XPost: phl.media, phl.housing   
   From: 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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