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Originally Posted by chandler bing
A classmate tell me philly is very dangerous,he said that the price of rooms in New York is very high,so the poor and dangerous people have to live in philly,which is next to New York.
I dont mean to judge philly.I just want to know the turth.  |
Your classmate's statement is not accurate.
It's a big city. Some areas are safe. Some areas are risky. Make some friends as soon as you get here and have them give you a little orientation about how to be safe here.
I think Philly is a dangerous city. People will kill you here for nothing. Too many under-educated people carry guns. It's a great adventure to come here. You just have to be smart about how you conduct yourself out on the street.
I lived in Moscow, Saint Petersburg Russia, Kiev Ukraine. I've been in all kinds of crappy neighborhoods over there and felt safe. But I don't have this feeling in Philadelphia. Over there, a bad guy will just try to beat you up. He's not going to pull out a gun and blow you away.
Anyway, it's not as bad as it sounds. If you have street smarts, you'll be fine.
And I can say that foreign friends who have visited me in Philadelphia absolutely loved coming here. But I mainly kept them in the good, safe places. And we stayed out of the risky places.