christoofar 0 #1 April 4, 2005 Ok, I moved here from San Antonio and here are my obervations about Philadelphia now that I've been here 6 months. You know you are Philadelphia when... - No matter how posh the neighborhood, there is always a dollar store conviently close by. - When you see a Popeye's restaurant, you are officially in the ghetto (in San Antonio it's the other way around). - There is no time of day, week, month or year when the Schulkyll Expwy is not completely congested from the tollbooths all the way to Center City. Ever. - Like the rest of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia doesn't believe in freeways that have more than two lanes in either direction. - A cab ride from one location in Center City to another may cost you $4.50. The same ride on the subway will cost you $4.00 and you could have gotten there faster by walking and not taking either option. - any type of store that sells music, electronics, sneakers or athletic wear MUST blast rap music at 90 decibels by the front entrance in order to attract customers. - blowing your car horn makes the traffic in front of you go faster, even though there may be 11 cars in front of you and all the stoplights for the next 7 streets are red. - you see someone finish their jogging run in the morning and then sweat it out at the diner. - no matter how high the snow gets in the winter, there is always someone trying to drive through it with the most whimpiest-looking vehicle (e.g. Fiat) - everything may be closed, the snow high as a mountain and it's 10 below outside, but all the bars and clubs are open my friend. - you discover that it's actually easier to drive around in NYC than it is in Center City and the rest of Philadelphia - despite the fact that the Sunoco refinery, Gulf Oil plant, and a number of chemical factories are in Delaware Co just south of Philadelphia and aren't in New Jersey.... New Jersey still smells. - you drive through North Philadelphia with the windows rolled down and the doors unlocked, but when you cross the Ben Franklin and go through Camden the windows get rolled up and those doors get locked! - outsiders talk up Philly cheesesteaks, but the locals in Center City pack into either the Wendy's or the diners. - homeless will ask for spare change around Broad St. Homeless near Old City will ask for a dollar. Homeless in Jewler's Row will ask for $5. - it's a HOAGIE, not a sub. We invented the damn things. Don't call it a sub. - periodically you see frustrated drivers put on their hazard lights and just park up on the sidewalk, all four tires off the curb, in front of a building to do their errand. No one cares. - It's Pennsylvania. It's Philadelphia. However, like New York City, 3/4 of all the vehicles you see around you say NEW JERSEY. ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kai2k1 0 #2 April 4, 2005 Quote - When you see a Popeye's restaurant, you are officially in the ghetto (in San Antonio it's the other way around). Its that way in St. Louis too. I love Popeye's but its not worth getting carjacked over. There's no truer sense of flying than sky diving," Scott Cowan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swedishcelt 0 #3 April 4, 2005 Tasty Kakes and Wawa baby!! South St. color!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jib 0 #4 April 4, 2005 Quote - you drive through North Philadelphia with the windows rolled down and the doors unlocked, but when you cross the Ben Franklin and go through Camden the windows get rolled up and those doors get locked! You do what? North (Temple) and West Philly (Penn) scare me! Camden's scary too!! -------------------------------------------------- the depth of his depravity sickens me. -- Jerry Falwell, People v. Larry Flynt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kris12 0 #5 April 5, 2005 Damn, I miss Philadelphia! I lived in the Fitler/Rittenhouse Square area for 4 years (Sept 2000 to May 2004 - I was a grad student at Penn). Now that I have gotten a real job and moved to the Central Jersey 'burbs, I miss Philadelphia. Oh and for the record - I only had a convenient dollar store for the last 2 years of my stay...now I have none. I miss Philadelphia! kristen swooo #3 MB #3587 P.M.S. #66 "so let go, jump in...what're you waiting for? it's all right 'cause there's beauty in the breakdown" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #6 April 5, 2005 When..........everything is dirty and place smells like ass! I HATE that town! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
