“The only sane part of the city left”
Check out this fake wiki-style page about Philadelphia, especially the section on The Great Northeast, which discusses our “propensity for comfort with strip malls, bleak futures, row-homes, and winding, unnavigable roads.”
Also worth the read are the Unconventional Traffic Laws and Prominent Citizens sections.
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