You want to know what kind of city Philly is?
Consider this:
Whites (2000 census)percentage of population: 45.02
Blacks (2000 census) percentage of population: 43.22
Whites (2005) percentage of city school population: 13.3
Blacks (2005) percentage of city school population: 64.4
When you won't or can't send your kids to the public schools you have a major problem in your city. Similar statistics are found in almost all major cities, especially in the Democrat controlled northeastern part of the country.