These incidents happened a few years back....usually the drunken riots are limited to Eagles games (DON'T come to the Linc with the visiting team's jersey on). We can hold large gatherings (Live 8, any 4th of July, Mummer's Parade) without too much trouble these days.
Center City is one of the safest areas of Philly, especially around Independence Mall. The bad parts of town are well away from there.
I'm with my neighbor Sterm on this one.
Not really much to worry about in Center City 99.5% of the time. In fact, that's what made "Da Greek" so disturbing. You go into North Philadelphia, and you've got to be looking for trouble, but in Center City, you have a general expectation of safety and civility.
(DON'T come to the Linc with the visiting team's jersey on)
That's not a joke either. You know, I've seen a lot of games in Philly (I'm speaking more of The Vet than LFF or CBP) and I've seen a lot of fights. They cut across race, age, sex, and income, but there's one unifying factor: The participants ALWAYS had it coming to them. Wearing the other team's jersey is a good way of telling some hammer-head that you've got it coming to you.
Owl_EagleIf what I just wrote made you sad or angry,
it was probably just a joke.