Philly

I lived in Philadelphia with my grandmother for a year. It is big difference from Portsmouth Virginia. The City of "Philly" is very condensed. And I lived in the south west section that is the most condensed you can get. I liked it there, but it takes alot of getting use to. My grandmother lived in a row h0use that is connected to the whole block. The street are pretty much in a grid format. There are electric trolly cars that run on metal tracks that are embedded in the middle of the street. They are also connected to a wires overhead that network throughout the whole city. I mentioned earlier that they have blocks and blocks of row houses. These bocks of row houses normally has a storefrot on the corner unit. This usually serves as a deli, mini market, barber shop, ect. This makes it easy to walk and get anything you need from around the corner. This section of the city is unfortunately crime and drug enfested. Because of the condensed population, there are many murders weekly. The people there tend to be active after sundown. From sun up until five in the afternoon. The neighborhood looks like a ghost town. After six pm the city wakes up and is active and busy until about three of four in the morning. Summertime is nice, you see the children playing in the fire hydrants, something you will never see in Portsmouth. There are plenty trees but it seems they grow from the concrete. Sadly, most of the building are rundown and the pavements are cracked and full of pot holes. Litter is everywhere and It looks like no one cares they just live there. Ilike visiting, but I cannot do no more than a couple of days.