Being Quote by Jim Croce

Philly is a state of mind I’m always in. The city is truly a character in its own right, and it’s served me well…

— M. K. Asante

In Manhattan, and its true on some level till this day; its a whole different mentality from the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, which I…

— Kool Moe Dee

I grew up in New York City. We used to diss Long Island and Jersey. Every big city has its own suburb like that.

— Max Joseph

Must you play into the stereotypes? Turn that mess down. This is the suburbs. I'm in that damn neighborhood watch!

— Cedric The Entertainer

There are certain neighborhoods in America like that - like in Pittsburgh, where I'm from - where people wouldn't think it's even livable for…

— Wiz Khalifa

I am pretty antisocial and have difficulty communicating with other human beings. I know that if I were in Philly I'd still mostly be…

— Ben Daniels

It's a nice neighborhood, like the one I left. My home borough is Brooklyn and Queens.

— Anthony Weiner

I'm not from Philly - I'm from South Jersey, but we still consider that the Philly area.

— Frank Vogel

I've been to a lot of different cities around the world. People in Philly are a lot different... We're raised a little more street-smart.…

— Danny Garcia

I've lived through a lot of different neighborhoods.

— Roy Choi

It's really kind of hard to be a suburb of nothing. If you don't have a downtown, you really don't have anything. It's hard…

— Ed McMahon

If you say city to people, people have no problem thinking of the city as rife with problematic, screwed-up people, but if you say…

— Eric Bogosian