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baltimore closer to dc
philadelphia closer to nyc but farther from nyc than balt is to dc
schools i'm going to guess philadelphia
diversity both areas about the same
oh it seems judging from the last election at least, that philadelphia's burbs are bluer not a single one voted mccain
I think even bmore co went red in the '04 election. oops actually no it didn't
I would think the suburbs are very similar, the cost of living a bit higher in Baltimore perhaps due to its proximity to Washington DC. Both cities, Philaldephia and Baltimore were hit pretty hard by industrial collapse and middle class "white flight". The upside is that the deindustrialization of the cities themselves created some pretty spectactular suburbs in places surounding Baltimore and Philadlephia.
I think its fair to say Philadephias past history was more impressive than Baltimores which resulted in better collection of "old money" suburbs(Main Line especially + Chestnut Hill in NW Philly). Baltimore may have a better collection of modern day suburbs although Philadlephia has no shortage of of cookie cutter mcmansions and lifestyle centers . Heres a few photos of the Philadlephia suburbs.
Bowmans Tower near New Hope + Washington Crossing, Bucks County Pa.
Swarthmore Pa, Delaware County Pa..
Swarthmore is home to one of the top 3 liberal arts colleges in the usa. This is a photo of one of the cleaner heavy rail stations you will see.Swarthmore is one of the stops on Septas R-3 that goes from Center City to Media Pa.Swarthmore is 7 miles from Center City.
Rose Valley
Rose Valley is a very affluent historic community bewteen Swarthmore and Media. Media is the county seat of Delaware County which is a county of 555,000 just to the west of Philadlephia.
Media Pa.
This is a light rail trolley that goes from Media to Philadelphia.
West Chester Pa, Chester County
Chester Springs, Chester County Pa.
The northwest boundary of the Philadelphia metro. Its in Chester County which grew at 13% from 2000-2005(fastest growing county in the state)
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