When I was a kid we would visit my cousins in surburban Melrose Park, PA (just north of Philly in Montgomery Co.). That is a very nice area (my late uncle was a doctor). The other parts of Philly I wasn't impressed with at all. West Philly made the worst places in Dayton look like Beverly Hills in comparison. The whole area seems so dreary and depressing to me. I'm sure the area may have changed since I've last visited in the '80's.