<p>Dion, I meant that it’d take someone who lives in a place like DC to know a place like Philly. Wasn’t a personal attack.</p>
<p>In all seriousness though DC is pretty safe.</p>
<p>The Killadelphia thing, people in Philly use that term as well (in a joking manner usually). But there are some people who do not appreciate the nickname and take offense to it. </p>
<p>The Momofwildchild post about the Bridge theatre incident last night… stuff like that happens in any large city. Stuff like shootings or violent robberies usually don’t happen too much on Penn campus. If anyone is concerned about safety, then they should go back to dorms before nightfall. </p>
<p>And someone in that thread also said “I still laugh when people say Penn is safer than Temple.” I’d say the only reason Temple is “safer” than Penn is because they NEED the increased security. Temple is in a pretty lousy neighborhood and weirdos are always hanging around the campus area at night, especially Broad Street. (Two women persistently begged my friends and I for money, and a group of shady guys were trying to be slick and call us out - this all happened within a 5 minute span as we just walked out a movie theatre on Temple campus last night.) There are not so many strange, lurking people on the Penn campus. However, it is unfortunate that the shooting incident happened at the Bridge last night.</p>
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<p>That was me; my brother is a freshman at Wharton. UC might be a nicer area, but it has the same issues on the fringes of campus as Temple.</p>
<p>I live in Philly, and Philly is awesome. In my opinion, Philly is just like old european town combines w/ NYC. Of course a lot of people said that the cool things are only in center city, well there are many more to check out outside center city. I live in South Philly which has a large italian neighborhood, some area around italian market and Passyunk ave are very lively at night. And there are also some asian/vietnamese stores and restaurant around there. There is a place called northern liberties in north philly (however, it is still close to center city), and it is fulled w/ all arty things. And yes the most famous place to hang out is south street and all the area around old city. I personally love all the small indie gigs. Electric factory is the famous one, and also kung fu necktie, and I really love the first unitarian church right in chestnut st, center city. Yes, it is a church, but at night, the basement can turn into punk scene.
For supermarket, there are whole food market, shop rite , acme, just to name a few.
And for those of you who comes from suburb and pretty scared w/ the so-called
“ghetto”, don’t be. It is just a neighborhood where unfortunately some people, including the govt don’t really care about. A place that has been debased by mainstream media conglomerate. And philly is a very diverse neighborhood.</p>
<p>I can’t shake off the feeling that I will feel uncomfortable there due to crime statistics. Do people there feel this way even if crime statistics are low just because of Philly’s reputation?</p>
<p>Yes. It’s terrible. We cannot walk around a major city like Philadelphia without minorities attempting to rob, shoot, stab and kill us. Go somewhere suburban or better yet, somewhere in the middle of nowhere, because crime solely occurs in urban centers.</p>
<p>I’ve personally been killed several thousand times during my three years here at Temple.</p>
<p>Philadelphia. Is. Awesome. </p>
<p>It’s hard for me to “compare” cities because they all have their charms, pluses, minuses. I love Chicago, Philly, and DC. </p>
<p>Philly, to me, is so visually interesting. It’s definitely “gritty” and the old buildings and such make it a place I could just walk around in for years, I think, and my eyes would never get bored. By contrast, many parts of DC are very “sterile” - yes, pretty rowhouses, blahblah, blahblah…DC has great park areas, and Philly has smaller parks that come up and surprise you when you see them. A square of grass in the middle of a neighborhood, for instance, rather than the majestic and sprawling Rock Creek Park, etc.</p>
<p>I also like how the streets are narrow and give some parts of it a “little NYC” feel. DC has wide streets and big open spaces…again, you could consider that both a plus and a minus.</p>
<p>Philly also has more ethnic neighborhoods. This is again visually interesting but idk I clearly have strange criteria for judging cities. DC has…lots of Hispanic people. Which is fine. I guess you could say Philly has lots of Asian people. </p>
<p>Chicago, in my mind, is like a big version of Philly. I LOVE Chicago, as well. </p>
<p>The only issue with Philly is that the public transport could be MUCH better. DC and Chicago are bigger cities, and you can see more at one time, because the public transport is great in both. DC especially. Oh, so sleek. Nice sleek metro. Again, lack of grittiness, more “sterile”. Also, the museums cost money in Philly, meh. Woot free culture in DC ;).</p>
<p>NYC, I was always very ambivalent about. I feel like it’s too big to get a feel for. You see a small part of it and you never feel like you’ve seen the city. It is HUGE. And I have not quite worked up comfort with the subway, though I would say I feel comfortable in Chicago, DC, and Philly. So, NYC is just too big, for me, though others would see this as a huge plus. Philly, is small, a great place to go to college I think, because you can really feel like you “know” it after 4 yrs, probably. Chicago, a bigger (and colder, brr) version of Philly. DC, very majestic, yet a city of contrasts, with the capitol and government buildings in their tall, clean whiteness, on big green lawns, sitting smack on the edge of working class SE neighborhoods.</p>
<p>Ahh…well…in conclusion…Philly’s great, don’t worry about the rep for “crime” or whatever. Every city has dangerous parts, not so dangerous parts, blahdeblah. Philly is no different. You will not be walking around in the ghetto of Philly just like you wouldn’t be walking around in parts of DC or Chicago like that ya know. There’s nothing to do in those parts of town, they’re residential…;)</p>
<p>Cities are fascinating places and Philly is no little dump. It is a cool place with a lot of things to marvel at.</p>
<p>I absolutely love Philadelphia. I’m in love with the city. My dad is from Philly, so I have tons of family there. I don’t live there (yet, anyway!) - in fact, I live in the Midwest, but I visit Philly fairly often. It’s amazing.</p>
<p>I think that Philly is a city that literally has EVERYTHING - culture, diversity, history (tons of it!!), etc. There’s so much to do and so much to see. I think it’s a fascinating place. I always look forward to going there. I mean, even just walking around Center City (the middle of Philly - the sort of ‘downtown’ or ‘business’ district area) is a thrilling activity. It also has tons of plays, concerts, museums, tours, and so forth. It has its good parts and its bad parts, no doubt about it, but overall I really love it.</p>
<p>It’s a damn cool city.</p>
<p>Don’t get me wrong - I love Chicago and I think that NYC is fascinating, but there is just something about Philly that I absolutely adore. It’s real, it’s raw, it’s interesting, it’s diverse. There’s something for everyone. I prefer Philly to any other major U.S. city. I plan on living there someday.</p>
<p>Philly’s great. I’ve lived here for almost 4 years now and have grown to love this city</p>