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Originally Posted by researchvet
I just asked seand this but thought I'd throw the question toward you as well. Where would you place 46th between Spruce and Locust? Is this considered part of UCity?
I've been told it is part of UCity but others have said not so given that the Penn police don't seem to come out that far.
Where do you place this area in your rankings of "ghettoness?"
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I wouldn't rank it "ghetto" at all.
Take what Seand said as accurate. There are sections of W. Phila, that
are not part of University City, which are not ghetto. However because
they are overwhelming made up of black residents some on this blog
and other places may define them as "ghetto" when they have never
personally been there.
Speaking of an W. Phila area(north of Market St, near 46th St and Haverford.)
that was very blighted as little 5 years ago, one can see now that the
neighborhood has been entirely rebuilt. Many may not like the "suburban look"
of these homes, but compared to what was there before(blight
and abandonment) it looks like paradise. This area is about a 5 minute
drive away from 46th(Spruce/Locust).
I have had a continuous family presence in W. Phila(further west
than UCity) for almost 100 years so, in a sense, I consider myself
a native of W. Phila. My sister currently lives in a house my paternal
grandparents owned in a black middle-class section Seand mentioned.
I don't live in W. Phila., btw. I live in Spring Garden.
Oh, yes, good friends of mine used to live in the 4500 block of Osage Ave.
so when others say the immediate area is fine believe them!
Since you are concerned about police coverage, where Penn Police
exact range ends is taken over by PPD whose district headquarters
is at 55th and Pine Sts in the heart of the black middle class area
Seand talked about. I think many Penn people/UC people who
think 55th and Pine is a "ghetto" would be amazed at the quality
of most of the houses around there. Mayor Nutter grew up not
far away from there(55th and Larchwood) too.
I've spent a lot of pleasurable afternoons at the Malcolm X Park at 52nd
and Pine too. I didn't feel one second of fear.