christoofar 0 #7 April 5, 2005 QuoteTasty Kakes and Wawa baby!! South St. color!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh lord I had a Tastycake. It's almost as bad (addictive) as a fresh Kirspy Kreme. What is even worse? I live on Chestnut Street and it seems EVERY time I come out of my building on my way to go have my car pulled, the Tastycake delivery truck is parked right by my front door on a run... ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
christoofar 0 #8 April 5, 2005 QuoteDamn, I miss Philadelphia! I lived in the Fitler/Rittenhouse Square area for 4 years (Sept 2000 to May 2004 - I was a grad student at Penn). Now that I have gotten a real job and moved to the Central Jersey 'burbs, I miss Philadelphia. Oh and for the record - I only had a convenient dollar store for the last 2 years of my stay...now I have none. I miss Philadelphia! You know what's strange, when I visit my parents in TX I kind-of miss it, too. You either like this town or ya don't. You have to admit there is a ton of stuff to do here and it's never boring! ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
christoofar 0 #9 April 5, 2005 QuoteWhen..........everything is dirty and place smells like ass! I HATE that town! Sheewt, every city in the northeast is dirty as hell. At least Myrtle Beach is in driving distance. ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #10 April 5, 2005 QuoteSheewt, every city in the northeast is dirty as hell. True........but somehow Philly always seemed even dirtier to me. It may have been a memory from my childhood of driving through Philly and seeing a Bum on EVERY SINGLE bench! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
christoofar 0 #11 April 5, 2005 QuoteQuoteSheewt, every city in the northeast is dirty as hell. True........but somehow Philly always seemed even dirtier to me. It may have been a memory from my childhood of driving through Philly and seeing a Bum on EVERY SINGLE bench! Yeah the bums are still around. ) My father was stationed at the Navy yards in South Philly in the 70s and when he came up to help me move up here he was totally shocked at how much the city has been cleaned up. Philly was a total dump when I was a kid, my parents made an effort to drive WAY around Philly when we moved back and forth to Boston. Compared to places like Detroit, Philadelphia is Shangri-La really. All the perks of NYC w/o all the high-ass prices. As far as DZs go up here, there's a bunch of them peppered everywhere ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kris12 0 #12 April 5, 2005 QuoteYou either like this town or ya don't. You have to admit there is a ton of stuff to do here and it's never boring! I think that you nailed it on the head. It is incredibly boring up here. I go from living in the middle of the bustling city to living in what feels like to middle of nowhere! It's always boring and what few things there are to do around here are at least 15 minutes away. And, to top it off, I am 1 hour and 10 minutes away from Cross Keys and that's without the beach traffic! and there aren't any DZs closer to me (and I love CK). Mmmmm, Tastykakes! Peanut butter kandy kakes are the best! At least I can still get them up here, but WaWa is too far away.... kristen swooo #3 MB #3587 P.M.S. #66 "so let go, jump in...what're you waiting for? it's all right 'cause there's beauty in the breakdown" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stacy 0 #13 April 5, 2005 The thing that cracked me up about Philly was that only tourists sit down on the train. Locals know better. I lived on Temple's campus for 2 years, and then moved to university city for 2 years. UC was MUCH less scary than Temple's campus!!! Only bars on teh windows, but no barbed wire! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kris12 0 #14 April 5, 2005 QuoteUC was MUCH less scary than Temple's campus!!! Only bars on teh windows, but no barbed wire! Stacy - I agree! I went to La Salle University for undergrad and that involved driving through Temple's campus to an area worse than University City and almost as bad as Temple! Cars were always getting stolen and we had quite a few muggings. When we went out, we went to the suburbs - it was safer! I liked living in Center City, though. The Rittenhouse Square/Fitler Square area is gorgeous! Too bad my apartment wasn't...and neither were the other tenants. Hearing Eric Clapton's Cocaine at volume 11 at 2 am is not nice. kristen swooo #3 MB #3587 P.M.S. #66 "so let go, jump in...what're you waiting for? it's all right 'cause there's beauty in the breakdown" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
