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People don't think of Philly much because there are 50 million people and cities all across the Northeast, and it's smashed between Washington and New York, which get a lot of attention.
It tends to get lost in the mix, especially with its high-image neighbors.
People don't think of Philly much because there are 50 million people and cities all across the Northeast, and it's smashed between Washington and New York, which get a lot of attention.
It tends to get lost in the mix, especially with its high-image neighbors.
And it's got a TV show named after it (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia), a number of movies set in it (Rocky and Sixth Sense immediately come to mind - Oh! How about Philadelphia?!), it's mentioned in numerous songs (anybody remember Boys II Men and Ween?).
There is no inferiority complex, only to those who are unfamiliar with Philadelphia's richness.
I visited Philadelphia in 2006. There was an NBA game against Dallas, (an Eagle team member had left Philly for the Cowboys) and the entire city was pumped for this game- there were even signs in the subway that supported the Eagles. And the excitement/pride after they won, it was infectious and united the city.
You must not forget the Ivy League college and America's first university, the University of Pennsylvania founded by Ben Franklin in 1740, and its world renown Wharton School of Business. I walked around Franklin Field, the original college football stadium, and smiled when I thought of my dad rooting for the Penn Quakers when he attended Penn.
G Washington crossed the Delaware River on a freezing December night, in 1776, and outside the city is Valley Forge where the Continental Army camped during the winter.
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It was once the capital city of our fledgling nation, the place where the Founding Fathers started our country. The 1st and 2nd Continental Continental Congresses were held there, the Declaration of Independence was written and signed there, and the Constitution was composed and signed there!!!!! Imagine all those brilliant minds assembled at Independence Hall.
It is old, to be sure, and old things lose their sheen. A large part of the city is rusted factories and abandoned warehouses but the future will bring redevelopment and revitalization.
While it isn't NYC, it is a great and historic city. Every city can't be #1 in people's minds, but I'm sure Philadelphia will always #1 in many people's hearts. It is America.
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There is no inferiority complex, only to those who are unfamiliar with Philadelphia's richness.
I visited Philadelphia in 2006. There was an NBA game against Dallas, (an Eagle team member had left Philly for the Cowboys) and the entire city was pumped for this game- there were even signs in the subway that supported the Eagles. And the excitement/pride after they won, it was infectious and united the city.
You must not forget the Ivy League college and America's first university, the University of Pennsylvania founded by Ben Franklin in 1740, and its world renown Wharton School of Business. I walked around Franklin Field, the original college football stadium, and smiled when I thought of my dad rooting for the Penn Quakers when he attended Penn.
G Washington crossed the Delaware River on a freezing December night, in 1776, and outside the city is Valley Forge where the Continental Army camped during the winter.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Washington_Crossing_the_Delaware.png/350px-Washington_Crossing_the_Delaware.png
It was once the capital city of our fledgling nation, the place where the Founding Fathers started our country. The 1st and 2nd Continental Continental Congresses were held there, the Declaration of Independence was written and signed there, and the Constitution was composed and signed there!!!!! Imagine all those brilliant minds assembled at Independence Hall.
It is old, to be sure, and old things lose their sheen. A large part of the city is rusted factories and abandoned warehouses but the future will bring redevelopment and revitalization.
While it isn't NYC, it is a great and historic city. Every city can't be #1 in people's minds, but I'm sure Philadelphia will always #1 in many people's hearts. It is America.
Then how come the media all go " This storm, HUGE for areas like DC, New York, Boston." Philadelphia?
Whenever the I-95 cooridor comes to mind, it's always DC New York Boston...and Philadelphia is always left out.......it's like the forgotten city.....it was the most important city in the 1700s and 6th largest in the us now........not to mention is home to comcast...one of the most successful cable companies in the us.....a major city like Philadelphia is always left out for specific reasons????????
It's always DC New York Boston and a major city like Philadelphia is left out. Philadelphia is NOT like Baltimore
Philadelphia probably does not get the attention a city its size and attributes deserves. Alot of that has to do with its neighbors, New York to the northeast, Washington DC and Baltimore to the southwest. Btw there was no reason to mock Baltimore.
The Weather Channel frequently mentions Philadelphia in its discussion about the day's weather.
NYC will get frequent mention in the media because of being the country's largest city, as will Washington due to being the nation's capital. As for weather reports, even when they do fail to mention Philly, it's probably because they're just giving an overview. They'll divide the Northeast Corridor into northern, middle, and southern sections, and use the biggest city in each of those sections as an example of the weather in each section: New England, the Mid-Atlantic, and the north-south border region. So, you get frequent mention of Boston, NYC, and D.C. as the representative cities in the three parts of the Corridor. If Philly were bigger than NYC, then Philly would be the example used for the middle of the Corridor. Simple as that. No knock on Philly intended, I'm sure.
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