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CardiBsKnees t1_j84yq65 wrote

Reply to comment by EstablishedLeaf9279 in Is Reading, PA family friendly. Just want answers no B.S. by EstablishedLeaf9279

Id also add that, unless you are actively involving yourself in the drug trade, you are unlikely to have issues in the city itself. My wife works in the city, never had any issues. I also used to work in the city, and never a problem.

Judy's is great, Santander & Doubletree are fun for events, Alvernia just poured a bunch of money into their new Penn Street campus, IMAX and the Goggleworks are great. Theres also deck hockey leagues that play down by RACC, never any issues at all, and all those places are in the city itself.

Im sure if you get away from Penn Street and the business corridor, you can find issues. But I also have no idea why you'd be venturing to those places for the lolz.

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artificialavocado t1_j87cvy4 wrote

I agree. I’m not exactly the type of person afraid of poor areas but many people are. I lived in a bad part of Philly years ago and they were the nicest people ever. But yeah random acts of violent or robbery of course can happen but are kind of rare at least in Reading. It is mostly gang or drug related. Be mindful and use some common sense if for whatever reason you are passing through. Those neighborhoods are all residential so yeah there isn’t much reason to be wandering around.

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