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wudderr t1_j7kx685 wrote

I grew up in the burbs and lived in West Philly for 3 years and then moved out of state. Planning on moving back, but now have a dog and would love to have a backyard and more space. I'm thinking about Germantown because of the proximity to the Wiss and generally loving that area, but I'm a single 27 y/o and part of my move back is motivated by the social aspects of the city (and plenitude of jobs).

Can someone who lives in Germantown weigh in on what it's like in terms of age demographic and activities around the neighborhood? Should I just suck it up and move to South Philly?

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zempf t1_j7r3suc wrote

I live in Germantown (fairly close to Mt. Airy) and I would definitely not recommend it as far as social activities. Proximity to the park is awesome, I love the neighborhood, but the restaurant/bar scene is very very limited and if I was single and 27 I would probably be bored out of my mind here. You can definitely drive/transit to other, more active places but the walkability of stuff around here is not great, unfortunately.

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This-Is-Not-A-Drill t1_j7tf7e5 wrote

This isn’t exactly what you asked but river run dog park in the city is amazing, obviously a backyard there is gonna be crazy expensive but I drive down there from north philly and have never had an issue with parking, or if your dog is bag trained and you’re close enough to a train it’s not too awful of a commute.

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