SVreX wrote:City of Brotherly Love, right?
When the founding fathers coined that phrase, the sarcasm was lost in the history books. 
Curmudgeon wrote:Hmph. Gotta add that the one time I was in Philly I was not impressed. For you Philly locals, I was staying in the Presidential Boulevard area.
First, everywhere I looked the place was filthy. Even that big marble building fron the 'Rocky' movies had trash blowing everywhere.
The first night there, I watched a car get stolen right in front of me. Two guys in a blue Chevy van with Jersey plates pulled up, one jumped out and busted a glass, then took off with the car. I went inside the hotel and asked the desk clerk to call the police, she looked at me like I had three heads and said 'Why?'.
Then when driving to the airport, we passed miles of tenements. It looked like a war zone; dope dealers and burned out cars everywhere.
Ooooo kayyyy, this redneck Southern boy is going back whence he came and will not go back up there unless it's at gunpoint. And maybe not then.
My grandfather used to say Mayor Good sold off all the street sweepers when he took office. It's been Filthadelphia for a long time.
