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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Philly has been dying since the 70s. Everyone I know who is UMC to rich left for college and never looked back — braindrain did a number on Philly and Mainline burbs. [/quote]

Even the middle class and working class kids I knew who were smart and did well academically did the same thing- went to a good college and left for good. The kids who went to Penn State or the other state universities basically never got out. They returned and spent their adult lives hangout with the same group of people they went to high school with.

Anyone with any potential figured out early on the Philly is a dead end and they made better lives elsewhere. 
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I bet neither of you are actually from Philadelphia and have a limited pool that you’re referring to. [/quote]

Well, you’d be wrong about at least one of the above. Born there as were several generations behind me. My parents saw the writing on the wall and encouraged me to go to a college that was out of the mainstream for most Philadelphians and go into a career that enabled me to work in many different places. They saw that Philly was going downhill and that the opportunities that used to be there just were not anymore.

I see many of my high school classmates who are stuck there now and, frankly, many of them don’t see how stuck they are because they never lived anywhere else. Except Penn State. Oh, and a few years in New York City where all they had to do was hop on the train and come home to Philly whenever they felt like it. It’s pretty sad. 
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Or maybe they’re happy there. My cousins who moved away and then back certainly are. They lived in NYC, Austin, Boulder, and abroad, and all chose to eventually settle back in Philly in their early 30s. And they’re happy. I’d have done the same if my job allowed. I’ve lived in many cities including DC, Boston, Tokyo, Kyoto, and Lyon. I’d be happiest in Philly with Boston a close second, except I don’t have family there so not an option for me. [/quote]

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