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Old 07-05-2018, 10:23 AM
 
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I share you frustration kyb01. Getting overlooked for the typical stuff, I can rationalize. But Independence Day
at the place where the actual Declaration was written and those bells of freedom first rung out? Makes zero sense.




Ok but why does Boston get tons of national media coverage on the 4th and Philadelphia gets none?
Exactly. This is when I tend to loathe Boston. Eh....

Philadelphia was the capital of the country for ten years. But, let's over celebrate the 4th in Boston.
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Old 07-05-2018, 10:25 AM
 
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I didn't see any coverage of Boston in today's newspaper or the national news websites I review each morning. NYC's fireworks were broadcast nationally by NBC, btw.
Yeah, NBC. Owned by Comcast who, in this instance, doesn't care enough about Philadelphia to give it some national air time on the 4th of July.
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Old 07-05-2018, 10:54 AM
 
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NYC and DC don't need a reason. Boston is much more of a model city (lower crime, lower poverty, but with the history to boot). Philly is the poorest of the 10 big cities. That has to have something to do with it.
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Old 07-05-2018, 11:15 AM
 
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NYC and DC don't need a reason. Boston is much more of a model city (lower crime, lower poverty, but with the history to boot). Philly is the poorest of the 10 big cities. That has to have something to do with it.
100% the demographics of the need to change, and the arrival of Amazon, or Schuylkill Yards or more super-bowl wins will also help.

Philadelphia needs to stand out from its Northeastern competitors in order to be noticed more and taken more seriously.
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Old 07-05-2018, 12:16 PM
 
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NYC and DC don't need a reason. Boston is much more of a model city (lower crime, lower poverty, but with the history to boot). Philly is the poorest of the 10 big cities. That has to have something to do with it.
Yes, it probably does but....


So for optics sake the city where the country began, technically speaking, should be ignored, re the 4th, because it has poor people. Okay...

Course right now I'm not entirely sure there will be a USA in a decade's time so maybe I should forget about it.
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Old 07-05-2018, 12:21 PM
 
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100% the demographics of the need to change, and the arrival of Amazon, or Schuylkill Yards or more super-bowl wins will also help.

Philadelphia needs to stand out from its Northeastern competitors in order to be noticed more and taken more seriously.
OT. I'm almost convinced that Amazon has trolled/scammed cities with this hq2 business tbh.
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Old 07-05-2018, 12:22 PM
 
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Yes, it probably does but....


So for optics sake the city where the country began, technically speaking, should be ignored, re the 4th, because it has poor people. Okay...

Course right now I'm not entirely sure there will be a USA in a decade's time so maybe I should forget about it.
We are talking about the media, so yes that could be enough of a reason.

Do you if Philadelphia had the lowest poverty rate among the nations largest cities it would still be ignored the way it is? I think not.

Crime is also not an attractive trait, Chicago seems to hold that award for large cities, but Philadelphia could easily take it back.

That being said, I don't necessarily see a problem with Philadelphia taking a back seat to NYC and DC (that won't change), but Boston is irritating, even LA.

Lets just hope in 2026 if we are still around that there will be some media coverage in Philadelphia.
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Old 07-05-2018, 12:38 PM
 
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We are talking about the media, so yes that could be enough of a reason.

Do you if Philadelphia had the lowest poverty rate among the nations largest cities it would still be ignored the way it is? I think not.

Crime is also not an attractive trait, Chicago seems to hold that award for large cities, but Philadelphia could easily take it back.

That being said, I don't necessarily see a problem with Philadelphia taking a back seat to NYC and DC (that won't change), but Boston is irritating, even LA.

Lets just hope in 2026 if we are still around that there will be some media coverage in Philadelphia.
Even the ton of awful winter weather Boston gets does not stop Bostonian smugness. Of course that's a signal for MarketEl to post, once again, about Puritans vs Quaker attitudes.
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Old 07-05-2018, 01:09 PM
 
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Does Boston have idiots on dirt bikes riding through downtown in droves, popping wheelies and riding against traffic? Maybe it's not just dirt bikes, but also bicycles.
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Old 07-05-2018, 01:21 PM
 
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Does Boston have idiots on dirt bikes riding through downtown in droves, popping wheelies and riding against traffic? Maybe it's not just dirt bikes, but also bicycles.
Or flashmobs on Newbury Street?.... I agree with all of your points.

I do still think Philadelphia is unfairly overlooked though.
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