Pretty sad... Being on the west coast, I tend to think of Philadelphia as where much of our history was made, with neatly kept lawns and houses, and proud respectable Americans...
I know better though...To bad we allow the scum of the earth to trash our great country.
As we may have discussed before, Center City is still in good shape, and their has been some (not enough) improvement in the near North. See our heritage in Independence Park, hit a restaurant and do your shopping on Walnut Street, but don’t go north of the expressway or west of 30th Street Station unless you want to see the Fourth World.
Do keep in mind that even in Colonial times the city had the nickname Philthydelphia.