Have you tried...visiting? Do you generally find large cities to be terrifying? A subreddit is not reality.

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.

Have you ever been to any city?

Why would you move to Philly if you’re terrified?

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

Philadelphia is a city of 1.5 million people with literally hundreds of neighborhoods and cultures. Visit and make up your own mind.

People like you...

Philly is awesome! So much to do and see, places to eat. It’s a beautiful city.

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Don’t come

Have you ever been to any city? There are nice areas and bad areas just like anywhere else

You sound like you're surrounded by Fox News watching Trump supporters.

There is little reality to a lot of what you fear. Is there crime? Yes. You will likely never encounter it. Is some parts dirty? Yes. Places with a high density of people can get dirty. There's other parts that are beautiful. As far as taxes, you need to pay to play my friend. If you don't want to pay a lot in taxes go live in the sticks.

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.

I lived in Philly for a few years and loved it. The sub is really odd place, it's one of the few places where the sub just doesn't match the actual area....

Yes, a lot of people over on the sub are upset over one thing or another, but it's really not as bad as they make it out to be. If you're really that scared about moving to Philly, might I highly recommend visiting for a weekend or week.

There's plenty of places where it's recommended to avoid, but there's also really nice areas. IMO, even in the more rough areas, as long as you aren't like an asshole to everyone, you should be fine.

This post ate so much shit the OP nuked their account. Probably for the best.

Do attend.