Filth, Filth, Filthadelphia
Guess what, everyone? Philly is a dirty city! Really dirty! According to Travel and Leisure, the second dirtiest in the country. And without giving any specifics as to what it’s done to merit this title, the article goes on to say that Philadelphians “may not be helping with those first impressions,” what with their poor style and environmental ignorance.
We know it’s toxic, falling apart and filthy, but we still love Philadelphia for all of its quirky charm (cheesesteaks), its rich cultural and historical heritage (cheesesteaks) and its cheesesteaks. Sike! When’s the last time you got a cheesesteak in Philly? Anyway, what we’re trying to say is, yes, Philadelphia, we still love you. You’re not an overcrowded industrial gutter or a smoggy wasteland. You’re perfect!
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By thankgodimgone on June 13, 2011 at 7:43 pm
If I had to spend one more minute in filthadelphia I’d kill myself!! yay for the west coast. boo for the east. Sorry ladies but you are ugly and dudes you are just lame. bye!
Posts like these are why I hate everything about your type of Penn student/Underthebutton/34th Street/ DP. Philly doesn’t want you here so stop complaining and transfer if you don’t like it. Welcome to the 21st century where, believe it or not, all cities are dirty.
@Leave?
What’s that? This wasn’t a “Rah rah rah Penn and its community sucks” post, it was a “Philly has its problems but we still enjoy it a lot” post. And what’s with all the UTB-Street-DP hate?
Jim’s right.
I’m still petrified of the tap water and lug bottled water from CVS. Honestly, I think toxic Philly was giving me acne
As a local Philadelphian, I’m usually offended by what those publications have to say. Probably more offended by the first comment than the article, but send this to any Philadelphian not from Penn and they’d be pissed. Why point out its problems when every city has similar problems?
Penn students, as shown by other comments, don’t see the “positives.” They just see “Philly is a dirty city” and begin to bring up the time they got stuck in traffic or heard someone got shot 3 months ago and blame it on the city. Intentionally or unintentionally, you fuel the fire.
+1 to leave. I’ve been drinking Philly tap water ever since I’ve came to Penn and I have no problems with it. Sure, certain areas of the city have a lot of trash laying around (like North Philly, but I’m guessing that none of you have ever been there). Yeah, there’s a smog problem. But if you don’t like it, transfer somewhere else. Those of us who aren’t pretentious assholes would prefer it.
Also, you are not funny Ian. Seriously, you should stop writing for UTB if you care about the publication and want people to read it.
Leaves? – face it, Philly IS a dirty city, it is certainly industrial in nature and there’s waste in both air and water. As far as the streets, they could be better-kept in some areas. And no, not all US cities are this polluted.
Also, very generally speaking, regular people do tend to look better taken care of elsewhere (which can make them seem more physically attractive than Philadelphians).
YIKES –
The problem is with your “generally speaking.” There are more attractive people per Septa Bus than attractive Penn students per lecture.
I doubt you’ve ever been to the places that make Philly “dirty,” so you are just whining about a problem that people tell you exists. Sure there are dirty ass places, but Penn students don’t travel there nor ever will. The popular parts of the city (Ucity, Center City, Stadium District, Old City, Schuylkill Banks, Fairmount Park) are the cleanest places, and are pretty damn clean for an urban environment.
There’s waste in water from which they don’t collect drinking water. Philly’s tap water comes from the upper-Schuylkill outside of Philly’s city limits, a part untouched by industrial waste and urban runoff. Look it up: the tri-state area is known for the cleanest water on this hemisphere. Learned that in geology at Penn.
Let me know when you have health effects caused by Philly’s water/air/anything else that seems to be killing off Penn students.
Steve Cocks (hopefully the first and last time I address someone with this pen name)- It’s nice to see some Penn students not being pretentious whiners
Philly-1
Rest of World-0
*Actually Philly technically has 2 because it invented America and shit.
your welcome
Love,
Philly
@ Leave?, Lord Blufkin, Yikes, THANKGODIMGONE, and Steve
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Philly water being the cleanest water in this hemisphere? Wow. That’s some serious BS. You haven’t traveled much, have you?
A simple example: unfiltered tap water in Chicago tastes better than a bottle of Aquafina from a Philly Wawa. Aquafina comes from regional tap water.
Granted, I admit Chicago tap water has also had its faults. Regardless, your claim is preposterous. I bet in truly pristine places (outside the US) they don’t even bother to test the water… at least to such extents.
Douche. Philadelphia is a great town. Hopefully you have already left @Leave?. If you wanted to experience Pennsylvania, it can’t be done without Philadelphia. If you wanted to be someplace non-threatening and so clean, it should have been common sense not to come here in the first place. Go choke to death on a granola bar.