ctr –
I liked living in Philly – and enjoy visiting friends and family there every year.
Within the city there are good spots and bad. We have friends we stay with that live a block off of Rittenhouse – great place to live and raise kids if you’re ok having the park be your yard. Other parts are downright scary (west Philly, north Philly, etc.)
But – I agree with sdr on the weather. I lived there for almost a decade, but was born and raised here. I do *not* miss the humidity in the summers.
I liked the snow – but that’s probably because as a San Diego girl, it was a novelty. And I liked getting snow days off work. LOL.
I haven’t lived in other east coast metros. But I’ve heard very nice things about Boston. But it’s a lot more pricey than Philly. And the winters are even more extreme.
