Why I am leaving San Diego

[briansd1]

[quote=sdrealtor]
With that said Philly is a great town. Society Hill, Rittenhouse Square, Olde City among others are great. Surrounding towns and suburbs also have much to offer. Its just those hard core lower class ethnic neighborhoods you need to be careful in.[/quote]

Yeah, you’re right.

My Realtor is very diplomatic. She would say that a neighborhood is more or less up-and-coming, or more or less established than another.

Unfortunately, there is no equivalent of Piggington for Philadelphia. I wouldn’t mind people talking about neighborhoods and schools like we do here about San Diego.

Overall, the houses in Philly are cheaper than San Diego.

I still want to drive into Camden, NJ (during the day) to see if it’s as bad as people say it is. I think it’s fun to drive around and learn about real estate locations.

I bought a house in Philly which I’m renting to a friend and her roommate. Not a bad deal, I think.

[sdrealtor]

Be careful where you drive in Camden. If you end up in the wrong part you can get shot in broad daylight. It is one of the most dangerous cities in America. There is no good reason to go looking for trouble there.

[sdrealtor]

Be careful where you drive in Camden. If you end up in the wrong part you can get shot in broad daylight. It is one of the most dangerous cities in America. There is no good reason to go looking for trouble there.

[sdrealtor]

Be careful where you drive in Camden. If you end up in the wrong part you can get shot in broad daylight. It is one of the most dangerous cities in America. There is no good reason to go looking for trouble there.

[sdrealtor]

Be careful where you drive in Camden. If you end up in the wrong part you can get shot in broad daylight. It is one of the most dangerous cities in America. There is no good reason to go looking for trouble there.

[sdrealtor]

Be careful where you drive in Camden. If you end up in the wrong part you can get shot in broad daylight. It is one of the most dangerous cities in America. There is no good reason to go looking for trouble there.

[UCGal]

[quote=briansd1]But you’re right about Philly. There are entrenched ethnic enclaves in Philly where new comers are definitely not welcomed. I was driving through Fishtown on a street of white people. There were people sitting around on patio chairs, shooting the breeze with their buddies in front of an auto shop. That neighborhood was littered with shell houses.

As I drove by, they yelled “what the fuck are you looking at!”
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My husband lived in Frankford – just up from Kensington and Fishtown. He used to joke that what the neighborhood needed was better looking hookers.

We still have friends in Mayfair and family in N.E. Philly and Oxford Circle.

If you want to see scary neighborhoods – just go a few blocks east of Kelly Drive into North Philly (north of the Art Museum neighborhood and Girard, east of Strawberry Mansion neighborhood.) I got lost there once and my paranoia kicked in and I locked all my car doors. (And I’m not a paranoid type.)

The lawn chairs on the sidewalk is a weird Philly phenomena… Clusters of folks wearing shorts and tanks sitting on the stoop and sidewalk in front of their houses.

[UCGal]

[quote=briansd1]But you’re right about Philly. There are entrenched ethnic enclaves in Philly where new comers are definitely not welcomed. I was driving through Fishtown on a street of white people. There were people sitting around on patio chairs, shooting the breeze with their buddies in front of an auto shop. That neighborhood was littered with shell houses.

As I drove by, they yelled “what the fuck are you looking at!”
[/quote]
My husband lived in Frankford – just up from Kensington and Fishtown. He used to joke that what the neighborhood needed was better looking hookers.

We still have friends in Mayfair and family in N.E. Philly and Oxford Circle.

If you want to see scary neighborhoods – just go a few blocks east of Kelly Drive into North Philly (north of the Art Museum neighborhood and Girard, east of Strawberry Mansion neighborhood.) I got lost there once and my paranoia kicked in and I locked all my car doors. (And I’m not a paranoid type.)

The lawn chairs on the sidewalk is a weird Philly phenomena… Clusters of folks wearing shorts and tanks sitting on the stoop and sidewalk in front of their houses.

[UCGal]

[quote=briansd1]But you’re right about Philly. There are entrenched ethnic enclaves in Philly where new comers are definitely not welcomed. I was driving through Fishtown on a street of white people. There were people sitting around on patio chairs, shooting the breeze with their buddies in front of an auto shop. That neighborhood was littered with shell houses.

