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Believe it or not, a lot of foreigners i've spoken to know of Philadelphia via the cream cheese brand of all things lol and "west Philadelphia born and raised". I guess I underestimated how popular cream cheese is worldwide.
Philadelphia cream cheese is part of popular culture as well as Fresh Prince.
Philadelphia cream cheese is part of popular culture as well as Fresh Prince.
Fresh Prince I get but the Cream Cheese threw me off. Not sure why you commented though, I already realized how I underrated Cream Cheese's popularity. You can cease with the glib comments.
Fresh Prince I get but the Cream Cheese threw me off. Not sure why you commented though, I already realized how I underrated Cream Cheese's popularity. You can cease with the glib comments.
I commented because I wanted to. You also don't know the context of my comment.
I commented because I wanted to. You also don't know the context of my comment.
You're always patronizing me. It's an obvious one-sided vendetta because anything I say you have an opposing comment. Did I say something about your city/state that you didn't like? What's the root of this? I noticed this only started happening once I bought up racial issues. Sorry but it's unfortunately alive and well, and I don't care how uncomfortable it makes you. Enjoy being on my ignore list though.
You're always patronizing me. It's an obvious one-sided vendetta because anything I say you have an opposing comment. Did I say something about your city/state that you didn't like? What's the root of this? I noticed this only started happening once I bought up racial issues. Sorry but it's unfortunately alive and well, and I don't care how uncomfortable it makes you. Enjoy being on my ignore list though.
You have the wrong poster. We've never conversed outside of the thread about MD and DC being southern, and we both agreed that they were. We've never discussed race. I don't have an issue with you.
The funny thing is, the cream cheese was never made here. The guy who invented it was an upstate New York farmer who chose to name it for the city because of its reputation for fine food.
And that was in the years after the Civil War, well before the "Restaurant Renaissance."
But that (and Will Smith, who is from here) should tell you something about the city's international "brand awareness". It also says that our most recognizable landmarks (Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell) don't travel well beyond America's borders, and maybe even not that well within them.
The funny thing is, the cream cheese was never made here. The guy who invented it was an upstate New York farmer who chose to name it for the city because of its reputation for fine food.
And that was in the years after the Civil War, well before the "Restaurant Renaissance."
But that (and Will Smith, who is from here) should tell you something about the city's international "brand awareness". It also says that our most recognizable landmarks (Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell) don't travel well beyond America's borders, and maybe even not that well within them.
Yeah, 'Visit Philly' and 'Discover Philly" are terrible. At least the city is getting some more global recog. though; Time voted Philadelphia as one of the best travel destinations in the world last year.
There's a few people in the country who believe Philadelphia is it's own state, or didn't know how close it was to New York. Seems as if those people slept through 'Am. History' and 'Geography class.
Yeah, 'Visit Philly' and 'Discover Philly" are terrible. At least the city is getting some more global recog. though; Time voted Philadelphia as one of the best travel destinations in the world last year.
There's a few people in the country who believe Philadelphia is it's own state, or didn't know how close it was to New York. Seems as if those people slept through 'Am. History' and 'Geography class.
Time is just the latest in a string of publications that have declared Philadelphia a must-visit over the recent past.
In 2018, The New York Times gave Philadelphia the second spot in its list of "52 Places to Visit" that year. (I assume that the Times is suggesting you spend each weekend of the year in one of these places.)
The year before, National Geographic Traveler also listed Philadelphia as one of its picks for places readers must visit in the coming year. (I think their list had only 20 places on it.)
Chicago was just ranked the second most beautiful city in the world (and the first in North America) by 27,000 Time Out Index survey voters from across the globe.
A whopping 79% of voters— second only to Prague—deemed the city beautiful, beating out famously gorgeous spots like Paris (which ranked third), Amsterdam and Vienna.
Seems when asked about Chicago. Votes in the beautiful column rated high. That is key to its rating. The core with its parks and lakefront setting with the skyline and architecture of skyscrapers.
Chicago made it as #7 city in the US by Travel and Leisure and its subscribers.
NYC at #5 and San Antonio at #6 were the large cities ahead of Chicago. Quaint smaller ones ruled like Charleston and Savannah and Santa Fe.
Wow a list for 2022 out already below.
Chicago again makes the grade. Some use reader polls to determine which place lands at the top, while others base rankings on data like its livability or how easy it is to bike there. But Resonance below link, a consultancy group in real estate, tourism, and economic development, wanted to create a ranking that was more comprehensive.
Chicago rank here is in the world despite issues and Covid is at #13. US cities ranking higher is NYC at #3 and LA at #8.
Chicago does good in so many rankings that continues despite its issues to have higher rankings vs most other US cities on global rankings and local politics even on C-D in the Chicago forum. The World alcolades still come.
But does it all make it cool or cooler then Philadelphia? I say yes. Sadly, politics today has overtaken some city forums to lessen their cities. Crime in both these cities plays a roll and their mayors disliked etc.
Sorry my links do not take properly. One can paste them and make them valid. Must be me.
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