The neighborhood serves as the center of the Hispanic community of Philadelphia, and is known for its “El Centro de Oro” commercial strip along North 5th Street. This was an 85% increase, the largest of any zip code in Philadelphia, from the 2004 median sale price.Fairhill is a neighborhood on the east side of the North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Fairhill is bordered by Front Street to the east, Germantown Avenue to the west, Allegheny Avenue to the north, and Cumberland Street to the south. West Philly had Penn and the immediate surrounding area for student and staff housing, bit once you came up into the mid 40s, the quality dropped off dramatically. What made you put multiple communities together that are not together at all and closer / neighboring to other communities that you do not even mention? ... 220,000 African Americans lived in Philadelphia, and they desperately needed housing beyond the older black ghetto in North Philadelphia.
The rankings are calculated based on the number of violent crimes per 100,000 people for each neighborhood, compared to the Philadelphia violent crime average. One of America’s largest cities, the Philadelphia ghetto is in a city that is mostly known for being a pioneer city for the country, while also almost becoming the capital of the United States.Some of the most important stories of the city are how the African-American and Puerto Rican population grew into the current neighborhoods of Philadelphia.The Philadelphia black history began as the city’s first African-Americans came from nearby slave states, while others have been in the city since the beginning of Philadelphia’s existence.By the early and mid-1900s, the city of Philadelphia had one of the largest black populations in the country as many worked as laborers or as servants.The community was mostly all in South Philadelphia, along with some parts of North Philadelphia, but all predominantly black neighborhoods were near the downtown area or the city center.As many white families began to leave the neighborhoods of West Philadelphia and North Philadelphia, especially as employment opportunities began to leave the city, the black community expanded into other parts of the Philadelphia.Today, the Philadelphia black population makes up the majority of the city’s communities in West Philadelphia, most of North Philadelphia that is west of Broad Street and parts of South Philadelphia.The Philadelphia Latino community of North Philadelphia is in the city’s Northeast section.A community and a population that has been around since the 1940s and 1950s has the majority living specific areas like Kensington.Many Puerto Ricans left their native country, during the mid-1900s, to relocate into major United States cities for better employment and living opportunities.When most arrived many moved to New York City, but years later Philadelphia would have one of the country’s largest Puerto Rican populations.Starting from having around 10,000 Puerto Ricans living in the city, now the Latino community makes up 12% of the 1.5 million people residing in the city.Beginning in the years of the 2000s, gentrification has been slowly taking over many of the city’s urban communities.Gentrification is affecting areas in South Philadelphia, West Philadelphia, especially around the University of Pennsylvania, and North Philadelphia in blocks that are around Spring Garden Street.In some parts of the city people are living side by side with one block being in the Philadelphia ghetto that has a home value of $70,000 while a couple of blocks down the home value is close to $400,000.In other places the rent is almost doubling from what it was ten years ago making it not affordable to live in their own community.With communities that are near the downtown area being gentrified, many people have to move to Delaware County, right outside of West Philadelphia, or north towards Montgomery County. Note to the author- you should really think of another line of work.
There are houses there that go for 8 figures.This guy has no idea of what he is talking about. While the cost of living is low, your entertainment and work options are limited.