Breaking News: Someone Actually Likes Philly!
February 9, 2016 at 5:30 pm
Just beating out national landmarks like Natchez, Mississippi, and Southern New Mexico, Philadelphia has come out on top of Lonely Planet’s “most unexpectedly exciting” places to visit in the US.
Rounding up the reasons why the travel guide company seemed to love the City of Brotherly Love:
- Pope Francis rolled up back in September
- We’re nicer than people in New York
- Our “hot new locavore restaurants”
- The fact that we apparently know what locavore means
- It’s cheap
…and let's take note of the things they failed to mention:
- Wawa
- Um, Philadelphia is home to “America’s First University"
- Bad sports teams
- Rampant gentrification
- That one time Alec Baldwin was in Van Pelt
- Decriminalization of marijuana
- Not New Jersey
Even though Lonely Planet may have slightly missed the mark, it's about time someone appreciated how baller our city is. At the very least, we get to be ranked first.