Philly's More Fun When You Move Here and Get Your First Job
I'm late to this but still wanted to post a link to an Apartments.com ranking of best cities for new college grads in which Philadelphia ranked second only to Indianapolis. This is based on highest concentration of young adults, number of jobs requiring less than one year of experience, and average rent for a one-bedroom apartment. (By the way, $1,034 seems high for Philly, given that we charged far less than that for our spacious third-floor apartment during the seven years we rented it out. Maybe we undercharged!)
Another metric they should've included was some reflection of fun things for young people to do, whether bars, service organizations, or attractions. If they had done that, Philly likely would have taken first prize: no offense to Indy's night life or density of cool places to hang out, but I'd have to think Philly's has all but New York and Chicago beat among the top ten cities in that regard. Yet more proof that Philly doesn't have to be so uncool after all among the hip young set.
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Now, it was a basement apartment, and we discovered there were three gas leaks before it flooded and we moved out, but the point stands...
On that note, after I graduated from Penn, I paid $140/month for two years and then $200/month for three years before we bought our house. Of course, I was living with 7-9 other guys in a crappy rowhouse in University City. Even better, I knew 7 friends who paid $110/month each for a crappy rowhouse in Fairmount, and 3 other friends who paid a combined $70/month each for a crappy rowhouse in Kensington.
Given how much those three neighborhoods have gentrified since then, those sorts of rent amounts take on an almost legendary aura as they are recounted in stories that begin with "I remember back in the day when."
Regards,
Ray Brickman
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