Who stays at a B&B in a northeastern city? No wonder it was "RANK".
In any case, center city Philly has really been cleaned up and revitalized over the past 10-20 years.
I've done quite a bit of photography in Philly in recent years. Much of the city is really beautiful and clean these days. It has really improved.
I love Fairmount Park and the art museaum myself. Much of the city is either a ghetto (West Philly and the near north) or stuck in a time warp (South Philly and the NE). Cheap housing and good food, however, but I can get that in my dad's old nabe in Newark while still being in commuting distance of NYC.