Philadelphia Culture

[Anonymous]

So I just started a new job working remotely obviously at a smaller company everybody’s from Philadelphia seems like everybody’s Catholic mostly Italian a couple Jewish last name. And I just wanted to get an idea of the culture there. I have family from Boston so they seem more like my family from Boston then my friends here in the mid-adlantic region.

any slang anecdote or anecdata to share?

[Anonymous]

Go eggles?

[Anonymous]

Learn about jawn.

[Anonymous]

OP here tell me about Temple and UPenn?

[Anonymous]

I can’t really follow your weird post. As for Philly, it’s a dangerous, played out, smelly city with generally underperforming sports teams. It’s supposedly known for cheesesteaks, but I’ve had better versions at a mall in Ohio.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here tell me about Temple and UPenn?

One sucks and one is an Ivy.

[Anonymous]

Iggles and Jawns. Wit wiz. Gritty, the person.

Hygiene and cleanliness are not valued traits.

Quick to anger. Just angry at life. Angry at being born.

[Anonymous]

Philadelphians are very proud of their city. Do not call it Philly!

Do you know the city well? You might check out the incredible museums there. The historic parts of the city are gorgeous and there are cool little towns adjacent as well.

[Anonymous]

Oh, and people from Philadelphia and the vicinity will be much more direct than Washingtonians (at least the way Washingtonians traditionally were before we all went pandemic-angry).

[Anonymous]

They are a breath of fresh air compared to the uptight humorless people here.

[Anonymous]

Do you have a sense of what actual towns they live in?

[Anonymous]

If you had one of those crop-duster airplanes, and filled it with rust remover, and flew over Philadelphia and sprayed it, I’m fairly certain the entire city would just disappear.

[Anonymous]

One word: gritty

[Anonymous]

I’m from south Jersey - went to Penn. Yes - a lot of Italians moved from south Philly to our south Jersey town.
Occasionally I let a “wooder” slip instead of water and my kids are like - what ?!
People who live in Philadelphia seem less uptight than those in DC and NYC. Are the people you’re working with transplants though?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m from south Jersey - went to Penn. Yes - a lot of Italians moved from south Philly to our south Jersey town.
Occasionally I let a “wooder” slip instead of water and my kids are like - what ?!
People who live in Philadelphia seem less uptight than those in DC and NYC. Are the people you’re working with transplants though?

+1

Italian from SJ