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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Philly -- massive insecurity re NYC. Constant need to prove that NYC  isn't all that. In reality it's full of people who don't leave Philly bc they can't make it anywhere else; they need to be where they were born and raised bc preferential treatment re hiring is alive and well. Don't like outsiders. Not the brightest lights in the harbor. The only city that seems to look down on the ivy league school in its cities. 'Nova, Temple, Rutgers, and Penn State grads get hired constantly over UPenn grads bc UPenn students are thought of as elitists or outsiders -- even the ones that WANT to stay in Philly after college.[/quote]

+1. Philly is just insecure in general.  No one cares about philly. [/quote]

Grew up in south jersey -- a bedroom community of Philly. This is spot on. It's a VERY local -- never venture away from home mindset. There were a dozen or so very strong students in my HS class and all of us left including those who went to UPenn -- some to NYC/DC, others all over the place. The rest -- still living within 20 min of where we grew up, working wherever they have to in order to be able to stay in the area. I've run into Philly people here in DC many of whom are DYING to go back and raise their kids there. It's a nice place to raise your kids bc it's a decidedly non transient, if narrow minded, community. Though I've also learned that most people who want to go back are Main Line families -- they have wealth and typically a business they/their spouse would work in and then take over -- so it isn't about competing with the Nova grads for a decent job.[/quote]

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