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"The brothers and sisters are running this city. Running it!"
Philadelphia Inquirer (philly.com)
| 17 April 02
| Cynthia Burton
Posted on 04/17/2002 6:58:56 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Lancey Howard
My Mom grew up on Fairhill.
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posted on
04/17/2002 8:15:56 PM PDT
by
mseltzer
To: southern rock
That's true, I have moved as many times as I've brushed my teeth.
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posted on
04/17/2002 8:17:03 PM PDT
by
mseltzer
To: mseltzer
It boggles my mind that people would choose to raise their children in Philadelphia when and if they have the choice to move out. Well in general it comes down to money .. a lot of folks can't afford to move out of the city ..
Then there are those who don't know anything different .. generation after generation are born there and die there
But a lot of the neighborhoods are changing a lot and are not the same as they use to be ..
There are many things that I miss about not living in Philly .. Like no one up here can make a decent cheese steak .. and we don't have deli's like in Philly ..
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posted on
04/17/2002 8:18:13 PM PDT
by
Mo1
To: Lancey Howard
I was in the "Badlands" this morning Oh my .. why in the world would ya go there .. lol
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posted on
04/17/2002 8:19:22 PM PDT
by
Mo1
To: Mo1
Ever been to Koch's?
You're right about that. I absolutely hate looking at a menu around here and seeing "Phiily Cheesesteak" written in. It's such a fraud. I feel like going to someone eating one and asking "Do you really think you're eating a Philly cheesesteak?" That's the thing I miss the most, not the crime or dirt.
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posted on
04/17/2002 8:22:17 PM PDT
by
mseltzer
To: Mo1
I especially miss Oregon Steaks
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posted on
04/17/2002 8:24:05 PM PDT
by
mseltzer
To: mseltzer
My Mom grew up on Fairhill.It's a long street. Runs up from South Philly, through Northern Liberties, Kensington, Hunting Park/Feltonville, Logan, Olney, and East Oak Lane.
To: Lancey Howard
Yes the brothers and sisters are ruining the city.
To: Lancey Howard
I know. She was from South Philly, a few houses north of Oregon.
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posted on
04/17/2002 8:26:04 PM PDT
by
mseltzer
To: mseltzer
Ever been to Koch's? No haven't been there .. But you are right .. nobody makes them like Philly does .. IMO .. it's all in the greese .. lol
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posted on
04/17/2002 8:26:47 PM PDT
by
Mo1
To: Mo1
Believe me, I would rather not go there but my work occasionally takes me there. I travel around the whole 5-county Phila. metropolitan area and there are some neighborhoods in Philly that I only make morning appointments for.
To: Mo1
That's because they have been using the same grease for generations. I know, my veins are still clogged with it.
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posted on
04/17/2002 8:28:31 PM PDT
by
mseltzer
To: Mo1
Then there are those who don't know anything different .. generation after generation are born there and die there Yep. I tried to move to southern Texas for a while but because of family reasons, I can't seem to get a steady foothold down there. It's like that line from Godfather 3, "Everytime I think I'm out, they pull me back in". LOL!!
I was born in NYC, which I hate, but because my mom is elderly and alone, my wife (parents from Philly ironically enough) and I, find ourselves still mired down in the Northeast. I hope by the time we have children, we are able to break free and move out west like I have always wanted. It's really hard , however. I am begining to realise how some of these ehtnic Irish and Italian families end up living on the same friggin' block for 8 or 9 gererations. It's pathetic, but I can see how hard change is (not just emotionally, but logistically).
To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
I remember seeing the ads showing a little of his "interesting" background....... LOL .. yep just a little .. But hey nobody can be worse the Wille B. Goode .. that man drove the city into the ground
Say what you want about Ed Rendall .. but he pull this City out of the gutter
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posted on
04/17/2002 8:30:22 PM PDT
by
Mo1
To: Mo1
Rendell is a dispicable Clinton ass-kisser. It is almost impossible to go to an event in Philadelphia without running into him shaking hands and taking pictures with "the people."
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posted on
04/17/2002 8:33:17 PM PDT
by
mseltzer
To: southern rock
It's really hard , however. I am begining to realise how some of these ehtnic Irish and Italian families end up living on the same friggin' block for 8 or 9 gererations LOL .. YEP
In my family we made a deal with my sister .. she takes care of mom and gets to keep the house after she is gone
It's a win win for us cause that stuborn old hoot would never move .. lol
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posted on
04/17/2002 8:35:25 PM PDT
by
Mo1
To: mseltzer
Ah, Whitman.
That area is holding up pretty well, and Pennsport is very solid also. Generally, the closer you are to Front St., the better.
By the way, did you ever go up to what?, 10th and Federal I think, for Pat's Steaks? The last steak I got there was chewy and tough so the next day I got one across the street at Gino's and it was great. Competition is healthy.
I like my steaks "wit".
To: Mo1
I hope she lives a long time.
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posted on
04/17/2002 8:35:59 PM PDT
by
mseltzer
To: mseltzer
I have moved as many times as I've brushed my teeth. I'd love to know how you pull it off. See my #53.
To: Lancey Howard
I've been to Pat's Gino's and the rest, but Oregon Steaks was my favorite. I always took an extra steak home. It's under different ownership now and sucks. But it used to be comforting to know that I could get in the car at 4AM and get a great steak.
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posted on
04/17/2002 8:38:10 PM PDT
by
mseltzer
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