Is Philly as bad as they say?

[45_Percenter]

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@JHS

We can haggle about Philadelphia vs. Chicago or Philadelphia vs. Nashville, but the main point is that Philadelphia in general, and Penn specifically, is a perfectly great city in which to go to college. You won’t get bored, and you won’t get killed. Really.

Very well put.</p>

[Sam_Lee]

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You should definitely check it out again in the future, and have someone who really knows the city show you many of the desirable neighborhoods (both in Center City and outside of it).

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<p>45 Percenter,
Would that be you? By the way, if Chicago fails to get the 2016 Summer Olympics, I am sure you will be one of the best persons to work for Philly 2020. ;)</p>

[45_Percenter]

<p>Sam, it would be my pleasure to show you around. :)</p>

<p>You may not know this, but Philly actually was one of the 5 cities (along with Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles and San Francisco) actively competing to be the American city bidding for the 2016 Olympics:</p>

<p>[Over</a> 45 Business and Civic Leaders to Pilot Region’s Bid for 2016 Games: Staley, Torsella and Cohen to Chair Effort | Business Wire | Find Articles at BNET.com](<a href=“http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2006_June_5/ai_n16442055]Over”>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2006_June_5/ai_n16442055)</p>

<p>That demonstrates how high the city has set its sights in terms of its place in the world. Who knows? We still might see a Philly Olympics some day.</p>

[ilovebagels]

<p>I think it would be possible to see a Philadelphia Olympics (Phillymics?) in my lifetime.</p>

<p>But definitely towards the end of it, though.</p>

<p>Hey, that still puts us ahead of New Haven and Palo Alto ;)</p>