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Originally Posted by JManc
But Philly and Pittsburgh absolutely dominate the state and are representative of their respective regions of PA. Perhaps certain areas or neighborhoods within those cities; Southside slopes in Pittsburgh and Old City in Philly for example. Elfreth's Alley is unique even for Philly.
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Ahh... fair enough. I hear what you mean.
Then for
Philadelphia I would probably vote for the Chestnut Hill and Wisshickon Park area. Most people think of Philadelphia as a tightly packed rowhome city, but Chestnut Hill is the complete opposite of what people think of Philadelphia:
Germantown Ave in Chestnut Hill is the main commercial street, which is cobblestone and tree-lined:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0758...7i16384!8i8192
The neighborhoods street just off of Germantown Ave in Chestnut Hill are tree-lined twin home streets
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0724...7i16384!8i8192
Head a little further off of Germantown Ave, and the streets give way to massive multi-million dollar mansions that you can hardly see from the streets:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0809...7i16384!8i8192
Then you reach the Wissahickon Valley Park. If you dropped someone off in the Wissahickon, they would never guess they were in a major city:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0379...7i13312!8i6656