[fortunecookie]

Too true. But Philly (think Rendell) must be envious of the tourist dollars that places like Boston and the Cape, Provincetown, other parts of New England are bringing in. And Philly is experiencing higher murder rates, more decay, a fading middle class (at least inside the city). Why not try to get this big spending group? Yeah, the founding fathers are already saddened by Philly, this just heaps it on.

[kvanbrunt2]

Actually philly is experiencing a renaissance. Remember the news you hear is MSM. Empty nesters or whoever are moving in and buying 200k to 1m condos. (i don’t think they care if the schools suck) All the old downtown office buildings are now luxury condos and they are building more everywhere — 18th and chestnut, 21th and market today, and i believe another 40 story condo at 20th, 2 at the waterfront, several in old city, and my neighborhood Northern Liberties.