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| Let’s not like about killadelphia, PA - 8/28/2021
Now the only reason some people disagree is because MONEY. If you live in “manayunk” (which I lived for 2 years) you can’t compare … you can’t compare your out skirt suburbs your 3k apartments. THE REAL PHILLY south, central, west, north. Ive lived in Philly for 20 years and in tons of places chasing this DREAM of a safe living. But you will not find it here unless you reside to a beautiful house at the end of a ****ty day. The people suck the weather sucks. Drugs everywhere, fiends everywhere, shootings, serial rapist, murders left and right you can get shot from a 14 year old kid or a 50 year old man! This place is complete garbage and telling people to move is a no go. Just because the cost of living with cities fun is cheaper than other states so be a scheme and set people up to die. Terrible drivers, rude ignorant people, they curse at you first before saying hello. And I’m speaking from a view from growing up in the poorest spots to living in manayunk, queen village, society hill, no matter where you go it can get better but still so so ****ty. Lets not get started about the disgusting muggy weather and humid nights … with a light shower of gunshots and women screaming for help. Let’s not play stupid here !
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| avoid phila pa - 4/9/2021
do not go. do not travel to. Will charge you fees, anything - to pay for the mess that they made. Life long resident, born here as well. I'm Very sorry to say. Go elsewhere. someplace cleaner, more safe
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| Hidden Gem - 4/2/2021
I'm actually grateful for the bad reviews because I purchased an amazing home here 3 years ago and couldn't be happier! I feel like if everyone was giving it 5 stars the real estate would be a lot higher lol I was looking for a city with the features I loved in San Francisco without the high price tag. The museums, parks, quality of life, community, walkability, and four seasons are what make this home for me. Downsides, there are these in every place regardless, but my top three would be lack of parking in some areas, traffic, and commutes. If you can't tell, I hate driving. If that's you, I would recommend you find a neighborhood you love and access to public transportation (if you need to get to work, school, etc). I bought my home in Manayunk in a place walking distance to SEPTA which saves me a lot of grief. This neighborhood just felt right when I visited. Store workers and café were friendly and people smiled in passing while I walked around. It felt like people were happy to be here which helped me make my decision on making an offer. As I've lived here longer I've come to appreciate the less superficial things; having good neighbors, an affordable home (after 9 years of roommates I was ready!), beautiful parks and trails nearby, and world class arts and cultural establishments steps away. In the past year, I'd rather be here than anywhere and don't feel as bad about not being able to take a European holiday (I can actually afford to travel now) when I have everything at my doorstep.
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| Stay away. - 3/6/2021
City of Brotherly Love? Not at all. There's a "Me First" "They can wait" attitude. You see it in the way they drive, you see it in passing walking down the street. There is so much gun violence and it's getting younger and younger. It's common to hear about a 15 getting shot or a woman. These shootings are happening in broad daylight, in public places where cops are supposed to be patrolling. There is no fear of consequences, no respect or value of another's life. It seems like everyday you hear about gun violence. A 15 year girl just got killed, 7 people were shot close to a University, they just shot 2 people at a cemetery in the county as a retaliation from a Philly shooting a few days prior and a month before that the priest said there was a shooting in front of his church...No one cares here. It's all about self. Of course you'll find some people who aren't like that but overall the vibe is crappy and depressing. Between gentrification, pothole streets, constant construction, corruption, overpriced real estate and the lowest minimum wage in the country...Philly is trash. It's one of the most miserable cities in the country. Stay away. Oh...and for those that think if they move into a "gentrified neighborhood" that there will be no crime? Think again. That saying crime is everywhere...That's definitely true for Philly.
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| City of brotherly hate - 1/26/2021
If I could give negative stars, Philly would get a -2. Anyone who says that Philly "is a beautiful city full of history land wonderful neighborhoods" either hasn't lived there very long, is delusional or has a vested interest in lying (probably a local politician). I grew up in Philly and joined the army one day after graduating from high school in order to get out. This is a city with a history of corrupt politicians, fascist police and polarized citizens. What other city on earth can claim that it's police force dropped C-4 explosives on it's citizens in an African-American neighborhood, then shot at those who attempted to escape the ensuing fire? What other city in the USA can brag that it's African-American infant mortality rate is higher than Jamaica's? What other city can brag about it's African-American citizens on average have a lower life expectancy than the citizens of Cuba? Yep, nothing like the city of brotherly love.
