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Originally Posted by eschaton
Generalizing across Philly's mega-regions.
Greater Center City: Mostly gentrified, steadily getting more wealthy/creative class.
South Philadelphia: Historically working-class white, getting both more gentrified and more diverse
West Philadelphia: Mostly black and working class, with gentrification slowly spreading westward from University City
Northwest Philadelphia: A "favored quarter" of the city at further remove from the urban core. Kept its middle class better, and has even had some gentrification, but also large areas which have changed little in SES status for decades.
North Philadelphia: Poor and black and Latino. Aside from on its southern fringe - areas which tend to get lumped into the "greater Center City" concept - it hasn't shown much signs of improvement.
Northeast Philadelphia: Historically working class and lower-middle class white, on the whole stagnating or getting worse in recent decades - probably more so than any of the other major regions of the city.
It's hard for me to see any specific north/south or east/west trend here.
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All of this detail is fine and correct, but goes far beyond the simple
"Is your city split more along north-south or east-west lines?"
Philly's general geographical split is North-South more so than it is East-West. For one thing, there is no East Philly.