Talk:South Philadelphia
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There is not a brand new WAL-MART in the shopping center i deleted that info. WAL-MART has been there for years. IKEA was the first new store at Columbus Commons. I also added the name, because it was left out.UnReaL 00:46, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Removed history of Pat's
I removed several lines from the Places of Interest that, while interesting, digressed into a history of the Philly cheesesteak. I'll look at the relevant article to see if it's containted there and add if necessary.
[edit] Not verified, Demographics
This mainly has to do with the information in the second para, though none of the information in the section as a whole is cited. The information seems to have been added by the same user who is know to add information about demographics on the Pennsylvania article, as well as several other articles involving places in PA. The user normally edits under a ip address and lists his source as simply www.census.gov. However other users as well as my self have not been able to verify any of these stats either by the census website or other websites, also considering that the information being put into the article by the user was for stats that the census had yet to even compile. The stats in the section should be considered dubious at best and should be considered for removal unless a credible, verifiable , source can be found and cited. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 05:00, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
Are ther no Black people in South Philly? Last I read, Blacks are between 31% and 33% of South Philly's population. Clearly, Blacks outnumber Italian-Americans and Irish-Americans as components of the South Philadelphia population.. Why this population is not mentioned is not clear to me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wf1947 (talk • contribs) 06:41, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Hippies
Where DO all the hippies meet? This article is missing any references to rock music history, opera singers of other musical history. Also no refs to famous S. Philadelphians. Let's go fellow S philly-ites. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cherrywood (talk • contribs).
[edit] Unsourced and POVness
"On many of the corners there is a pizzeria or a family-owned variety store."
Says who? Nice colorful tourist-brochure imagery, but in fact just subjective and unproven infotainment. 100% Wikiality.
"Many residents have lived in the neighborhood for decades. "
Ditto
"It is an area rich in immigrant culture"
"Rich" and "culture" are unmeasurable, and thus worthless qualifiers. Just marketing speak.
"South Philadelphia is traditionally working-class and highly unionized. This has resulted in a heavily Democratic populace."
This is wrong on so many levels. Traditionally? What's traditional about it? One, there's no proof offered. Secondly, working-class is subjective. What does Union membership have to do with that? And finally... adding Democratic voting into that mix is a opinion-biased value-judgment.
