Philadelphia aka: Philly,Phila,City of Brotherly Love

If you haven’t had a Cheese Steak in Philly, then you truly haven’t experienced one. I’m more of a Falone’s steak guy (semi-local place in a not-so-tourist friendly part of town), but its hard to go wrong anywhere in the city. Hit South Street when the weather is good and its just fast boats and eye candy till the clubs open. Check out the zoo or cross the river for the Aquarium in Jersey. The place just oozes history with a bit of new sprouting up all around. Just remember to leave your Cowboy’s / Redskins jersey in the suitcase.

Beautiful.

Great museums, beautiful murals all over the city, good diversity of people/ stuff to do.

Dilapidated, smelly, crowded, rude people, fees for EVERYTHING. Parking in Center City is a joke. Job market sucks unless you have a B.A., then you will find no problem getting a fast food restaurant or department store to hire you.

Grew up here. Went to Lawndale Elmentary School.

My husband and I are thinking about moving to phili. I graduate from massage school in march and then we are hoping to move from seattle. Our goal is to move to NYC but we figured this would be a good stepping stone. we are both from northeast ohio so we want to be close to our families but not too close. Does anyone have any info that can help us? we would like to be somewhere trendy, artsy type with lots of good places to eat, shop, and hang out in walking distance. Also what are the public transportation options like?