Mt. Airy named among top city neighborhoods nationwide
A summertime shot of Germantown Avenue in Mt. Airy. (Jana Shea/for NewsWorks, file)
Mt. Airy has been named among the top “big-city neighborhoods” in the country by CNN. The article cites the neighborhood’s “racially and religiously diverse” population as well as the “historic homes and leafy streets.”
Brooklyn’s Park Slope, Lakeview in Chicago and Houston Heights in Houston are among other neighborhoods named on the list.
The complete list can be seen here.
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