Fun With Lists
6 Ways Philly Really Is a World-Class City
“After walking about it for an hour or two, I felt I would have given the world for a crooked street,” Charles Dickens wrote of […]
9 Golden Rules of Amtrak Etiquette
Darn! I missed National Train Day on May 10th. But in reality I have a lot of train days. That’s because I’ve been using Amtrak […]
Pennsylvanians Google “Back Shaving” More Than Any Other Term
You gotta hand it to real estate websites: they know how to drive traffic. Witness Estately, which always has something to love. Today, it’s a […]
13 More Bizarre Philadelphia International Airport Moments: A Timeline
This past Tuesday night, the pilots of a US Airways flight heading from Philadelphia International Airport to London were forced to make good on their […]
Is Philly One of the “Smartest” Cities in the World?
Spain’s IESE Business School at the University of Navarra, which is not a dependent clause we’ve typed on this blog before, has released its Cities […]
Is Philly the 11th-Best City on the Planet?
Folks who have embraced our city’s lovable inferiority complex are going to have a hard time making sense of this: Philadelphia has been named the 11th-best […]
Every Mayor of Philadelphia, Ranked by How Funny-Sounding Their Names Are
Working from this master list from Wikipedia, I have compiled a ranking of every mayor in Philadelphia’s history, from Humphrey Morrey (appointed by William Penn […]
Road Rage Survey Says Philadelphia Is 8th Most-Courteous City in America
In news that feels like somebody’s hiding just out of range, waiting to jump out and yell “surprise, sucka!” AutoVantage reports that its “road rage […]
Philly Ranks Sixth Among Big Cities for Walking
One of our favorite things about living in the city? Walking. And it’s good to see that love affirmed in a new report that says […]
Masterman Is Once Again PA’s Top School
The Inquirer reports: “Philadelphia’s Masterman High School once again topped U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of Pennsylvania schools, with a number of suburban […]
12 Things You Need to Stop Whining About Now
Got complaints? Hate your life? Please stop whining. I don’t want to hear it. And I especially don’t want to hear… I don’t feel good. […]
Penn Law Ranks 7th on U.S. News List
Philadelphia Business Journal reports on the new law school rankings from U.S. News and World Report: Penn is the area’s top law school, according to […]
Top Five City Lists We’re Happy Philly Didn’t Make
Philly doesn’t have the best track record when it comes to negligibly constructed rankings of American towns. For three consecutive years, we came up dead […]
HuffPo Has 31 Reasons Philly “Is The Most Underrated City in America”
Huffington Post has listed 31 reasons Philly is the “most underrated city in America.” We won’t steal their thunder—go read the piece—but here are our […]
1 in 5 Philly Workers Wants a New Job
Philadelphia Business Journal reports: “CareerBuilder has found that 1 in 5 workers in Philadelphia are looking to change employers. Twenty percent of full-time workers said they plan […]