Yep, I peeled out of there, which I had loved for many decades, shortly after you did. I was gone before they declared part of Spruce Street a “gayborhood” and threw the Boy Scouts out of their building on the Ben Franklin Parkway because no gays. (If only City Council had waited a couple more years until BSA President Rex Tillerson allowed gay scouts, the BSA might have kept their beautiful building.) I’ve been long gone before UPenn installed Joe Biden on faculty and took down the portrait of Shakespeare from the English department. Don’t get me started on the parking fees.
Sad what a once very patriotic City, the birthplace of our Constitution, became.
I used to be a field service rep. My territory was from the Navy yard / Waterfront to The route 113 highway, and from the south point being Chester County. All of Philadelphia, Montgomery, and Bucks County. Ending at the Berks County line. My home was in Chestnut Hill. I sure do miss Wawa, Amoroso’s rolls, McNallys Bar, Bookbinders, and Skippack Village. Peddlers Village too.