PHILADELPHIA | Highrise Development Thread X

[PhillyRising]

Originally Posted by Philly Fan

Not quite, but it's a small improvement.

But seriously, though, it was really our parents' generations, e.g., Depression-era kids and WWII vets, who fled the cities and built the suburbs after WWII. Yes, many of us Boomers were raised in the suburbs, and came of age during what was arguably the nadir of the cities, i.e., the 1960s-1980s. But we also constitute a large proportion of the empty nesters who have moved BACK into the cities and bought lots of the condos, etc.

My fear is that the current crime problem brings down all of the progress made by the city to turn itself around since the 90's. This mayor has been a total disappointment. He has checked out of the job.