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   From: mcsnospam@yahoo.com   
      
   all those achievments are very good for Philly. That doesn't negate the   
   rationale about wanting your kids or a family to grow up zipping in the   
   pollution especially downtown that is inherited when you live in this   
   area.Thats not true in other locations of the nation. I guess sometimes one   
   has to look at the negatives if those negatives include rising crime ,   
   violent crime no less, rising unemployment and especially the air you   
   breathe. As someone who knew a professor at University of Penn, and   
   understands holistic health, he packed up and left a few years ago and there   
   is nothing as important as giving your family clean air to maximize their   
   existence, nothing.   
   "Karen Y Byrd"  wrote in message   
   news:slrn3vsbiabm0.fttj.kybyrd@pobox.upenn.edu...   
   > On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 18:59:29 GMT, mcs  wrote:   
   > >not a day goes by that we don't hear of more then one murder every day   
   and   
   > >now they are  talking about more then one or two seems like every day,   
   Women   
   > >found murdered in the house, in cars , near the river, in the park, men   
   shot   
   > >in the street, kids being shot in crossfire and no one is around to   
   protest   
   > >anymore about stopping the violence. Now murder is two stories from top   
   > >headline. Yes crime is down in Philly , what a joke , what a joke the   
   news   
   > >don't even talk about it , like pollution is this dog of a city. Does   
   anyone   
   > >sane really want to live here? If so why?   
   >   
   > Because while you are concentrating on alleged mayhem, those of us   
   > with a more optimistic viewpoint focus on things like this:   
   >   
   > Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is now rated, **FINALLY** as the best   
   > pediatric facility in the country if not the entire world.   
   >   
   > The University of Pennsylvania's School of Medicine is the   
   > 2nd best medical/ academic   
   > research institution in the country. Only Johns Hopkins stands in our way   
   > to the number 1 position now.   
   >   
   > The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania was recently named   
   > to the U.S. News and World Report hospital Honor Roll. Heck,   
   > after so many years of being consistently in the top 10 for   
   > years and years there's only so many more accolades they can get   
   > and this is a big one.   
   >   
   > Closer to home. My neighborhood, Fairmount/Spring Garden is   
   > experiencing a building boom. New town houses. New condo   
   > projects. Rehabs of existing rowhouses.   
   >   
   > Look if all you are going to do  is accentuate the negative   
   > I feel very sorry for you.   
   >   
   >   
   > KByrd   
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