Maybe it was a combination of your accent and using phrases like bloody cunty?
http://www.usnews.com/news/slideshows/the-11-most-dangerous-us-cities/12
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mlj45jggj/1-detroit/
Athough, there is probably huge variation in violent crime within these cities. Like most non-suburban areas, don’t go to the hood.
The worst cities for crime are really the ones that are small but completely crime and poverty infested. The cities that are forgotton. For example, I would not recommend relocating to Spartanburg, SC or Camden, NJ.
The monorail was down for a few months this year. Pretty big hassle. Also, always budget in extra time if there’s gonna be snow on the tracks.
No doubt that area of DE serves a purpose. I just wouldn;t want to live near there. While we were in Philly, we stayed at the Ronald McDonald house for 6 weeks. It was near U of Penn housing in one direction (very nice, very pricy brownstones). But go two blocks north or west after dark, and you might not be coming back. I spent a lot of time in cities in my youth (the North End of Hartford is one of the murder capitals of the US) so it wasn’t that big of a shock. But on the whole, Philly (at least near where the RM house was) was a bit of a toilet - my wife wouldn-t even walk the 5 blocks to the hospital (which was actually through a relatively safe area) - she’d take the shuttle.
One of my grad school friends lived in the Center City part of Philly - she was on faculty at one of the locval schools. A few years back they had roving gangs of bangers randomly pulling whites/asians out of cars and beating the crap out of them - almost sounded like a Mad Max scenario. So she finally said enough and moved back South to a rural university town.
^ That part of Philly is nice compared to the area around Temple. The thing that keeps Philly off the most dangerous cities list is the fact that it is huge. I don’t know when it happened, but the city annexed the rest of the county, which included some nicer areas, driving down its per capita crime statistics. I don’t know the exact dimensions, but from its most northeastern point to its most southwestern point has to be 30 miles.
Philly is sweet. I dont get the hate(some great restaurants and bars, and we cant forget Delilahs Den). Houston is far worse than Philly.
Oh that’s right! I had to fly out of EWR the first day it got shot down, and everyone flocked to the Port Authority busses. Nightmare!
I’m not hating on Philly. I’ll take a day in Philly over a day in NYC anytime, but there are parts of the city that are really bad, just as there are in every other city in the US.
thankfully, I managed to avoid using the word cunty when ordering in starbucks and collecting my bag.
my accent is more Ewan McGregor Scottish than Spud from Trainspotting Scottish
The Temple area is pretty bad. I interviewed at Temple for grad school back in the day. After finishing meeting with the faculty, I screwed up and ended ended up walking to the wrong train station. I realized I was a white dude in a trenchcoat with a briefcase walking in the hood near sundown - I shortly realized I could easily end up a statistic, and ended up running about a mile to the station. Not one of my fonder memories.
North Philly shun stand up
Philly is the worst city in the Union.
I’ve been to Philly twice. I flew into Philly on my way to visit my friend who was stationed at Ft. Dix. We spent a few days in NYC, then we drove back to Philly to fly out.
The only part of the city that I remember seeing was the area close to Tony Luke’s. It was disgusting. There was garbage everywhere. You literally couldn’t take a step without stepping on litter. Meanwhile, the trash cans were so clean you could eat out of them. That’s when I learned why my friend called it Filthadelphia.
I don’t understand why everyone in Philly is so mad all the time. It’s called the City of Brotherly Love but when I was there everyone was hating on each other, including me. I got flipped off so many times in Philly traffic that I eventually concluded that must just be another turn signal that people from the West Coast don’t know about. One time someome cut me off on the on ramp to the freeway and then flipped me off with both hands and kind of waved them back and forth like they were saying hello. It was kind of touching… I think.
Depending on where you are, that’s called either the Philly Turn Signal or the Boston Turn Signal.
Austin is really cool- I always enjoy my trips out there. I’m in San Diego and absolutely love it. There are definitely some downfalls (tax, as you were saying), but hell you’ll probably make a killing and the cost of your house won’t even matter. Weather is always ridiculously nice and there is so much to do.
Newark airport is by far the crappiest one I’ve ever seen. It makes the one in Cayo Coco, Cuba look world class. I’m not even kidding, I’ve been to both.
The market doesn’t have to necessarily crash. It can stay flat for a decade until income catches up. The only way I see a crash is if either rates creep up very quickly (unlikely in this disinflationary environment) or if we experience a hard recession that cuts a lot of job (much more likely as the last one was 6 years ago).
I disrespectfully disagree with everything you said, implied, suggested, opined, and prognosticated. You should just hand me all your money.
Thanks for all the feedback everyone. I’m going to narrow it down to 2-3 top candidates, visit each one for a weekend, and then make a decision. Probably have a final verdict in a couple of months.