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| Beautiful Philly?? - 7/29/2020
I lived in Philadelphia my whole life and wouldn’t live anywhere else! Beautiful city! The current mayor is no good! But that will change in good time??
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| Philly, a haiku - 2/2/2020
Needles everywhere
Gross, rude, and disrespectful
The schools are the worst
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| Philadelphia is garbage - 9/25/2019
Lived in this crime-ridden, overcrowded, trashy, corrupted city for most of my life. First of all, when driving in Philadelphia—you will immediately know because of all of the pieces of trash on the ground either by passerby’s or idiot neighbors that are too trifling to throw out their garbage. Secondly, the neighborhoods are crime infested with asshole neighbors that will attempt to flatten all of your tires over a parking space (where they don’t live) that they was was trying to hold for a week and the useless asshole cops are no help whatsoever and never are unless their getting kickbacks from the drug smugglers they know or it’s another crooked cop friend of theirs. Thirdly, Roosevelt blvd is the worst place for driving, not only do you have fools in cars that can’t drive, but you also have Septa bus drivers that hit your car, don’t wanna take responsibility for their careless driving and you and your insurance have to pay for all repairs by yourself. Lastly, the clowns in city government pass laws that benefit themselves only, either with a soda tax, not having to pay for Septa accidents, stupid L & I nonsense (even though L & I should be concerned with collapsing buildings), not to mention that L&I hires people that was sued for corruption. Thankfully, I’m in the process of moving, let the scumbag filth have their city.
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| City of Brotherly Love my ass! - 4/8/2019
I spent the worst two years of my adult life here by far. It has a very antagonist flair where the people don’t need to have a reason to harass you or by nasty. I literally worked at six different places in that two year period.....every employer nit-picked over EVERY little thing. I began to have a nervous breakdown shortly before I decided to leave.
At my apartment complex, I was told by management that I was making obscene noises while I was running on the treadmill. WTF!
It have a heavy blue-collar edge to it unlike DC and NY. Maybe the people are so angry because they live in such a crappy city.
Despite its size, I also found it clannish. It was hard to blend in.
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| Philly has always been my home. - 2/22/2019
I grew up in Philadelphia and continue to reside here. I have lived in several different areas of the city over the years, and have watched neighborhoods change. Philadelphia used to be the fourth largest city for many years, just after New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago.. then Philly. Now Houston and Phoenix just beat us in population because they keep moving their city borders out further and further and counting that as city, where Philly has had the same geographical borders since 1854. Well if we expanded our city limits to our suburbs, we'd have an extra 8 million people. Just saying'. I don't consider those last two cities real cities anyway because if you live in a single family home and drive to work and don't have a subway system, your "city" is actually a suburb. Just saying' again. I've watched gentrification take over neighborhoods such as Fishtown and south Philly because Center City became so expensive. I remember when rent in Old City was dirt cheap. And I lived in a one bedroom at 8th and Pine and paid $410 a month including heat and hot water. Now rents are extortionate as wages do not increase to adjust for inflation and high rental prices as its "trendy" now to live in cities. Back in the 1970's everyone was escaping the cities. Now the suburbanites are taking over because they think its "cool" to live in the city, but they have absolutely no clue the amount of crime in this city and are shocked when they themselves become victims. Just saying' again. True Philadelphians are hard working blue collar working class to lower middle class families. Thats true Philadelphia. Not privileged suburbanites who's parents paid for your college educations and you come out of school never having had a job prior making upper-class incomes and then rent "lofts" in Old City and think you are hip. Most of true Philadelphians are not privileged. This is traditionally a blue collar, underdog town. I remember when the city ran out of money and the Mayer told the cops and fire companies to "work on faith".. thats how this city struggled. With all that said, I am glad some are making improvements to neighborhoods and renovating these beautiful old rowhomes and brownstoness and keeping value in the city. It will always be my home. But know it hasn't always been so trendy to live in the city and the long term residents understand what I'm saying. Still I wish the city much love and hope it keeps making positive strides towards improvements. Yes, I would recommend living here.
