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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do the nicest neighborhoods in DC and Philly compare?[/quote]

There is not a single acceptable zoned public high school within Philly itself. [/quote]

This is not true.  My sister and I went to Girls' high and my brother went to Central[/quote]

I don’t think either of those schools are what they once were. Did you go before Central was coed?

Philly has terrible public schools, but there are some decent schools systems in the suburbs. And many of the schools in the suburbs are run by the townships, rather than the gigantic county systems we have here. The problem is, even if you’re in the suburbs with good schools to send your kids to, you are still close to the city and it’s many problems.[b] The city’s problems will affect your quality of life, even if you are outside the city lines. [/b]
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I disagree. Maybe if you're just outside the city lines but my family and relatives all live outside Philly, most in the Malvern/Paoli/Berwyn area with some in Royersford/Collegeville, and they don't seem affected by anything that goes on in the city. None work in Center City, and they don't go in except for a very occasional show.

I find the township-run school systems to be superior to the massive countywide systems here.[/quote]

This is how I feel about D.C.  We live in Fairfax County and we never go down into D.C. itself (why would anyone?).

But just because the city has become a crime-infested, dangerous homeless encampment, which isn't safe after dark, in no way means its not great out here in the suburbs.  [/quote]

OMG. I don't understand people who don't take advantage of all that great cities have to offer. So boring to  be out in shopping center suburbia. [/quote]

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