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Originally Posted by tower
It's a reality for real Philadelphians - our sports teams break our hearts year after year and haven't won many championships, we have a stigma to many, and we lost our economy to NYC and government to DC, etc. It's one of the oldest most badass cities in the country, and you are in denial if you don't acknowledge our shortcomings.
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Bullshit. First off, I'm an adult so while I enjoy watching sports luckily I don't tie my self esteem or my pride in my city to the outcome of sporting events.
And saying something like Philadelphia always comes up short isn't "acknowledging your shortcomings" it is being needlessly and hyperbolically negative. I mean honestly Philadelphia always comes up short in what sense? What do you even mean and why even say it?
I was just in Indianapolis for business and I took a walking tour with an Indianapolis native who seemed to truly believe Indianapolis was the best city in the world. I mean, obviously I disagree, most would. But I respected his opinion because when it comes right down to it "the best city in the world" is entirely subjective and why wouldn't you think your city is the best in the world? If you didn't, why live there?
My point is people in cities all over the world are able to muster pride for their city and the vast majority of them aren't half as impressive as Philadelphia. Only a true Negadelphian could look at the construction of a truly innovative building as a failure over something as stupid as "roof height" and look at it as another example of Philadelphia's long history of coming up short.
That's not say Philadelphia or this building doesn't have flaws. It's just the woe is me, we can't ever do anything right negadelphian attitude is annoying and especially perplexing considering how well things have been going here as of late.