Why i finally moved out of the city !!

[billy ross]

I'll save you the trouble, East. No he doesn't. I was wondering about that myself- I bet it's a great story.

Anyway, I just want to mention here that I am on a computer in my Philadelphia home with full electric power. Never lost it. My brothers, sister, nieces, and nephews in the burbs lost theirs and only my sister's has been restored.

Gee, how awful to live in the city.

My in-laws in the burbs got a generator installed (for something like $7k plus alot of PITA plus it running every week and making a racket) because they rely upon pumps to keep their basement dry, and a power outage would mean a flooded basement, which would be intolerable for them. Theirs kicked on in the storm when their power went out. With all of the trees around here we suffer power outages fairly regularly, enough that it doesn't phase our kids anymore. However, it is always back on again fairly quickly, and I attribute that to the fact that the ratio of people to infrastructure in these parts is high enough that we are a high priority, higher than our in-laws in the burbs. I'm a big believer in density as opposed to sprawl. I pine for the days when kids walked to school. Shutting down the schools in the towns and relocating everything out into the former farmland was dumb, in my opinion. My kids would have had zero problem getting to school on Tuesday, for instance.

[Eastcoast]

I'll save you the trouble, East. No he doesn't. I was wondering about that myself- I bet it's a great story.

Anyway, I just want to mention here that I am on a computer in my Philadelphia home with full electric power. Never lost it. My brothers, sister, nieces, and nephews in the burbs lost theirs and only my sister's has been restored.

Gee, how awful to live in the city.

Thanks, I suspected that was the case.

Gio, please give specific event/s that led to your exodus from the city.

[NJbound]

Us in NJ never lost power for a second while my in laws in the NE had no power for 3 days... Its all a matter of luck, the city or burbs have nothing to do with it.

I'll save you the trouble, East. No he doesn't. I was wondering about that myself- I bet it's a great story.

Anyway, I just want to mention here that I am on a computer in my Philadelphia home with full electric power. Never lost it. My brothers, sister, nieces, and nephews in the burbs lost theirs and only my sister's has been restored.

Gee, how awful to live in the city.

[Philly.Man]

I'll save you the trouble, East. No he doesn't. I was wondering about that myself- I bet it's a great story.

Anyway, I just want to mention here that I am on a computer in my Philadelphia home with full electric power. Never lost it. My brothers, sister, nieces, and nephews in the burbs lost theirs and only my sister's has been restored.

Gee, how awful to live in the city.

I just want to mention that here I am on a computer in my suburban home with full electric power. Never lost it. My brothers, sister, nieces, and nephews in northeast Philly lost theirs and only my sister's electric has been restored.

Gee, how awful to live in the suburbs.


See OLD mama, it works both ways.

[OldMama]

I'm happy for you.

By the way, I'm proud that I'm older than most everyone on here so that particular insult doesn't work. I, after all, chose the name.

[Sycamore]

I live in Chester County as does my boyfriend; neither of us lost power for a second.

[Oladybug]

I'm happy for you.

By the way, I'm proud that I'm older than most everyone on here so that particular insult doesn't work. I, after all, chose the name.

I'm with you, O.M. -- owning my senior status.

[NickleDimer]

My kids would have had zero problem getting to school on Tuesday, for instance.

Let's revisit this point when it snows and the city plows pull one of their patented no-shows.

[Philly.Man]

Why do some city residents and some suburban residents feel that they are superior just because of where they live, be it in or out of the city? I lived in the city for 38 years. I've lived in the suburbs for 8 years. I am the same person; my address doesn't enhance or diminish who I am. I guess some just have low self-esteem and they look for anything to try to make themselves feel superior to others. There are pros and cons to living in both places. I guess some just aren't intelligent enough to realize that.

I guess it's the same for people who are older. Some feel as if their age equates into some sort of intelligence meter. Unfortunatley, there are plenty of elderly who aren't very intelligent, they're just not bright enough to know it.

[RainboTeabagger]

Us in NJ never lost power for a second while my in laws in the NE had no power for 3 days... Its all a matter of luck, the city or burbs have nothing to do with it.

Ha! No one I know in the city lost power but half the people in the suburbs/rural areas I know did.

[Brenda]

This pissing contest is kind of funny to watch.

"My city is better than your stinkin city, HA!"

[Jayallday]

I can't understand the hatred on here for the suburbs. Is it an inferiority complex of the city dwellers? I've lived in the city all my life and never felt the need to put down the suburbs

[ArcticSplash]

because some of us stll have family in the city and some that are stuck working in the city and are forced to pay a city wage tax when they do not even use city services. Far as I am concerned, we have a right to complain.

Go buy some land in Montana and move there. Erect solar panels you bought from China so you can live off-grid. Sell tchotchkes on etsy to eek out a living so you don't have to interact with governments or people, and insist on being paid via PayPal and skirt sales taxes.

There, solved it for you.

[billy ross]

Let's revisit this point when it snows and the city plows pull one of their patented no-shows.

My kids walk to school. Separately, because they can't coordinate getting ready for school at the same time. Today they walked home separately also, five minutes apart. This can be done in the city or the suburbs, but most suburbs are not safe places for kids to walk places.

[AsYouWere]

My kids walk to school. Separately, because they can't coordinate getting ready for school at the same time. Today they walked home separately also, five minutes apart. This can be done in the city or the suburbs, but most suburbs are not safe places for kids to walk places.

As you would agree Whitemarsh bordering Chestnut Hill is a very safe place for children, not to mention Springfield still has that panhandle between extending toward the Schuylkill which they patrol. Upon the drop of a pin they will be there. Probably the safest locale in the entire US or even the entire Earth.

[Sycamore]

My kids walk to school. Separately, because they can't coordinate getting ready for school at the same time. Today they walked home separately also, five minutes apart. This can be done in the city or the suburbs, but most suburbs are not safe places for kids to walk places.

My sister and I both walked to elementary school in the burbs.

[NickleDimer]

My kids walk to school. Separately, because they can't coordinate getting ready for school at the same time. Today they walked home separately also, five minutes apart. This can be done in the city or the suburbs, but most suburbs are not safe places for kids to walk places.

Do they still walk to school on days when it is closed because the city does such a horrible job plowing that teachers, staff and other students can't get there by bus/car?

[NJbound]

My kids walk to school. Separately, because they can't coordinate getting ready for school at the same time. Today they walked home separately also, five minutes apart. This can be done in the city or the suburbs, but most suburbs are not safe places for kids to walk places.

Not my town. You can walk anywhere. We have sidewalks everywhere.

[FKD19124]

but most suburbs are not safe places for kids to walk places.

kids walk to school all the time out here with no problem.

[NJbound]

kids walk to school all the time out here with no problem.

Nothing but billy's usual inaccuracies..