When people talk about the community and closeness that they get from a small town, I think that I have that in the big city — and a lot more people get to experience it here than would in a small town. Philadelphia is known as a “city of neighborhoods,” but all cities are, really. We carve a close relationship-based group out of the mass of people in the city and call it a neighborhood. And in the city, if you don’t like your town, you can easily move to another one. Some of us are Northern Libertines, some of us feel more comfortable in West Philly or even Rittenhouse Square. . . but there’s a community for everyone within a few square miles

Janet Finegar
Philadelphia, PA