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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

I dislike everyone I meet from Philly. 
They are arrogant and egotistical, and racist. And so overly proud of their city, which is a crummy s-hole.   Good food though! [/quote]

I feel the same about Philly, which I always think of as Filthadelphia.  I took Amtrak there from DC and it went through I swear shantytowns.  The scene looked like a favela.  It is criminal that they've allowed the public schools (not talking about surrounding suburbs) in Philly to fall to shit... much worse situation than DC.  The people seemed very defensive; very proud townies who think Philly is the absolute best even though they've never been anywhere else. And I hate that weird accent they have.

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I'm from Phila. I agree with all the negatives but you have to include that the people who live there are in on it. They are angry, defensive and insecure but they are proud underdogs. Rocky is a meaningful allegory to these people. Everyone I know that is successful in town does something in finance or real estate, law, or healthcare- nothing intellectual (ok law excluded). They are incurious and superficial but most of them are scraping by, the roofers, the pipe fitters- and they LIVE, year round, for the E.A.G.L.E.S. They don't have much else. So, I agree they are ugly, angry, fat and mean but they have redeeming qualities. They are refreshingly honest. You know where you stand with people, you don't have to guess. And it is this country's birthplace.  That said, I would HATE to live there.  Sorry to respond, I really wanted to just agree but I felt the criticisms were missed something. [/quote]

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