automan said:

What about all the costs associated with driving rather than taking public transportation? What about all the time you'd spend in rush hour living away from the city? Surely that time has a value to it. And Access to better city grocery and specialty stores... There's more than just tax considerations.

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Dark_Star said:

There's the same public trans in the surrounding areas as in Philly itself.

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Crystal G said:

I think I may prefer Providence slightly more than Philly, because it seems to be a quaint old town that is very rich in history, whereas Philly is more urban metropolitan city (with super high real estate value!!!). I however, would like to hear the opinion of other people who have lived in, or visited either city.

P.S. Bear in mind, I will be driving a car, not taking public transportation. I'm sure driving in Philly would be hell.

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I dated a girl out in Philly for a while. She did a lot of driving for her job and she did pretty well with it. Often on the weekends she would take us across the city into NJ where we would go to the beach together. It seemed like a nice deal to be so close to the beach.

My favorite part about the city was a park located near the university of Drexel. The park sat right along the river in which crew teams would row all day. The park was full of people exercising and having picnics. I loved that.

I attended some IABC meetings in Philly too. The business people were really nice to my particular style. Everyone was all shaved up on their face, but I kept my beard. Nobody cared or treated me any different. In fact, one graphic designer named Barbara Blosser took me under her wing and examined my graphic design portfolio with great extent. She told me what was good and what I needed to do. What is strange about this is that she approached me! She was just a really nice person who wanted to help. As a person from Philly, she was really kind.

I went to asia town and people were really nice there. The culture was spot on. Kids were break-dancing in the park, lovers were picnicking, and I ate so much sushi I almost threw up. It was fun.

In Philly I wandered around the streets a lot talking to random people. I met some fine dames on a porch once and they were very kind to me. I stopped and had a nice talk with them and then they pointed me in the directed where I would most likely be able to score a dime on the street. I followed their advice and scored a ten bag in the "ghetto." People in the ghetto were really nice to me too. A guy with a cane sword hooked me up with the smoke. True story. Nice people.


P.S.

City of Philadelphia = marijuana decriminalized

Crystal G said:

Dark_Star said:

There's the same public trans in the surrounding areas as in Philly itself.

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I'm seeing a lot of buses, but not really a whole lot of trains. I prefer to travel by train than by bus. What time do the trains close in Philly? I'm guessing they don't run 24/7 like NYC.

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zappaisgod said:

Crystal G said:

Dark_Star said:

There's the same public trans in the surrounding areas as in Philly itself.

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I'm seeing a lot of buses, but not really a whole lot of trains. I prefer to travel by train than by bus. What time do the trains close in Philly? I'm guessing they don't run 24/7 like NYC.

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The trains do not run 24/7 in NYC

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Crystal G said:... I'm moving to Philly by December!!!!!!

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Could you do me a huge favor, and go into my Philadelphia thread, and ask about the following areas: Conshohocken, King of Prussia, Manayunk and Northern Liberties.

Budget-wise, I'm having a difficult time finding apartments with parking around Center City or Northern Liberties.

Anyway, if you post it, please let me know what people say about these places. I had heard that around Northern Liberties is a "gayborhood." XD

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