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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Which neighborhoods in Philadelphia and Baltimore are good for raising kids/teenagers?[/quote]

I'm assuming if you can choose you care a lot about schools and could possibly pay for privates, so...
in Philadelphia look at Chestnut Hill and Germantown
in Baltimore look at Roland Park, Homeland, Tuscany-Canterburry, possibly Guilford[/quote]

No offense, but Germantown is a terrible idea for a good neighborhood for raising kids/teenagers. Beautiful old houses, and certainly getting better, but massive street crime and quickly devolves into some very scary neighborhoods (e.g., Tioga/Nicetown). Chestnut Hill is very nice, but very expensive. West Mt Airy is good. For both, privates or charter are a must. East Falls has some nice areas, again with private school. Otherwise, I would say the suburbs are the way to go. 
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Philadelphia is full of those problems, don't kind yourself about it.[/quote]

Of course it is, but Germantown and Chestnut Hill, while sort of close to each other, are miles apart in terms of that dynamic. And plenty of the more center city parts of Philly are perfectly safe if you use a modicum of common sense. [/quote]

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