Where I Live

I live in Philly. Most of you know that. If you want to know why I live in Philly, well this pretty much sums it up:

“We got priced out of Manhattan, and we moved to Brooklyn,” said John Schmersal, 32, of the three-member band Enon; two of them migrated here in January. “Then we got priced out of Brooklyn. Now we’re in Philadelphia.”

Replace Brooklyn with New Jersey, and there you have it. There is a good article in the New York Times about the migration to Philly from Manhattan, and the 8,000 people living in Philly that commute to work in New York.

So, why do you live where you live? And where would you like to live instead?

Author: BooMan

Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly. He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.