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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]thanks for all your responses! I'm not planning on kids atm (25 rn!).

How is Philly a has been city? It seems to be gentrifying over time (less so cause of wage tax), while offering character and value that NYC has long forsaken.[/quote]

Philly is a has-been city in the sense that it was one of the most important cities in the US for a long time, and was actually quite prosperous up until about the 60s (give or take), at which point it began a long slide downhill as industries left, the tax base dwindled, and NYC siphoned off a lot of the wealth. Starting in about the 90s it began rebounding, with quite a gain in the last ten years or so. It is nowhere near where it was, but it has improved a lot. I used to live there and think there is a lot of great stuff about Philly. Living there with kids is complicated because of the schools. And there are other things I don't like about the general Philly attitude, and in particular, the outlook it can give people raised there. That is a more complicated discussion and one likely informed by my particular experience with friends and family who have always lived there. [/quote]

This is in large measure true of Baltimore, though its glory actually predates Philly's. The good news is that the past glory and lack of a sharp-elbowed culture of ambition (like NYC or even DC!) make the cost of entry lower in both Baltimore and Philadelpia. Unfortunately, both places also have a lot of inertia and that puts the damper on a lot of things as well.[/quote]

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