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Originally posted by mbpark
There are parts of Torresdale that look better than the suburbs, especially right around Holy Family College, where parts look like the Main Line, especially right across the street. It's got a lot of character around the country club.
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I live near there. Behind Torresdale Hospital actually. My main concern for the neighborhood is that they will find a good tenant to fill in the old Super Fresh on Frankford Ave. Sometimes, I'm amazed that we were able to find a place so nice, given my previous experiences in not-so-great areas.
When I got this job in KOP, we had planned on moving to Roxborough. But then we started looking at apartments and were shocked. Incredibly expensive ($600-900 a month, no utilities included). And the neighborhood is no better than Torresdale. Severely overrated. We have everything we need in our apartment and close by in the area...and we pay $700 a month (gas included).
The whole reason we moved to Torresdale is b/c at the time, I worked in Trenton. We were NOT going to move to Jersey, so we settled up here. And I'm glad we did.
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However, Torresdale is now officially nicer than the suburbs around it, especially Bensalem. I've been there enough to appreciate how nice many parts of it have stayed.
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The only semi-shady parts of the area are the apartment complexes along Woodhaven Road, near Academy. But even those are tame. I would include the housing project off Frankford near Academy, but that's actually Holmesburg.
Bensalem is okay, but it's one long strip mall (Street Rd.) with a few off-the-beaten path areas (e.g. Bristol Pike between Woodhaven and the City Limits).
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And, it's got an r7 stop 
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Rho takes the R7 on some mornings. Her only complaint is the timetable of the 84 bus...their runs could be 30 minutes instead of 45. And I wish SEPTA would make all the city stops zone 1. I'd take the R7 over the 20/El combo anyday.