I saw a few eastern redbuds. The rhododendrons aren't yet in bloom; I believe that Philly is the only place where rhodies and azaleas overlap.

The train station is in Germantown, which generally isn't as manicured as East Falls, and is also generally more Victorian.

The singles pictured would sell for between 500k and 800k, and it had better be really clean (and large) to command 800k. I think that we are still relatively affordable; we have friends in New York and New England, and my observation is that you can live well in Philly without killing yourself, unlike points north.

Also, as I have pointed out elsewhere, living in the Piedmont offers breathtaking vistas and interesting vantage points, and I don't think I could ever live in flat country. That rules out the entire state of Florida. I think that picturesque aptly describes my part of the world.

One thing fascinating about Philly is that in the flat part of the city, where the soil is riverbottom clay, the building material of choice has been brick, that is, fired clay. In the mountainous portion of the city, where the soil is very rocky, the buiding material of choice has been Wissahickon Schist, a type of rock we trip over all of the time. Thus Philly is known both for its brick and its stone buildings. Note that the stone building with the clock tower (Penn Charter) is a copy of Independence Mall, done in native stone. Gorgeous.