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| Spend your paycheck commuting - 11/1/2018
I find myself only able to get jobs 30+ min away from the city that only pay $15 or less. That's a max of 1,200 biweekly, after paying Philadelphias taxes and whatever county you find yourself working in's taxes, that comes down to about 800 every two weeks. Subtract around 50$ every two weeks for the commute to work and you are left with $750 every two weeks for all of your needs. One paycheck will probably pay your rent and thats it. Lots of contract jobs that pay you less than the job is actually worth.
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| Everyone I know is moving far away - 8/1/2018
I was born and raised in Philly. It's a who you know kind of city. Housing are collapsing, including my own home (we had to be evacuated by the fire department). They were built poorly. Jobs are here but it's who you know that gets you in the jobs. Rent is getting super high. The best thing is there are stores everywhere. Cime is crazy. My family had been victims of violent crimes multiple times. A lot of us is trying to move out. Unless you have money and can go somewhere really nice, don't move here. You will regret it.
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| Parking - 7/28/2018
Evidently the parking garages maybe not all of them but at least the one we used in Philly has a scheme to rip the people off. We paid for parking ahead of time and had our voucher verified by the attendant and they told us to just put it in the machine when we exited that's all they told us. When we finally got the kids up through the parking garage and out of the strollers and into the car seats after having change the diapers and drove down and put our card in the slot it wanted additional $5 because we're taking more than 15 minutes to get out of the parking garage. This is clearly I just a scam to get more money out of the park. Be very careful they're trying to rip you off.
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| Philly - 5/26/2018
Philly is just the best hands down.
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| Perfect Four Season Big City if you don't mind.... - 4/1/2018
Urban decay, congestion, high density, crime, and one mess of a highway-road system. The best feature of this big city is the proximity to the Jersey shore which is beautiful from mid summer to fall. It is also in some ways America's hidden big city (fifth largest actually), with NY and DC getting all the spotlight, but you can enjoy the best of those big places by a train ride away. If you get a job with a big income, don't have kids, and like old fixed up east coast row houses, there are some very nice places Downtown, just remember cars are not welcome in this place, as it was built and designed way before the car era. It is also a city where the class distinctions in America are very evident in a sad way.
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| Expensive! - 12/17/2017
The cost of living numbers on here are deceiving. Philly itself is such a large city that the cheap, crime-ridden neighborhoods outweigh the safe, expensive neighborhoods, which is why $800 for a 1-bedroom gets published. Sure, you can find a 1 bedroom for that price but in a very unsafe neighborhood! To live in the safest neighborhood - Center City - you will pay $1200 (without a washing machine) to about $1800 a month. This is in a row home with zero amenities. Also no parking if you have a car. Then there are groceries. I'm in Center City, and groceries are damn expensive ($6.99/pound for chicken breasts) unless you drive into another part of the city to shop at Aldi. Oh, and if you have kids, prepare to spend $2000/month on full-time child care (for 1 kid!). Philly has some great stuff too, just don't rely on websites like these to make your decision. Actually take a look at housing on websites like Trulia, etc. so you get the whole picture.
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| Crime review in Philadelphia areas 19134, 19146, 1 - 2/17/2016
I would like to know how these 3 areas are when it comes to crime rates. Looking for purchase a home and wasn't exactly sure of how these 3 areas rate.
Thank you.
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| Looking to move from Philadelphia, Pa - 2/18/2015
I only signed up here to find out about other cities and places I may want to move to. Been in Philly all my life and have had enough. Enough said!!
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| Philadelphia - 11/14/2014
Lived in Philadelphia for 20 plus years. The cost of living is rising yearly. There are many restaurants and cultural events nearby and easy to take public transportation to many places. The climate is cold winter's and beautiful fall and spring seasons. The summers can be hot and humid. There are numerous parks to visit. Personally Love Valley Green, a place I visit to get away from the fast pace of the downtown area. Philly is diversified with many people from different cultures and backgrounds. The crime rate in some areas are higher than other areas. Traving during peak ours ca. Be challenging because of traffic. Public schools need improvement.
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| Relocating - 8/21/2014
Need info on best areas to live in philly for family life.
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