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"Karen Y Byrd" <kybyrd@pobox.upenn.edu> wrote in message
news:slrncgcmat.ba.kybyrd@pobox.upenn.edu...
> On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 20:48:25 GMT, DuZen <AustinWTNichols@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >Ah!!!
> >I don't know if you know it, but you've really put your finger on it!
> >
> >"the fear of crime"
> >
> >Not actual crime...
> >
> >The FEAR.
>
> Here are some facts. I have lived here all of my life.
> While I grew up in the 'burbs my parents were the sort who
> never avoided the city because it was oh, so scary.
>
> As a result I've always been a "city" person and I've
> always interacted with it. I don't throw caution to
> the wind, BUT I have been going back and forth, using
> pub trans most of my life, walking around town, etc.
> with never any problems. Not one, single solitary thing
> has happened to me, crimewise, in Phila. I'm 54 years old.
Well Karen, you also said the pollution , never bothered you , yet it has
bothered me. The American Lung association rates Philly F also. The charts
used to measure the air has Philly out of the good zone close to forty
percent!
>
> >The kind of fear that a shut-in with basic cable and a dial-up internet
> >connection can apparently succumb to.
> >
> >I recently moved here from California, and I've met the nicest people!
>
> This is what I hear a lot.... Folks who move here saying how
> nice and friendly people are here. Some are totally taken-aback
> by random acts of kindness and so on.
>

Man do I disagree. Ok I didn't want to say this but I know someone who has
sponsers trips to different ball parks, and when they hear people are coming
up from Philly, the first question they ask , are they drinking? Many people
who have visited the Vet and other areas are beat up simply for rooting for
the other team. Not too many ball parks get to have a court room in this
town and you know what? I find the peoples attitude exactly comparable to
the sports fan : MEAN Sure you will find some nice people . We didn't even
get into traffic. Lots of traffic jams

> >In shops, on the street, in the park, they always ask WHY I would move
> >away from "Cali"?....
> If people were so nice and Philly so great why would they ask him why move
away from California?

> Unfortunately a lot of Philadelphians still have a inferiority complex
> that some of us are trying like heck to remedy. It's an uphill battle.
> But I do see positive change.
Karen Like I told you before, unless someone does something about our
schoool system, violent crime and pollution, its going to get worse and has
gotten worse, not better. The funny thing is , many people think by ignoring
it or pretending these things are not here it will go away. It wont.
>
> >I tell them it's because of people like them! Regular people who aren't
> >-afraid- to take the time and talk to a stranger.
> >Of course affordable housing, good schools and being able to vote in a
> >swing state help ;)
> >
Uh, one out of three ain't bad

> >mcs, unplug from the hysteria. Turn off your T.V.! Read a good book.
> >Talk to the people in this city who don't share your fear. If you listen
> >carefully, you just might be able to break the cycle of fear that has
> >you in it grips.
> >
> >Remember, wherever you go, there you are...
> >
> >Good luck with your recovery.
>
> And thanks, Kurt, for sharing a perspective that more
> Philadelphians need to see!
>
>I am sure Karen if they live in Philly they don't see both sides, thats for
sure.