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anyone been to philadelphia?
 that's now on the list of potential new homes for a few years! still not
sure what the deal is with switzerland, either. damn, this is a crazy time for me.
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There're alot of Philadelphia folks on here dude. Alot. Ex-Philly area people too.
Why would you be moving there? I just left...
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BDx13
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switzerland...filthydelphia...
filthydelphia... switzerland...
hmmmm....
If I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work.
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Heard the murder rate was good!
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Murder rate, schmurder rate, Philadelphia is a great place to live and has a rich history and the best fatty foods you can sink your teeth into. We
got wooder ice, the best soft pretzels, mega fries, and the almighty, world renowned cheesesteak.
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how long you sticking about in London, mate?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Siczine.com
Murder rate, schmurder rate, Philadelphia is a great place to live and has a rich history and the best fatty foods you can sink your teeth into. We
got wooder ice, the best soft pretzels, mega fries, and the almighty, world renowned cheesesteak. |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mattybar
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how long you sticking about in London, mate? |
July or August.
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good stuff
i'm planning a fest at the start of May. should be a good one.
how are you finding it here in general?
it's certainly got more expensive to live here recently.
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Whats a cheese steak?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Siczine.com
Murder rate, schmurder rate, Philadelphia is a great place to live and has a rich history and the best fatty foods you can sink your teeth into. We
got wooder ice, the best soft pretzels, mega fries, and the almighty, world renowned cheesesteak. |
Haha. There's a good argument dude... you might get shot, but at least there's a bunch of boring tourist attractions AND other ways to kill yourself!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DaveMoral
| Quote: | Originally posted by Siczine.com
Murder rate, schmurder rate, Philadelphia is a great place to live and has a rich history and the best fatty foods you can sink your teeth into. We
got wooder ice, the best soft pretzels, mega fries, and the almighty, world renowned cheesesteak. |
Haha. There's a good argument dude... you might get shot, but at least there's a bunch of boring tourist attractions AND other ways to kill yourself!
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The Mutter Museum and the Franklin Institute are far from boring tourist attractions IMHO. And you always can go to a Phillies game!
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I'll give you the Franklin Institute. Never made it to Mutter. The historical stuff is BORING though.
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I haven't been to the mutter since 1993.
I really wanna go down one day and look around again.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DaveMoral
I'll give you the Franklin Institute. Never made it to Mutter. The historical stuff is BORING though. |
Most history shit is boring unless you have a genuine interest in it though.
Philly FTW.
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Tastykakes!
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I love that I can never predict what threads will get a ton of responses. I didn't expect much to this one. 
matty- I like the city a lot. And if anything, it seems like everything is getting cheaper now that all the businesses are going under and having
massive sales.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by franklo
Tastykakes! |
Ah! Can't believe I forgot the t-cakes.
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I know a chick that I grew up with moved there for a job and came back a heroin junkie. Ya no kidding. It really was a shame.
Each aspect of the soul has it's own part to play, but the ideal is harmonious agreement with reason and control.
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quite unfortunately, philadelphia has a habit of doing that.
If I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work.
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Lived withinn blocks of the city my whole life.
I love Philly.
It has it's problems.
It has a lot of them.
Some areas are getting more expensive.
Some areas that used to be shitholes have been rebuilt.
As for the murder rate, most happen within the same areas, and most getting shot are for a lack of better phrase, up to no good.
Would I want to live elsewhere, well hell yeah southern california looks like paradise to me.
But it's my home, and I actually get a little offended when people bad mouth it, but whatever. People love to trash Philly. Fuck em.
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random - that's true actually. there is a hell of a lot of sales on right now.
i was in Philly for a few days after the Sheer Terror reunion in 2004.
it weirded me out as i'd been in New York for so long and I'd got so used to the towering skyscrapers everywhere that i wasn't used to seeing so much
of the sky haha
we stayed on South St and didn't really venture away from there apart from to go to the Very warehouse.
It reminded me of Brighton in the UK.
i thought the cheesesteak was simultaneously the most tasty and unhealthy thing I've ever eaten.
it was like eating 8 big macs all at once.
went to some show there but it turned out to be that reptile guy from the jim rose circus or something.
we lasted about 5 minutes before walking out.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mattybar
random - that's true actually. there is a hell of a lot of sales on right now.
i was in Philly for a few days after the Sheer Terror reunion in 2004.
it weirded me out as i'd been in New York for so long and I'd got so used to the towering skyscrapers everywhere that i wasn't used to seeing so much
of the sky haha
we stayed on South St and didn't really venture away from there apart from to go to the Very warehouse.
It reminded me of Brighton in the UK.
i thought the cheesesteak was simultaneously the most tasty and unhealthy thing I've ever eaten.
it was like eating 8 big macs all at once.
went to some show there but it turned out to be that reptile guy from the jim rose circus or something.
we lasted about 5 minutes before walking out.
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Funny thing about cheesesteaks... even the vegan/vegetarian "cheesesteaks" are simultaneously the tastiest and most disgusting thing ever.
For real though, I love Philly. It really did become home for me, but I've gotta bad mouth it from time to time to feel alright about moving away.
Even my wife, who wanted to move in the first place because she "hated" Philly so much last year misses it.
There's just something about Philadelphia that seeps into your pours and never leaves you. I don't think it's the pollution, because Jersey is worse
and I absolutely do hate Jersey.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DaveMoral
I absolutely do hate Jersey. |
F you.
\"thank you very little\"
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not sure if any of you have seen this but it was pretty insightful for me.
really reminded me of The Wire as well.
part 1 of 6 (other 5 parts on are there on youtube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD36JmK4q4I
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