Overall- a nice, interesting, city with a diverse population of people due to an influx of immigration during the late 1800s to 1950s.
It has:
-a terrible public school district
-a dense, beautiful, forest
-a mainly democratic political sway
-a few very nice
Universities
People wise, it has:
-a lot of indie young adults who can't afford to live in New York
-a lot of preppy old money types of nordic ancestry cloistered away in little corners of the sudo-suburbs yet to be de-segregated
-a collection of immigrant communities in Center City and Manayunk
-a lot of ultra-religious preachers screaming oddly specific obscenities in Love Park
-a sadly large body of homeless people
-a thriving network of
starving artists, musicians, actors, and architects
-and yes, an
unfortunate community of assholes a la It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
Person A: I live in Philadelphia.
Person B: Where?
Person A: It's a two hour drive from New York?
Person B: Hmm....
Person A:
The liberty bell?
Independence hall?
Person B: Nope....
Person A:
Cheese steak, Cheese steak for God's sake.
Person B: OH!!1!!1 PHILLAAYYY!!1!