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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Philadelphian here who actually lives in the city. People are rough on the outside yes, but they are actually nice and helpful under that rough exterior. I think people here are legit real people. I left for a while because I thought I hated this place. But I missed it and came back. We certainly have some bad aspects but there is so much that is great about the city.

The city has been on a upwards trajectory. There are a lot of young people here. The food scene is awesome. It is a very diverse city.

One thing that I love about this city is that many neighborhoods are socioeconomically diverse. You have wealth next to working class people. And for the most part we all get along. [/quote]

My son, a college student in Philadelphia who grew up in Bethesda and went to school in DC, was offered a summer internship in DC with a national firm. He asked them if he could work in Philly instead. He’s having a great time living in Manayunk (he calls it Philadelphia’s Georgetown) and working in Rittenhouse Square. [/quote]

You are the first person to compare Manayunk to Georgetown! Manayuk isn't a bad place, it's an odd mixture of old school somewhat rough working class and young college kids, many who go to St. Joseph. Does evoke hill towns in WV or western PA. The Philadelphia Georgetown is Society Hill.

Having lived in both cities, for a young ambitious person who's looking to move up the career ladder quickly, DC is definitely, unquestionably, the place to be compared to Philadelphia. The latter does have lovely advantages and a lower cost of living but there are so many more opportunities in DC. Downside is the higher cost of living. But in watching my peers ever since we graduated from college in 2002, those who moved to the high COLA places with tremendous opportunities like the Bay Area, DC, Boston, NY and LA have done extremely well. It's one thing to start out and mature in an expensive market and something else to start out somewhere cheap and try to transition into an expensive market later. [/quote]

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