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Originally Posted by Chico23231
DC is a way underrated city imo...the suburbs just effin suck.
Ive been to Philly several times mostly for concerts and a lil sightseeing and came away thinking Philly was much better than I anticipated. People were great and I thought the city was unique. South Philly is an effing sh*thole, like much worse than the bad areas of Baltimore. Ive been to Baltimore and spent some decent time there. Baltimore has like a 10 block radius which is cool, the rest is the hoodest of hood. So in wrap up
DC > Philly > Baltimore > Offseason
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Philadelphia is among the leaders nationwide in murders and violent crime, and the fans of the sports teams have a knucklehead reputation, those two things combined with anecdotal accounts from people who've visited the city a handful of times give the city a bad rap.
And then there's your description here, which is also true. Philly is a city of neighborhoods just like any other city. If you go to the historic district then you're in an extremely nice section - great history and very high end residential living right nearby in Olde City and Rittenhouse Square. It also has an up and coming restaurant scene - tons of celebrity chefs starting restaurants. It also has one of the best micro-brew scenes in the country with Victory Brewing, Yards, Dogfishhead and Flying Fish all with a brew-pub presence in the city.
But if you head into South Philadelphia it looks like what you saw on Rocky and the people are assholes. If you head to North or West Philadelphia you get into some gang-infested areas that are flat out dangerous. But keep going to the Northeast and it's working class, down to the Chestnut Hill neighborhood which looks a lot like Richmond's West End (high end suburbia within city limits).
You can get whatever experience you want. If you're a rube coming into the city, know where you should be and know where you shouldn't. If you came away thinking Philly is a shithole, it's because your dumbass didn't do your research well enough to keep yourself safe. Same story in DC, Baltimore, anywhere.