10 Reason's to move to P-town

1. Gas prices. In good ol' Philly, you don't drive much at all and techinically you don't need a car. The subway is good, not as nice as DC, but I feel it's cleaner and safer than NYC. There's grocery stores, cafe's, pizza joints, bike shops, and crack dealers all within walking distance and so you never have to think about getting in the car.

2. The Art. Yes, Philly, ain't no NYC, but still, the town overflows with art and the expression which goes along with those chain smoking art people. Also the Philly Art Museum building has the steps which Rocky trained on. You can't beat that!!!

3. The bicycle Scene. For men and women alike, this town has a lot of bike riding people who you will meet. There's hippies, roadies, mtb'ers, messengers, kids, and junkies all riding their bikes at the same time in this urban jungle. Seeing a messenger weave though rush hour traffic is artwork in motion, especially if you actually knew that they had no brakes and couldn't coast their bike, the appreciation of what they do, really is an art.

4. The I'm too sexy people. This refers to both the hotties and the mack dad-E-O's walking the streets in this town. It's almost like NYC in the amount of people trying their hardest at looking stylish and different in a town of millions. It's cool just to walk the city during lunch hour and see all the colors and sexy looking people in this town.

5. The vast amount of ethnic cuisine and food stores. I have yet to really live it up in this town, but everywhere you look there's some type of restuarant or store selling some type of food you probably have never tried or even heard of. Also the EyeTallian market has a lot of this town going on (Artsy, bicycles, sexy people, famous Tofu steak joints)

6. Famous Cheese Tofu Steak Joints. If you hit Passyunk Ave East of Broad St. you are going to run into Pat's and Gino's Tofu Steak houses. These places are WORLD famous for their tofu and are a must have for visitors. Again, I have yet to hit these places up, but if my mother's heard of them, you know they must be famous and good.

7. Kerry/Edwards Stickers on most cars. Yes, I moved outta H-Town (houston) years ago, I definetly saw the light shining on the East Coast. People know how to talk politics in this town. No bullsheitting around here, they take it to you and want to know what you think. They may have grammer that make's the avg. Gangsta Rapper proud, but by the end of the conversation you will definitely understand their points.

8. Sports. Yes, you have the overpaid athlete teams that almost all big cities have (Football, basketball, baseball, hockey), but you also have a huge mix of weekend warrior type sports like softball, running clubs, rowing clubs, street b-ball, cycling, and water sports from your favorite escorts (check the back of City Paper if you don't have one yet!!)

9. Mayor John Street. I dig this guy, it sounds like he gets a bad rap, but I think it's from the white people always dissing the man. He's energetic and doesn't talk above everyone like most big city mayors seem to do, and he doesn't act like he's talking to a kindergarten class like Mr. President. You have to remember that this is one of the biggest and oldest cities in America and tax revenue has to go a lot farther than cities built up in the last 50 years.

10. Tha H00chie mamas and tha P1mP Daddies. Wow, they are all over this town.
To the ladies ...if you love that white t-shirt, dirty-tattered blue jean, short-haircut (with accompanying chinstrap), cigarette smoking, tatoo wearing, no-car owning (but driving a pimped out ride anyways), man, this is YOUR town!!
To the daddies, if you've been looking for that just entered high school (but been smoking since grade school), hip-shaking, dirty talking, stroller pushing, also tatoo wearing, catholic school girl, this is YOUR town too!!

So everybody, come on up and see what this town has to offer YOU. The weather's getting cooler and the breeze is clearing out the pollution, so now's the time to visit your friends in Philly!!