PFT: Eagles' top pick Bunkley arrested (Bad Rumor)

[notherbob]

Philly has its share of violence, but let me tell you, when people get shot and get in trouble 9 times out of 10 its because they are engaging in risky behavior or they have been hanging with someone dangerous.

People just dont walk down the street and decide, hey i think i'll shoot that stranger just because. I have worked in 2 of the roughest parts of the city for a while now, i have had people walk by me and tell me "watch yourself out here" and say things like "your out of your element, you sure your not lost". If you keep your mouth shut and mind your own business, you'll be ok.

But when you hang out with someone whose always arguing and slandering and fighting a group of homeys from some area, you might get shot, guilty by association - someone might decide to make an example out of you. or if you get involved in some drug dealings or try to get over on someone your putting yourself at risk.

The problem is everyone wants to prove how "bad arse" they are. Your in a questionable area and someone gives you some crap, don't turn around and start up with them, just walk away. But young guys cant do that, 15 yr old kid was shot right across the street from a house i'm rehabbing, why ? He got in a fight and beat some guy up, later the guy and his frineds are rolling down the street, the kid is hanging on the corner - walks out and says c'mon i'll kick your butt again and approaches, they pull out a pistol and shoot him in the head, and just keep walking. But why is that 15 year old kid out there trying to be the tough guy of the neighborhood, why is he looking for trouble. Sure, they say he was a good kid and loved by everyone on his block, But he was known for being a fighter and thats what got him in trouble.

"And his mother cries" "In the ghetto"


It's a sad thing. Children learn from their environment and their peers. Why are we teaching them these values?

 

[notherbob]

(Bump.)

There's some poignancy here.

 

[dwmyers]

I grew up in Philly and live right outside of Philly.

Your assessment is wrong.

Philly is a great town with a horrible image. Are there rough areas? Yes.

But there are rough areas in any city.

I spent two years in Philly, in West Philly at the time (1988-1990). I never owned a gun when I was there or got even a whiff near any kind of fight. I enjoyed it a great deal. Great restaurants, great transportation, good people, history everywhere you looked and turned, and a better downtown than almost any Southern city I've seen (Savannah and New Orleans perhaps being the only exceptions).

Philadelphia is a big patchwork quilt, though. One block is great, the next block over isn't worth walking through.

David.

 

[AbeBeta]

I spent two years in Philly, in West Philly at the time (1988-1990). I never owned a gun when I was there or got even a whiff near any kind of fight. I enjoyed it a great deal. Great restaurants, great transportation, good people, history everywhere you looked and turned, and a better downtown than almost any Southern city I've seen (Savannah and New Orleans perhaps being the only exceptions).

Philadelphia is a big patchwork quilt, though. One block is great, the next block over isn't worth walking through.

David.

As cities go, I hate to say, Philly kicks the tar out of Dallas.

 

[5Stars]

(Bump.)

There's some poignancy here.

The King! Elvis...what a wonderful musician....!

 

[AbeBeta]

.., history everywhere you looked and turned ..

There really is nothing as amazing as wandering out of a Philly bar, turning your head and realizing Holy Crap, that is the freaking Liberty Bell. Wow.

 

[dwmyers]

As cities go, I hate to say, Philly kicks the tar out of Dallas.

I'd trade Dallas's weather for Philly's in an instant, though. I can handle dry heat and Southern heat better than the 100.5% humidity of Philadelphia summers and the slush of Philadelphia winters.

I've never lived in Dallas proper. I did live in Fort Worth for a while. I was a teen, working in a grain elevator on a graveyard shift, and going home, getting cleaned up, and driving into Dallas to spend my money. There was a gaming shop on the Northwest end of town I favored. They sold GDW games, and I liked those a lot.

For shopping, Dallas is fine.

David.

 

[dwmyers]

There really is nothing as amazing as wandering out of a Philly bar, turning your head and realizing Holy Crap, that is the freaking Liberty Bell. Wow.

If I had to choose a favorite spot, it would be Reading Terminal. The Amish, the used books, the food.

But if you were like me, who had folks spread across Texas, but especially in places like Granbury and Cleburne, leaving Philadelphia to head out to Lancaster County, to see the Amish and those homes..they do look a lot like the old places in Granbury and Cleburne.

For what it's worth, "Witness" is one of my favorite movies, in part because of the thoroughly authentic views of 30th Street Station. "John Book" didn't hurt either .

David.