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ReformedDeviant t1_j7hmkrh wrote

The Philly sub is filled with a mix of conservative white men who live in the suburbs and do in fact hate the city and yuppies trying to gentrify it who are pissed that the poors who live there for generations wont just disappear. Its a well known thing. The sub is toxic and obsessed with "black male committed crime" posts.

Philly is awesome if you dont cry and wet your pants every time you see a latino guy walk down the street. So ya know, if your normal human its great.

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Electronic_Chard_270 t1_j7ho64d wrote

This - Philly is a great city. As long as you are not scared of a major city, you will be fine. There are great, affordable neighborhoods

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DisciplineShot2872 t1_j7hq62i wrote

Totally agree. I left another state filled with those guys and feel 100% safer in my Near Northeast neighborhood than I ever did there, and I'm a middle aged white guy myself. I've managed to block most of the worst offenders, and other than the Mandatory 4k guy, whom I don't mind, the crime talk is pretty minimal. Moving to this city is the best thing my wife and I have ever done, other than marrying each other.

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