USNLawdog 0 #15 April 5, 2005 I have a e-mail of top 20 ways you know your from Philly. I'll have to try and dig that one up. Here's something for anyone that lived in Philly and really learned the language. You won't miss Philly until your not there and you eat a tastycake. Yes they are more addicting then Krispy Kreme. HOWDA TAWK LIKE A PHILDELPHIAN We gots our awn way aspeakin, and yuze can figger out wot weir sayin, by uzen dis pronunciation n translation guide ta Philly's langwich: Ack A mee: Acme, a local supermarket Addytood: Attitude Be Yoo Dee Full: Beautiful Bin Dare: I've been there Caw-fee: coffee Samson Shtreet: Sansom Street Senner Siddy: Center City Dah Iggles: Philadelphia Eagles Dah Fills: Philadelphia Phillies Dah Fliers: Philadelphia Flyers Dah Semi Sixes: Philadelphia Seventy-Sixers Downashore: The beach (as found along the New Jersey shore) Fluffya: Philadelphia Goddago: I have to go Goes: Use in place of "said", as in "He goes, 'I'm not feelin' so good." Guh Head: Yes, you may do that Langwich: Language Jeet Yet?: have you eaten yet? No jew?: no, did you? Jeez Take: Cheesesteak Mondee, Twosdee, Whensdee, Thirsty, Frydee, Saradee, Sunny: the days of the week Niceta Meechas: Nice to meet you Nint Shtreet: Ninth Street Sammich: Sandwich Scrapple: Local delicacy made from ground pork products Scappleinecks: Scrapple and eggs Skookle: Schuylkill (the river that flows through Fluffya and da expressway by da same name) Siddy Haw: City Hall Skeeve: hatred/disgust. (Example: "I skeeve raw scrapple") Skowne On?: What's going on Sout Fluffya: South Philadelphia Wah?: Excuse me, what did you say? Yunner Stan?: Do you understand? DART MUZEEM: A large Greek revival building on down on da Porkway housing an impressive collection of art. Known to most Fluffyans as" da steps Sly ran up in dah first Rocky movie." WOODER - a clear, bad tasting beverage that flows from da fawsits in Fluffya. WOODER ICE - an Italian treat that you can buy on da shtreets of Souf Fluffya YUZE - the Fluffya version of the southern "y'all", plural of "you" YUZE-GUYS - redundant of "yuze", for when a single "yuze" just ain't enuf. SOF PRESSLE - a uniquely Fluffya treat sold at iggles games and by street vendors with filthy hands. Yooz want mustid wit dat?"I've taken the liberty of drafting your confession, you will be given a fair trial and then taken out back and shot." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
USNLawdog 0 #16 April 5, 2005 Found it, 22 signs that show you are from Philadelphia! 22. You hate Dallas 21. You realize that your favorite dessert is "wooder ice" ( it comes in churry, strawburry, and other assawrded flaverz). 20. You find yourself using "YO" and " Youse guys" when talking long-distance to your family members. 19. You know how to spell Schuykill. 18. You pronounce ACME as "ACK - A - ME." 17. You think $2,500 a year on a 1977 Toyota Corolla is a bargain. 16. You find yourself at a nice restaurant thinking, "I wonder if they have cheese steaks?" 15. You can sleep soundly through gunfire and ambulance sirens. 14. You visit new York City and are impressed by how clean it is. 13. You believe the car on your left, with turn signals flashing and the driver pointing at your lane, wants you to close the gap with the car in front of you. 12. You can't eat french fries without Cheez Whiz. 11. Street people greet you by your first name. 10. You don't think WAWA sounds funny. 9. You snub a cheese steak that isn't on an Amoroso roll. 8. Your parents,brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles all live on the same block. 7. You know who Jim O'Brien is and how he died. 6. You can't imagine breakfast without scrapple. 5. You're still not sure about Jerry Penacolli. 4. A vacation down at the Jersey shore (pronounced "shoore") is better than going to an island (there's more stuff to do, plus you know everybody) 3. You know where to find the Rocky statue. 