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Old 05-19-2015, 01:17 AM
 
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Ok... I know this may be so stupid but I'm having an issue.. so I'm considering on moving/doing business in Philly for real estate since that's a field I want to get into since NYC is impossible/not worth it anymore... only thing is I still haven't figured everything out... can someone explain Philly to me? like dumb it down as much as possible... for example.. what's the difference between Fishtown and Kensington? what exactly is Brewerytown? in NYC terms is that a neighborhood? borough? what?... I know this thread is all over the place but I'm getting sick of NYC and I want a city but a bit of a slower pace so I can for once just collect my thoughts and relax... but I want the most dumbed down explanation of this sort of stuff. Thank you in advance for any help I receive.
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Old 05-19-2015, 04:09 AM
 
Location: Pennsylvania
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There are no boroughs, just fairly broad geographic areas - Center City, West, North, Northeast, Northwest, South, and Southwest. These areas don't have formal legal boundaries, and there are multiple neighborhoods within them. These also have no formal boundaries, and you have a mix of traditional neighborhood names and newer, developer inspired names.

Getting into details about differences between neighborhoods is more involved than I care to get. It's better to ask about specific neighborhoods.

And NY is not the only city that can be fast paced. Your pace will be what you make it, and Philly has plenty of activity.
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Old 05-19-2015, 06:09 AM
 
Location: Mount Laurel
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Philadelphia Speaks Forum - Neighborhoods, Sports, Restaurants and more

It's a bit more broken down then CD for Philadelphia
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Old 05-19-2015, 06:27 AM
 
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Ok... I know this may be so stupid but I'm having an issue.. so I'm considering on moving/doing business in Philly for real estate since that's a field I want to get into since NYC is impossible/not worth it anymore... only thing is I still haven't figured everything out... can someone explain Philly to me? like dumb it down as much as possible... for example.. what's the difference between Fishtown and Kensington? what exactly is Brewerytown? in NYC terms is that a neighborhood? borough? what?... I know this thread is all over the place but I'm getting sick of NYC and I want a city but a bit of a slower pace so I can for once just collect my thoughts and relax... but I want the most dumbed down explanation of this sort of stuff. Thank you in advance for any help I receive.
No boroughs inside the Phila. city limits. There are boroughs in the Philly 'burbs.

Fishtown, Kensington, Brewerytown, Northern Liberties...are Philly neighborhoods... like SoHo, TriBeCa, Chelsea, Hell's Kitchen... are in NYC(well,Manhattan for those)neighborhoods. The downtown area, which we call Center City, also consists of a bunch of neighborhoods. E.g. Rittenhouse, Fitler Sq., Mid-town Village(aka The Gayborhood or Washington Sq West)

There are LOTS of Philly neighborhoods. Some consisting of only a few blocks. Most of them you won't see discussed much here because they are either not hip enough, have stable populations and/or haven't experienced much, if any, gentrification. An example of that kind of neighborhood is Port Richmond which was the site of the recent Amtrak derailment tragedy. Port Richmond is A working class neighborhood.

This is probably enough of an explanation for now. Others will probably chime in.
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Old 05-19-2015, 09:01 AM
 
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List of Philadelphia neighborhoods - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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Old 05-19-2015, 08:22 PM
 
Location: Philly
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Fishtown is a neighborhood in kensington, brewery town is a neighborhood in north philly
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Old 05-19-2015, 09:16 PM
 
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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No boroughs inside the Phila. city limits. There are boroughs in the Philly 'burbs.
It's worth noting that boroughs in PA have basically nothing in common with NYC boroughs. Here it is basically a synonym for town.
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Old 05-19-2015, 10:14 PM
 
Location: back in Philadelphia!
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Ok... I know this may be so stupid but I'm having an issue.. so I'm considering on moving/doing business in Philly for real estate since that's a field I want to get into since NYC is impossible/not worth it anymore... only thing is I still haven't figured everything out... can someone explain Philly to me? like dumb it down as much as possible... for example.. what's the difference between Fishtown and Kensington? what exactly is Brewerytown? in NYC terms is that a neighborhood? borough? what?... I know this thread is all over the place but I'm getting sick of NYC and I want a city but a bit of a slower pace so I can for once just collect my thoughts and relax... but I want the most dumbed down explanation of this sort of stuff. Thank you in advance for any help I receive.
While not really a perfect analogy, if you want to put it into simplistic as-close-as-possible-to-NYC-terms, just think of Philly as one borough, with lots of various neighborhoods in it.

There are general sections of Philly, ie: Center City, Northeast, South Philly, West Philly, North Philly, Northwest, Southwest, that are referred to as such, even though there are lots of neighborhoods within those sections. Sort of like how people will say "North Brooklyn" to talk about Williamsburg, Greenpoint & Bushwick.

But Philadelphia, like NYC, is also old and complicated, and is comprised of a bunch of former townships, so there are districts like Kensington that will be still be referred to as such today (by some), even though there are separate present day neighborhoods within it...including one called Kensington. And Center City is the original boundaries of the City of Philadelphia, etc. So stuff like that might be confusing.
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