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Originally Posted by AndyK!
Angela,
The website www.city-data.com is terrific for comparing various cites. The forums on the site also contain a wealth of information. It's like the "Pelican Parts" of finding information on cites. The suburbs in PA & NJ are very nice with good schools and you can take a train to downtown Philly. |
SOME of the suburbs are very nice. Some are actually just extentions of the ghetto.
Philadelphia proper has a black majority and if you're not used to dealing with the attitudes of big city East coast blacks it can definitely shock your senses if you're interacting with "regular people". For instance if she worked in a big bldg and went to a food court just ordering food and observing the customer service of some of the wonderful employees would be a rude shock.
Some of the surrounding smaller cities/burroughs like Chester and parts of Bristol are even worse than Philly itself. Going to Chester is like stepping into a 3rd world country. In fact if there was such a thing as a 4th world country, Chester would be on that list. LOL.
But there are nice burbs in this area, if you have the coin to live in them. My old man lives in Huntingdon Valley, and it's gorgeous. Half a mil there will get you a hell of a lot of house on a nice little chunk of land. And the school there is really good. The weather still sucks though, and there's still nowhere to test a car like her 911 when she gets the urge, at least nowhere comparable to where she lives.
Did i mention that the weather sucks?