2. You know only tourists go to Geno's, Pat's and Jim's for authentic cheese steaks. You go only if you're drunk and it's 3:00 AM. AND THE NUMBER ONE SIGN YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM PHILLY 1. You buy a soft pretzel at a traffic light without wondering where the guy goes to wash his hands and you don't even care! sorry for the back to back long posts, I figured you guys would enjoy these."I've taken the liberty of drafting your confession, you will be given a fair trial and then taken out back and shot." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pash 0 #17 April 5, 2005 Quotedespite the fact that the Sunoco refinery, Gulf Oil plant, and a number of chemical factories are in Delaware Co just south of Philadelphia and aren't in New Jersey.... New Jersey still smells. NJ always "smells" near NYC and Philly. I don't know why. Quoteyou drive through North Philadelphia with the windows rolled down and the doors unlocked, but when you cross the Ben Franklin and go through Camden the windows get rolled up and those doors get locked! I got lost in Camden once. I actually stopped at a red light when 5 guys approached my vehicle holding something that resembled a french baguette or a baseball bat. I am only thankful that running a red light in Camden is REQUIRED. QuoteIt's Pennsylvania. It's Philadelphia. However, like New York City, 3/4 of all the vehicles you see around you say NEW JERSEY. No. 3/4 are cabs. The last 1/4 say NJ because everyone else thinks the world stops at city's end and they don't need a car! jason "NJ and you - stinky together." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kris12 0 #18 April 5, 2005 Thanks; that was good for a laugh! kristen swooo #3 MB #3587 P.M.S. #66 "so let go, jump in...what're you waiting for? it's all right 'cause there's beauty in the breakdown" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
philly51 0 #19 April 5, 2005 You forgot one: When approaching an intersection and having a red traffic signal, it is okay to run the red light, if at first you blow your horn twice. ( Same goes for stop signs) Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, Shouting "...holy shit...what a ride!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peregrinerose 0 #20 April 5, 2005 Everything you said is true. But you are an idiot if you drive through N. Philly without doors locked, windows up, and preferrably carrying. I lived beside the Fern Rock train station for 3 years (PA College of Optometry, north of Temple). A lot of really nasty shit goes on in that area. Philly is the armpit of PA. I think we should give it to NJ and let it all fall in the ocean. Jen Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
christoofar 0 #21 April 5, 2005 QuoteEverything you said is true. But you are an idiot if you drive through N. Philly without doors locked, windows up, and preferrably carrying. I lived beside the Fern Rock train station for 3 years (PA College of Optometry, north of Temple). A lot of really nasty shit goes on in that area. Philly is the armpit of PA. I think we should give it to NJ and let it all fall in the ocean. Jen It's funny how my friends in Harrisburg get all scared coming to pick me up on their way to Atlantic City and get so easily lost. I moved here and knew my way around in a matter of a month. They've been going back and forth through Philly all their lives! ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
christoofar 0 #22 April 5, 2005 QuoteFound it, 22 signs that show you are from Philadelphia! 22. You hate Dallas Shit, I'm from Texas and I hate Dallas! TOP TEN SIGNS YOU HAVE JUST EXITED PHILADELPHIA COUNTY 1. You can start to smell the air again 2. You have to start paying out the wazoo to drive on the roads. 3. While scanning for FM radio stations, you notice most of the rap stations are gone and replaced with a) Christian Rock b) Country c) Public Access 4. You can see lots of purrrrty trees 5. You get passed on the freeway by lots of old people with New York license plates. 6. You're travelling in the opposite direction from all the "blue hair" busses on their way to "Allanic Ciddy" 7. You notice more Ford F-350 and Chevy Silverados on the road 8. The presence of cowboy hats (Texas/Tenessee wannabees) 9. You see a bowling alley (for some reason these are scarce in Philadelphia) 10. You can actually drive faster than 15 miles an hour down the interstate. ____________________________________________________________ I'm RICK JAMES! Fo shizzle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
