Why Philadelphia is Better Than New York City
Philadelphia has a cool nickname and New York doesn't. Can you say, "Philly where it's chilly?" or can you say, "Motown Philly back again?" What about, "Philly, Philly where I am from?" Don't those sound like cool phrases? They are. New York City is just called New York City. No nicknames.
Philadelphia has these great sidewalk carts that sell everything you can imagine. These great carts sell hotdogs, egg sandwiches, Italian sausage, grilled chicken, and whatever else you might want. They have breakfast, lunch and dinner. And the prices are great too. You can get a grilled chicken sandwich for only $2.00, and the cook will give you complimentary fried onions.
There's even unique carts that sell Chinese food or just nuts and candies. New York City has some carts, but they don't have real food. You can get a pretzel and maybe some nuts. You can also pick up a newspaper or magazine. But if you're hungry, New York City says you better go into a restaurant and shell out at least $6.99 for a cheeseburger.
The New York Metro doesn't feel as safe as the Philadelphia Septa. That's because on the New York Metro, an interesting thing happens. Panhandlers often come right onto the trains and give big announcements while asking people for money. Not that panhandlers don't need money, but the first, second, and third time I experienced this while riding the New York Metro, I was more than a little bit scared.
I didn't know what the guy was going to say. I just saw someone get on the train and start addressing us. On the other hand, I've ridden the Philadelphia trains quite a bit and have never experience anyone get on and start talking to passengers unless it's the police or the train people asking for all tickets and passes.
Philadelphia feels like a home. New York feels like work. New York City is filled with huge and glamorous buildings. Home of places like Virgin Records, ABC, and MTV, New York city is a bit crowded, and everything can be overwhelming. But you just know that if you work in New York City, you're probably making more money than if you worked in Philadelphia. But you need to make more anyway because the cost of living is higher in New York City than it is in Philadelphia.
So New York City feels like a place where you should be working while you're living in a place that's more affordable than New York City. In other words, you should be commuting. But Philadelphia feels like home. The City of Brotherly Love has comfortable streets like Chestnut and Walnut bustling with cafes, shoe stores, and local eateries. There's jeweler's row, South Street, and other places that are just for eating, shopping, and having a good old-fashioned sightseeing time.
So that's why Philadelphia is better than New York City. If you didn't agree before, I'm sure you'll agree now.
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Post a CommentThe problem is people are always attempting to compare Philly to New York which isn't a fare comparison, they are two totally different cities. If you lived in Chicago you couldn't compare it to New York once you lived there and get to know the city and lifestyle. All cities if you are well traveled have different characteristics and cultures. Philly is laid back, still very cosmopolitan, has the second largest number of colleges and universities in the country, great museums, great music scene, artistic, walkable and gritty. New York for obvious reasons is clearly a city which most cities in the world cannot compare to why? Because the world comes to New York which is why people who live there believe nothing exist beyond the Hudson River. As a native of Philly and a Brooklynite for 13 years there are many similarities to me between Brooklyn and Philly (not the rest of NY). Brooklyn and Philly are about the pride in their neighborhoods and attitude. Which is cool. More importa
Paradox is 110% right. There are Philadelphians and S Jerseyens that don’t recognize the good of Philadelphia and everything has to be sports related. Clarissa has no clue of what goes on in NY besides the 3 times in her life she was up there to visit a distant cousin. Where do a lot of celebrities call home? What cities play host to fashion week? Besides the kids living in suburban PA, most young people idea of making it big is associated with L.A. or N.Y. No one says I want to go to Philly. Not trying to cut down Philly, but lets use some commonsense. Stop trying to place your city at the top of the list where it doesn’t belong and will never be, and appreciate what makes Philly…Philly.
A MORONIC NEW YORKERS BLOG>yo dude i lived in brooklyn and let me tell you something... phillay sucks alright it dont go sh*t in brooklyn son alone nd add manhatten and all that wow nyc is way betta and yo you can buy a stuff load more crap on nyc streets psh.. just peanuts? why dont u go visit new york u fool u and wow im ashamed u philly people are notta becuase new yorkers dont need nicknames cuase we are all bussiness.. FINANCIAL CITY OF THE WORLD BBY AND THIS IS NEW YORK?
Simply put, NY is better than Philly. And yes, the borough of Brooklyn has a larger population (approx 2.5 million people) than Philly proper )approx. 1.5 million people).
This is ridiculous. I'm grew up in Philly but even I know New York is better! Philly has some good about it, but most people here don't realize it because they're too hung up on the Eagles, Phillies, and Flyers to realize that there's good things going on in the city that aren't sports-related. Amazing how in a city like Philly with so much culture, 90% of Philadelphians have NONE. Seems like when I do meet someone here who has some culture/interesting tastes, they're either from out of town or are Philadelphians who lived somewhere else for a while (like NY!). BTW I am a sports fan, just not of any Philly teams.
One last comment: If philly is supposedly "better" than New York, then why is New York called the capital of the world? Why is New York mostly known around the world? Philly is garbage. deal with it.
Philly is not a little city by any means! Its the 5th biggest city in this damn country!
Brooklyn is not bigger than Philly! Get your facts straight!
You've never been in New York for a long time, huh? Try Spending a lot more than 2 hours there. After that, you should realize how DUMB you were to post this bullshit.
I honestly thought this was supposed to be satirical when I started reading this, only to realize that you're obviously some suburban kid, who probably doesnt even live inside the city limits of Philadelphia. Im sure Philadelphia has somethings to offer, but on the whole I dont see what it brings to the table anymore than say, Atlanta, Baltimore, Pittsburgh or any other major american city. I would say New York, Chicago, and L.A are the only big cities worth spending your life in.