generic, i disagree with your assessment of Bicycle therapy on 22nd and south. I've had nothing but good experiences there. Well, I guess at times, the mechanics have come off as a little snotty (well actually just one of them) but I'll go there over trophy any day (they do shoddy work).

As for the housing market, Alan Greenspan may say that, but he wouldn't say it in regard to the housing market. The condo market, well thats another thing. Btw, being a penn alum, i still read the penn newspaper, kids getting robbed at 34th these days... the old rule, by the way was not to go past 40th and that rule is 10+ years old. they don't walk down 45th with no fear. Penn's populace tails off drastically at 42nd. And why should a penn kid have to walk any differently from any other neighborhood resident (and for that matter how do you walk brazenly? is that the only way penn kids walk?)? And there is a 7-11 on 42nd, wawas are at 38th and 36th, but i probably don't need to point out that you don;t know what you're talking about when it comes to the area... remember, your opinion is not fact and don't let a pre-disposition against penn kids taint your views, its unbecoming.

and as for the housing market question, they speak of the housing bubble elsewhere. But you're right, in comparison to comparable cities, philadelphia remains a bargain. Condo developers are flooding the market with condos which will ultimately (within the next few years) drive condo prices down, but the houses are by no means inflated.