isn't even THAT important in the economical world these days. That's pretty much it.

[ih8mylife]

Originally Posted by TexasTheKid

How do you make it through the day carrying all this angst?

I just wanted to talk about this subject and debate.

[LINative]

Originally Posted by TomDot

It's really strange.
I think the only sign you see is where 95 breaks off to go through Philadelphia.
From the turnpike -which is the highway most people use- you would never know that a major American city is a mere 5 miles away.

I agree - its very strange to be on a major road, The New Jersey Turnpike but hardly notice the traffic when it passes a few miles from Philadelphia. I think this is because there is the Turnpike (a toll road) and also 2 totally free Interstates running alongside it, I-95 and I 295. It seems most of the locals stay on the free interstates for their everyday commuting.

[CHIP72]

Originally Posted by ih8mylife

Philadelphia isn't even a global city. Washington, New York and Boston are.

Boston definitely is not a global city IMO (regardless what any measure says); it is merely the capital of New England. New York is a global city because it's the most important city in the U.S., and Washington is a global city because it is the U.S. capital.

As for the Weather Channel comment I made earlier, I watch that channel almost every weekday morning in the 6-7 AM ET timeframe. The hosts are ALWAYS mentioning Philadelphia (and the other big eastern cities) during the broadcast. Well, they don't mention Baltimore as much, but Charm City is mentioned at least once or twice during that hour more often than not.

Finally, the whole Northeast Corridor thing is because it is easiest for people to remember the northern and southern end big cities and of course New York is such a huge and important city it has to be mentioned; to not mention the Big Apple would be very strange. If Philadelphia and either Washington or Boston were to switch locations and everything else about them remained the same (which is admittedly is impossible because each city's location influenced its character and development) then the city located where Philadelphia is located would get mentioned less.

[CHIP72]

Originally Posted by LINative

I agree - its very strange to be on a major road, The New Jersey Turnpike but hardly notice the traffic when it passes a few miles from Philadelphia. I think this is because there is the Turnpike (a toll road) and also 2 totally free Interstates running alongside it, I-95 and I 295. It seems most of the locals stay on the free interstates for their everyday commuting.

The NJ Turnpike was designed to be a bypass of Philadelphia in southern NJ; it has fewer exits than the largely adjacent I-295.

PennDOT's infinite wisdom to not build an interchange between I-95 and the PA Turnpike/I-276 (the most egregious of the many shortsighted decisions PennDOT made about not directly connecting interstates to the PA Turnpike when the interstates were built - see I-81 near Carlisle and I-79 north of Pittsburgh for other examples) when I-95 was built, which to this day prevents there from being a direct, entirely limited-access route between the Vine Street Expressway in Center City Philadelphia and the Holland/Lincoln Tunnels and GW Bridge crossing the Hudson to Manhattan, also doesn't help matters, at least in terms of the issues mentioned in this thread.

[Drover]

The last time I was in Philadelphia, I got the impression that Philadelphia barely cares about itself. That is one seriously grimey town.