South Philly Safe for Post-College Kid

Bromfield
Mon, 02 May 2011 09:43:14 +0000

My daughter has post-graduation plans to live in Philly (she’s doing a post-bac program and working part-time). Starting in September, she’s found a house to rent with one of her friends (landlord is a Haverford prof)–which is how she heard about this rental (she goes to Bryn Mawr). The rent is reasonable, but I’m wondering about her personal safety. The house is just off of Passyunk Ave. in South Philly. Apparently, it’s close to an area on Passyunk with lots of shops and activity. She said landlord told her that he wouldn’t recommend parking her car on the street (he had suggestions for garages), but said the neighborhood was relatively safe as long as she used common sense. Since I’m not from the area, I really don’t have a clue if I should support this (we’re helping her with rent for 6 months). Any opinions?