I grew up in Philly. It was a nice place to be a kid, for a while.
When I lived there, it was rowhomes full of WW2 and Korea vets working in local factories and small businesses and raising their kids, trying to put the war behind them and live their lives. It was a real community, and Frank Rizzo was king.
Now, well, it is what it is...but hey, like Former Mayor Thug Street said...”The bruthas and sistas are in control now...the bruthas and sistas are in charge now!”
Yep. They sure are. And they’ve done SUCH a great, great job.
But hey...we’re racists for pointing that out...
Wow! I grew up in South Philly. Sure, as a kid it was great. Even as a teen, I loved it. It was home :) I have wonderful memories of my neighborhood. I went away to college (total culture shock) - Penn State, University Park campus. When I moved back home again, I hated the city and swore I would never buy a home/settle there. The neighborhood started changing too. New people moving in who didn’t have the same sense of community.
But even back then, the divisions were clear. I remember the cops lining up every night at 29th and Tasker, standing along the playground on 29th Street, keeping the peace between the neighborhood and the Projects (Tasker Homes?). The fights on SEPTA just trying to get to school (we’d usually walk rather than take SEPTA).
Didn’t you just love that statement from him? He is a thug and so is his brother Milton.
Yep, I know, I’m considered racist, homophobic, Islamophobic, and probably every other name they can think up. I won’t lose sleep over it.
Yes, but Frank BANKRUPTED the city through instituting no-bid contracts for the building trades unions (thugs almost to a man) and rolled over for the public employee unions as well. I never saw him as a great man, just as a control freak ex-cop who never saw a way to pay back his pals (via taxpayers) he didn't like.
Even if this was 1965, I would say that the only nabe in Philly that I would consider living in (if I had to live there) would be Chestnut Hill. Even the non-ghetto nabes in the Northeast are kinda dumpy. To each his/her own I guess.