As I drove by, they yelled “what the fuck are you looking at!”
[/quote]
My husband lived in Frankford – just up from Kensington and Fishtown. He used to joke that what the neighborhood needed was better looking hookers.

We still have friends in Mayfair and family in N.E. Philly and Oxford Circle.

If you want to see scary neighborhoods – just go a few blocks east of Kelly Drive into North Philly (north of the Art Museum neighborhood and Girard, east of Strawberry Mansion neighborhood.) I got lost there once and my paranoia kicked in and I locked all my car doors. (And I’m not a paranoid type.)

The lawn chairs on the sidewalk is a weird Philly phenomena… Clusters of folks wearing shorts and tanks sitting on the stoop and sidewalk in front of their houses.

[UCGal]

[quote=briansd1]But you’re right about Philly. There are entrenched ethnic enclaves in Philly where new comers are definitely not welcomed. I was driving through Fishtown on a street of white people. There were people sitting around on patio chairs, shooting the breeze with their buddies in front of an auto shop. That neighborhood was littered with shell houses.

As I drove by, they yelled “what the fuck are you looking at!”
[/quote]
My husband lived in Frankford – just up from Kensington and Fishtown. He used to joke that what the neighborhood needed was better looking hookers.

We still have friends in Mayfair and family in N.E. Philly and Oxford Circle.

If you want to see scary neighborhoods – just go a few blocks east of Kelly Drive into North Philly (north of the Art Museum neighborhood and Girard, east of Strawberry Mansion neighborhood.) I got lost there once and my paranoia kicked in and I locked all my car doors. (And I’m not a paranoid type.)

The lawn chairs on the sidewalk is a weird Philly phenomena… Clusters of folks wearing shorts and tanks sitting on the stoop and sidewalk in front of their houses.

[UCGal]

[quote=briansd1]But you’re right about Philly. There are entrenched ethnic enclaves in Philly where new comers are definitely not welcomed. I was driving through Fishtown on a street of white people. There were people sitting around on patio chairs, shooting the breeze with their buddies in front of an auto shop. That neighborhood was littered with shell houses.

As I drove by, they yelled “what the fuck are you looking at!”
[/quote]
My husband lived in Frankford – just up from Kensington and Fishtown. He used to joke that what the neighborhood needed was better looking hookers.

We still have friends in Mayfair and family in N.E. Philly and Oxford Circle.

If you want to see scary neighborhoods – just go a few blocks east of Kelly Drive into North Philly (north of the Art Museum neighborhood and Girard, east of Strawberry Mansion neighborhood.) I got lost there once and my paranoia kicked in and I locked all my car doors. (And I’m not a paranoid type.)

The lawn chairs on the sidewalk is a weird Philly phenomena… Clusters of folks wearing shorts and tanks sitting on the stoop and sidewalk in front of their houses.

[sdrealtor]

I know that neighborhood well. Out past the Lone Star Bar. When I was in Grad school we lived off City Line Avenue. One July 4th we went to a big concert at the Art Musuem and tried to take a short cut back instead of Kelly Drive. We ended up in bumper to bumper traffic for 2 hours in that hood. The only comfort was knowing there were more people in cars than bullets in their guns.

[sdrealtor]

I know that neighborhood well. Out past the Lone Star Bar. When I was in Grad school we lived off City Line Avenue. One July 4th we went to a big concert at the Art Musuem and tried to take a short cut back instead of Kelly Drive. We ended up in bumper to bumper traffic for 2 hours in that hood. The only comfort was knowing there were more people in cars than bullets in their guns.

[sdrealtor]

I know that neighborhood well. Out past the Lone Star Bar. When I was in Grad school we lived off City Line Avenue. One July 4th we went to a big concert at the Art Musuem and tried to take a short cut back instead of Kelly Drive. We ended up in bumper to bumper traffic for 2 hours in that hood. The only comfort was knowing there were more people in cars than bullets in their guns.

[sdrealtor]

I know that neighborhood well. Out past the Lone Star Bar. When I was in Grad school we lived off City Line Avenue. One July 4th we went to a big concert at the Art Musuem and tried to take a short cut back instead of Kelly Drive. We ended up in bumper to bumper traffic for 2 hours in that hood. The only comfort was knowing there were more people in cars than bullets in their guns.

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