[Barb4Bush]

You’re right. I’m not an Ed Rendell fan. I never voted for him when I lived in Philadelphia but the city made a huge improvement when he came in after Wilson Goode. I moved to New Jersey while Rendell was Mayor but still went into the city quite frequently. I rarely go into Philadelphia now. It is a cesspool of crime and dirt and there is nowhere in the city that feels safe anymore. I never see any Police on the streets of Center City, even in cars. The tax base of the city has left for the suburbs and I really think the city’s demise is imminent. I still have a few relatives that are living in Philadelphia but I don’t think they’ll be able to stick the high taxes and high crime rate much longer.

[Fishrrman]

The tax base of the city has left for the suburbs and I really think the city's demise is imminent. I still have a few relatives that are living in Philadelphia but I don't think they'll be able to stick the high taxes and high crime rate much longer.

Philadelphia: soon-to-be Detroit on the Northeast Corridor.

Reading some of the previous posts, this sounds like New York during the Dinkins era, and before Giulianni. I was there.

- John