NotWearingPants posted:

Philadelphia is pretty awesome. The last 20-30 years have seen many neighborhoods gentrified and multiple skyscrapers built. They just got approval to start building this, which will be the eighth tallest building in the US:



There's always a few up and coming neighborhoods being rebuilt when the gentrified ones become too expensive.

Like any big city, there are still a lot of poor areas that can be dangerous, but they are pretty easy to avoid. Unless of course you go to university here: most of the universities are in pretty bad areas.