Date:  Tue, 3 Oct 1995 09:28:09 -0500

From:  Molly Dickmeyer <dickmeye[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]JBLSMTP.PHL.LRPUB.COM>

Subject: Re: downtown/inner city -Reply



>>> Wayne Glowka <wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU> 10/2/95, 10:20

>In Philadelphia in the mid-70s people went to center city. I

>imagine that they still do.



Wayne:

Indeed we still do--in fact, I work in center city. However, center

city, for the most part, is the historical and business district.

Inner city implies a socioeconimic poverty and/or crime-ridden area

(to me at least). I've never heard "inner city" used to refer to a

specific region of Philly, but it is used as an adjective to describe

such areas (as North Philly, Kensington etc ...), e.g., inner-city

youth, inner-city school, etc.---as you said, more of a sociologic

term than a geographic one.



molly

dickmeye[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]phl.lrpub.com