Philadelphia is definately a second city with flair, pizzazz and urban intensity. With world class restuarants, diversity abounds the city streets, a huge mass transit system (one which only Boston can top as far as having all modes of transportation--trolleys, subways and els, buses and commuter lines and an airport line as well), shops and boutiques, and a tri-state area that includes the (whole state of Delaware, South Jersey and Cecil County MD and of course mutliple counties of Pennsylvania), history and architecture,the cuisine is unbelievably fascinating--ranging from soft pretzels and cheesesteacks to several restaurants that have been voted #1 in the world (Le Bec Fin to name just one, international art collections and museums, institutes of science and nature, also Philly is second only to Boston as a college town with hundreds of colleges in the Philadelphia Region including one of the oldest Ivy League colleges and of course the Philly sound (Philly has many singers, muscians and a long history of producing rich, textured music that is enjoyed by many and all---WOW, what more can you ask for in a city. True, NYC is the ultimate city in America (I live in Manhattan), but Chicago, Philly,LA, Boston and DC are also up there in the second or first city stratosphere!

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