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Since some people now seem to define "Greater Center City" to mean any neighborhood which either borders Center City, or borders another gentrified neighborhood which borders Center City, I suppose one could argue that only "Greater Center City" and Northwest Philadelphia are desirable to middle-class professionals.
Some may say Girard to Washington/River to River-but that's not really accurate. There are also many neighborhoods in West Philly and deeper in South Philly that are plenty desirable to middle and upper class professionals. Other neighborhoods in the Northeast are more family oriented but also very middle class/professional-like Somerton, Byberry, Fox Chase, Pennypack Park, Bustleton and others.
The "Midland" accent region is a portion of the country where northern and southern speech patterns mix. To my Yankified ears (I grew up in New England) a lot of people in the Midlands have a semi-southern twang to their accents.
Which part of the "Midlands" are you referring to? Because I assure you anywhere from northern West Virginia, Southern Pennsylvania, and Western Maryland on up doesn't have a Southern accent, although there may be Southern influence in their speech patterns in these areas' accents. But they nonetheless sound more Northern than Southern.
Some may say Girard to Washington/River to River-but that's not really accurate. There are also many neighborhoods in West Philly and deeper in South Philly that are plenty desirable to middle and upper class professionals. Other neighborhoods in the Northeast are more family oriented but also very middle class/professional-like Somerton, Byberry, Fox Chase, Pennypack Park, Bustleton and others.
I'm aware of that. But I'm saying, if you grossly stereotype, the "hip" areas of the city are basically limited to a continuous area with Center City inside and NW Philadelphia.
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Which part of the "Midlands" are you referring to? Because I assure you anywhere from northern West Virginia, Southern Pennsylvania, and Western Maryland on up doesn't have a Southern accent, although there may be Southern influence in their speech patterns in these areas' accents. But they nonetheless sound more Northern than Southern.
I said southern-sounding accents, not southern accents.
Within a few years of moving out here from New England, I had to travel for work to rural central Ohio north of Columbus. The people there sounded like southerners to me at the time. Now that I'm more used to rural midland speech, I don't think I'd make the same assessment.
Within a few years of moving out here from New England, I had to travel for work to rural central Ohio north of Columbus. The people there sounded like southerners to me at the time. Now that I'm more used to rural midland speech, I don't think I'd make the same assessment.
I know exactly the people you're talking about. It certainly is a strange accent.
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