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I feel like in middle school they taught U.S. history & Social Studies with a huge bias towards the events in Boston. I didn't even know where Valley Forge was, or the Delaware River, or Philadelphia for that matter, when I was that age. That would be public school in Providence, RI but really the textbooks are the same across the country. The only thing I knew about Phiadelphia before I saw it for the first time (taking AMTRAK to DC as a kid) was that it was the name of a cream cheese.
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Originally Posted by skrizzle
I've seen a lot of Americans who know about Boston... tons.... most people know of Philadelphia being where fresh prince was born and raised and on the playground is where he spent most of his days....
I feel like in middle school they taught U.S. history & Social Studies with a huge bias towards the events in Boston. I didn't even know where Valley Forge was, or the Delaware River, or Philadelphia for that matter, when I was that age. That would be public school in Providence, RI but really the textbooks are the same across the country. The only thing I knew about Phiadelphia before I saw it for the first time (taking AMTRAK to DC as a kid) was that it was the name of a cream cheese.
I grew up in the Phila. region and did learn more about Gettysburg, Valley Forge, etc., than I did about the historical events in Boston. I spent half my eighth grade year on the Civil War in general and Gettysburg in particular, even going on a field trip to the battlefield.
Or if Vick doesn't get injured. I think that's a more probable scenario than Reid being the problem.
Both are equally scary as worst-case scenarios; Reid is a great handler of egos, personalities, and he plans very well in building a team. His biggest problem is that he can't coach/manage an actual football game to save his life.
The "rivalry" is mainly sports/media driven. NYC is many times the size of Boston so it is not comparable. Boston will never be a New York nor does it want to be. However I think there are many traits of both cities that each other admire and their relationship in business/education etc is quite close.
To be fair to Philadelphia though its Center City area is becoming one of the most affluent in the nation with housing costs that rival those of some Manhattan neighborhoods and more high-rises cropping up each year. I think Center City Philadelphia could easily rival Boston's Beacon Hill. A lot of white-collars are now moving to Greater Philadelphia and then hopping a train to commute back to work in Greater New York City. If anything these two cities will merge to form a very large combined statistical area (CSA) by about 2020 or 2030 as so many folks commute between both cities. By doing so the new New York City/Philadelphia CSA will easily be the largest in the nation for many years to come.
Its because its so close to NYC people have a better perspective on how much smaller and insignificant Philly is compared to NYC.
Up in Boston many New Englanders don't go to NYC much or know much about it (many do) but the distance creates this illogical disconnect where Bostonians think the city is bigger and more able to rival NYC. Its not. They just forget how tiny Boston is. They think because everyone in MA wants to be 'from Boston' and RI and NH rely on the Boston engine thats is actually the end all be all ..the holy grail. Big fish, little New England pond.
Harder to do that in Philly when NYC is only an hour and a half away.
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