Is Center City the only place in Philly to live?

[frankgn87]

Originally Posted by Pennsport

Just to clarify for all. I bought my place for 275 a few years back and, according to all comps, I could easily sell for 315 (easily) and rent for about 500 more than my mortgage. I plan on paying the house off in four or five years at which time I will use it as a rental property. I am located in Northern section of Pennsport, FYI (about 3 blocks South of Washington Ave). For Frank, and others who don't know the city of Philadelphia at all, Washington Avenue is a main artery that separates Pennsport from Queen Village.

Frank, when your Jersey house gets foreclosed on, I'll give you a good deal on rent.

gee thanks! Don't worry we are paying off our home in 15 years We are doing fine

[frankgn87]

Originally Posted by Pennsport

) incorrect. Second, the core of the city (NOT THE NORTHEAST) is booming -- aboslutely taking off in all respects. And third, back to Frank... Franky, you are one bitter little guy. Relax buddy, you'll be happier in the end.
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Bitter I am not, if you knew me and the life we have you would agree Passionate, yes, bitter, no. How could I be? I live in a clean, safe, beautiful area.

[skydivers-in-reverse]

My favorite parts of Philly usually are in the "satellite 'hoods" around Center City. University City and West Philly(Cedar Park, Spruce/Walnut Hill, Clark Park) are great and a quick subway ride to Center City. My stomping ground tends to be between all of gentrified South Philly up to Fishtown I would live in any of the neighborhoods between those two points as well as UC/West Philly, Fairmount/Art Musuem - there's a great and cohesive flow between them all.
CC is great and I don't tire of it at all, but for half the cost I can live in a lively interesting and walkable neighborhood nestled right up next to Center City and live in a bigger house, have a(teeny)yard and a roof deck with an awesome awesome view of the city - and be in CC in ten minutes on foot.

Chestnut Hill, Manayunk, West Mt. Airy are all great too, and I would live there, but I really love CC's neighbors the most and I can afford them.

[Stolberg]

Obvious thought here: it's not either/or whether Philadelphia life is better these days. Clearly a lot of
petit-bourgeois things are better, but still, there is something sad about the demise of the old ways.
It's nice to have more ethnic resturaunts but it was nice when women felt safe walking around working-class
neighborhoods at 3 and 4 in the morning.
Buying fruit from a horse drawn wagon and the clang of the trolley are not ancient memories.

[Lenses & Lights.]

Originally Posted by Stolberg

Obvious thought here: it's not either/or whether Philadelphia life is better these days. Clearly a lot of
petit-bourgeois things are better, but still, there is something sad about the demise of the old ways.
It's nice to have more ethnic resturaunts but it was nice when women felt safe walking around working-class
neighborhoods at 3 and 4 in the morning.
Buying fruit from a horse drawn wagon and the clang of the trolley are not ancient memories.

Women Walking around at 3 & 4 O'clock in the morning???? Why would any woman be out walking at that time of the night? You remember those days? Is it like that ANYWHERE in the US?

[Stolberg]

My family lived across the street from a 24 hr. store. Women (and men) who lived blocks away would walk over. There were women from the closed taprooms (bars), and women on break from the graveyard shift at their job four streets over.
Yugoslav women who cleaned offices in Center City would ride the el' back in the wee hours of the morning and stop in the store on their long walk from the station. Now the el' doesn't run all night and Yugoslavia is gone.