Sucking them in

[elSicomoro]

This past week, a friend of mine from Toronto spent 4 days in our exciting metropolis. She came out of it enjoying the experience and thinking about moving here. Amazing? Absolutely.

When my friend first came down, she stayed with another friend of hers that goes to school here. In going with the college crowd's attitude, all of the college kids were saying how much this city sucks. (Adam and Tony, it was reminiscent of that girl's ranting on phl.transportation.) So, after her first day here, I asked her how she liked it so far. Her response: "Well, it's kinda dirty, but the city is really cool." (I can dig that...she IS from Canada after all.)

Well, she then stayed with another friend of mine over in Roxborough for 3 days. She did the tourist things...Art Museum, Zoo, eating a cheesesteak, etc. I then took her to South Street on Thursday. She was simply amazed by the great architecture and how cool the people were (well duh!). She also asked a lot of questions about the cost of living and said she was seriously thinking about moving here.

This gave me real pride in being a Philadelphian. It was almost exactly the same manner in which I became charmed by this city just over a year ago. And it also gave me pride in knowing that not all college-age kids are so close-minded.