Lowest - and highest - neighborhood crime rates in Philadelphia (unemployment, high school)

[couldntthinkofaclevername]

Originally Posted by Pilot1

Please remember Chester City is in Delaware County, and know the difference between it and Chester County. Chester County is mostly safe except for some areas of Coatesville, and some other small enclaves.

When we say "Chester" we mean Chester City. I've never heard somebody not say "County" after the name when referring to a county. The only places that really get lumped together are probably Camden and Camden County because they're in New Jersey.

Chester used to be in Chester County, which stretched from the Susquehanna to the Delaware until 1789. I wonder what the city would be like now if they hadn't moved the county seat to Media.

[Debbie1125]

Generally the northwest neighborhoods in Philadelphia have low crime rates. Chestnut Hill, Mt. Airy, Roxborough, Manayunk, East Falls.

[Marius Pontmercy]

Originally Posted by couldntthinkofaclevername

When we say "Chester" we mean Chester City. I've never heard somebody not say "County" after the name when referring to a county. The only places that really get lumped together are probably Camden and Camden County because they're in New Jersey.

Chester used to be in Chester County, which stretched from the Susquehanna to the Delaware until 1789. I wonder what the city would be like now if they hadn't moved the county seat to Media.

Like Norristown: dead but with a big courthouse downtown.

[couldntthinkofaclevername]

Originally Posted by Marius Pontmercy

Like Norristown: dead but with a big courthouse downtown.

I don't know about that. I think Chester's biggest problem is that it's so overlooked. None of the problems get fixed or even emphasized and its citizens continue to be demonized while getting screwed over constantly by the POS's in Harrisburg right now. There are plenty of great people in Chester but the fact is that when you're in a situation where you're treated like you're some isolated, tiny place even though you're a city with a sports franchise, a university, and over 30,000 people and every avenue but crime continues to be taken away, you're going to eventually seriously consider it. It should be criminal what's being done to those kids.

County seats don't tend to be as overlooked. It just makes sense really, for Chester to be the county seat of Delaware County.

[Shizzles]

/\ Media is more centrally located. Plus, as was metioned Norristown is the seat of Montgomery County (a very prosperous county) and it's a total hole. Heck, look at Trenton or Harrisburg, both are war zones and those are state capitols!

Anyway, For PA side suburbs everything is good except the part of Delco adjacent to West Philly (generally the area south of Rt US 1 and East of 476). Norristown, and Coatsville. Lower Bucks is changing, but still working class for now.

[john_starks]

i live in queen village, philly

2 blocks from washington ave


sorry, norristown and trenton doesn't scare me

[couldntthinkofaclevername]

Originally Posted by Shizzles

/\ Media is more centrally located. Plus, as was metioned Norristown is the seat of Montgomery County (a very prosperous county) and it's a total hole. Heck, look at Trenton or Harrisburg, both are war zones and those are state capitols!

Anyway, For PA side suburbs everything is good except the part of Delco adjacent to West Philly (generally the area south of Rt US 1 and East of 476). Norristown, and Coatsville. Lower Bucks is changing, but still working class for now.

Harrisburg is a war zone? I find that hard to believe. Trenton is less hard to believe though, because like Chester, Wilmington, Camden, and every other small city in the Delaware Valley it seems to be overshadowed and overlooked by plenty. There are places I would be scared to walk at night outside of Philly but Harrisburg is not one of them. Every city has crime and murder, no matter how small. Harrisburg may be bad in parts but I doubt it's on the level of Chester or what certain parts of Delco nearest Philly are becoming.

Also, it's the places that border Southwest that are the worst. It's been that way for years, too. Yeadon had a reputation a decade ago, and so did other parts, just not as bad as they have gotten recently.

[rotodome]

sandsharkboy, please stop posting these huge lists over and over again. It's not really appropriate for this forum. You're basically asking either people to do exhaustive research and then compile reports for you, or you're just asking for subjective impressions of a hundred neighborhoods.

If this is for a research project, it is bad research, and you should get a bad grade.
If you are doing research, you need to look at primary sources (FBI and/or police reports, etc) yourself and see the actual data, compile it, and produce your own report.

[bryson662001]

Originally Posted by rotodome

sandsharkboy, please stop posting these huge lists over and over again. It's not really appropriate for this forum. You're basically asking either people to do exhaustive research and then compile reports for you, or you're just asking for subjective impressions of a hundred neighborhoods.

If this is for a research project, it is bad research, and you should get a bad grade.
If you are doing research, you need to look at primary sources (FBI and/or police reports, etc) yourself and see the actual data, compile it, and produce your own report.

Thank You!

[dross1121]

What is the crime rate for 16-24 yrs old in West Philadelphia?

What is the crime rate for 16-24 yrs old in North Philadelphia?

What is the poverty rate for both?

What is the unemployment rate for both?

What is the overall number of high school students 16-24 yrs old and the drop out rate?