General Pointers About Living In Philadelphia (Pittsburgh, Carnegie: public school, universities, moving)

[ainulinale]

Originally Posted by orrmobl

Pittsburgh Business Times 2008 Rankings:

http://www.svsd.net/important-news/i..._rank_2008.pdf

If the link fails for any reason, you can access it this way:

SV State Ranking Increases — Seneca Valley School District

All the best school districts are in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia...you have to go all the way to the upper 20s to find a school district from somewhere else!
Amazing.

[orrmobl]

They don't call it Pennsyltucky for nothin'!

[FromGA]

Which are the most popular Farmer's markets in metro Philadelphia?
Most popular for local food?
Most popular for international food?

[FromGA]

Pennsylvania vs. New Jersey *public* college education. Please grade or score them for:
- options
- generally in-state students get admitted
- student experience
- prestige/ranking
(For anyone making decisions on where to live using this as a criterion. Grade for the whole state, not for each institution. Thanks!)

[MoorestownResident]

Rutgers is superior to Penn State (and Pitt) and Princeton is superior to Penn or Carnegie Mellon. That covers the notable public and private schools in the two states in one sentence.

[Tone509]

Originally Posted by MoorestownResident

Rutgers is superior to Penn State (and Pitt) and Princeton is superior to Penn or Carnegie Mellon. That covers the notable public and private schools in the two states in one sentence.

That statement is certainly debatable not to mention possibly irrelevant to potential PA residents who wouldn't qualify for in-state NJ tuition.

[Tone509]

The most popular farmers' market in the city proper has to be the Reading Terminal Market located in the heart of Center City (downtown) next to the Convention Center. Second place may be the Italian Market just south of downtown in South Philly.

I have to admit that I'm not knowledgeable enough about suburban farmers' markets or to differentiate between local/international emphasis.

Originally Posted by FromGA

Which are the most popular Farmer's markets in metro Philadelphia?
Most popular for local food?
Most popular for international food?

[MoorestownResident]

I don't think it's really debatable but you told me not to make NJ vs PA threads.

[Tone509]

Originally Posted by FromGA

Pennsylvania vs. New Jersey *public* college education. Please grade or score them for:
- options
- generally in-state students get admitted
- student experience
- prestige/ranking
(For anyone making decisions on where to live using this as a criterion. Grade for the whole state, not for each institution. Thanks!)

PA has an extensive state-funded university system with schools located all over. West Chester is the closest example to the Philly metro. Penn State and University of Pittsburgh both also have many satellite campuses. Temple, located in North Philly, has two satellite campuses in PA (Ambler and Center City) and one in Japan as well. Penn State may be the most competitive state school to get into overall but it's not quite like UNC or UVA. The rest should be moderately attainable for any decent student. I would suggest searching for "Pennsylvania state colleges" online.

I won't even pretend to know a lot about NJ's state system but I do know that Rutgers (especially its main New Brunswick campus) and the College of New Jersey (located just outside Trenton) are standouts.

[Tone509]

Originally Posted by MoorestownResident

I don't think it's really debatable but you told me not to make NJ vs PA threads.

Thank you for continuing to honor that request.