South PHilly is great, lots of Italians, and a good irish section down on 2nd street, its gotton a little tighter over the years since a lot of families moved to Washington township but peolple are moving back and there are great resturantes comparable with New York. Lots of luncheanettes, delis, corner grocery stores,and Yuppies are buying up property and living in them so that they dont have to pay enormous rents in center city where they work. South Philly is 10 to 15 minutes away from center city