Philadelphia Culture

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Anonymous wrote:Anecdote: anytime I’ve ever done business with someone from Philadelphia there has always been chicanery on their end. I now try to avoid working with people from there.

I’m the pp who posted about their directness. I’ve also done business with Philadelphia-based firms with no issues. Don’t get me started on Texas start-ups, however.

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So, I called out the racist who remarked there is a large “black element” in Philly and my comment cd t be found now? All I said is DC has about the same demographics with regard to black/white population. Philly is a much larger city.

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Anonymous wrote:What is there not to like about Haveford?!?

It’s Haverford.

Haverford is the Main Line and very nice.

Havertown is nearby but is more ordinary, although with good schools.

Unless I'm missing something?

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Highlighting this because it was just a link. Wow, did this bring back memories!

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Anonymous wrote:What is there not to like about Haveford?!?

It’s Haverford.

Haverford is the Main Line and very nice.

Havertown is nearby but is more ordinary, although with good schools.

Unless I'm missing something?

You're not missing anything. A PP said her daughter and son-in-law hated living in Havertown and then this PP asked what's not to like about Haverford. You're right. They're different places with very different vibes.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Then you’ve never had a real cheesesteak, because there’s no way you last sentence is true.

Yes, yes, I have. The last one was awful. The onions were even grilled.

Well in my opinion I like grilled onions! Born and raised in Philly. ( dp from pp)

The onions should be fried.

DDP

I'm the pp. Grilled or fried it is all good. Btw, we are all different so when you say things like "the onions should be fried" I have to say that is pretty arrogant to think we all have to eat and like the same things!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had a friend whose husband got a job in city government there. He said it was weirdly formal - like way more formal and hierarchical than similar jobs in DC. He was in the central office and when the administrator of the agency (I don't remember the exact titles) came into the room everyone stood up. Just very formal business manners.

I also had some friends who worked for the Pew Charitable trusts before the DC office opened (so many years ago? More than a decade?) and they also said Pew was very very formal and hierarchical. (but the head of the org was kinda a weirdo and like that so not sure if it was Philly or her).

But for all their wiz wit and wooder and iggles, there's an old school formality to the upper crust.

I worked for the City Law Dept in the 90's and it wasn't this way for me at all. I later moved to the federal govt and found that to be exceptionally formal and hierarchical.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Then you’ve never had a real cheesesteak, because there’s no way you last sentence is true.

Yes, yes, I have. The last one was awful. The onions were even grilled.

Well in my opinion I like grilled onions! Born and raised in Philly. ( dp from pp)

The onions should be fried.

DDP

I'm the pp. Grilled or fried it is all good. Btw, we are all different so when you say things like "the onions should be fried" I have to say that is pretty arrogant to think we all have to eat and like the same things!

Maybe PP meant “fried” when he said “grilled”?

We can all agree that there should never be raw onions.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Then you’ve never had a real cheesesteak, because there’s no way you last sentence is true.

Yes, yes, I have. The last one was awful. The onions were even grilled.

Well in my opinion I like grilled onions! Born and raised in Philly. ( dp from pp)

The onions should be fried.

DDP

I'm the pp. Grilled or fried it is all good. Btw, we are all different so when you say things like "the onions should be fried" I have to say that is pretty arrogant to think we all have to eat and like the same things!

Swiss, provolone or whiz?

Maybe PP meant “fried” when he said “grilled”?

We can all agree that there should never be raw onions.

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I love Philly! It's a wonderful town! I may retire there.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Then you’ve never had a real cheesesteak, because there’s no way you last sentence is true.

Yes, yes, I have. The last one was awful. The onions were even grilled.

Well in my opinion I like grilled onions! Born and raised in Philly. ( dp from pp)

The onions should be fried.

DDP

I'm the pp. Grilled or fried it is all good. Btw, we are all different so when you say things like "the onions should be fried" I have to say that is pretty arrogant to think we all have to eat and like the same things!

Maybe PP meant “fried” when he said “grilled”?

We can all agree that there should never be raw onions.

Swiss, provolone or whiz?

Swiss? STFU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are signs at intersections that say “wait for green.” Like the stop light isn’t enough to tell you that??

Those are totally necessary here. I swear only 2% of the population in DC pays attention to "No Turn on Red" signs.