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Originally posted by Tony Shepps
No, I know that area OK but south of there, you have this area with Darby and Clifton Heights and Glenolden and Primos, and it's all just stores and old streets that have been repaired 100 times? Really dense. And the city is pretty ugly in that section too. That whole section southwest of Penn.
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Ah! We were over that way last night.
Darby and Yeadon were actually kind of quaint...very quiet streets, although I will admit that the conditions of the streets were horrible. I have a buddy that lives over in Folcroft, which is just kinda plain. I've heard that it starts to get rough as you go towards Chester. (And I've SEEN Chester...blecch!)
We drove down Woodland and Chester Aves. last night as well, which are rather ugly. Most of the area by Cobbs Creek is pretty rough until you get down by Island Ave. Baltimore Ave. didn't look too too shabby once you got past Cobbs Creek and headed towards Univ. City.
Speaking of ugly, my fiance and I wanted a good pizza on Friday night, so we headed over to Society Hill Pizza on South and Broad. As we were trying to find a parking spot west of Broad, the neighborhood over that way was just awful. Simply ugly...
We also drove the length of the El from Kensington and Front down towards Spring Garden. I used to notice this when I rode the El, but I really saw it when I was driving that way yesterday--That area is rather run down and hard-looking, until you get to the end of the El at FTC. Then it dramatically improves. Strange...
[Edited by sycamore on 04-01-2001 at 09:35 PM]