Besides the usual touristy hangouts, where would I find a good mom 'n pop hardware store? I love those places—they have all sorts of unusual stuff.
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In Philly, I don't know. Across the river in NJ, I could come up with a few different ones, but none that I've seen anything terribly unusual at. And some of them are close to an hour from center city, I doubt that you'd want to go so far just for a hardware store.
Of course, the best hardware store I can think of is out in Lebanon county, PA where I lived until I was around 10, one of those old hardware stores that has everything, but that would be way too far.
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Don't worry about philly, its not a get in and get out quickly kind of city. Of course, there are parts that resemble East St. Louis
I would also point out that any city which has a cracked bell as its icon (what, they couldn't forge a bell that held together?) AND which actually, no BS, made a life size bronze statue of a fictional pugilist (Rocky Balboa) and placed it in a very prominent location as a beacon of Philadelphianess (what, Tom Hanks' character in Philadelphia wasn't macho enough?) deserves much suspicion. Me wife said she heard they took the statue down, that's like Mike Tyson getting tattoo removal for that garbage on his face.
Still, its a cool town. You're likely to stay and roam downtown near city hall and independence hall and all that stuff. They're big on the Constitution and for a small couple block radius it almost has a colonial feel. Well, colonial where General George would be selling crack and meth, but hey, this is modern america - things change. North side of the city is where you're likely to find cool rundown old hardware stores, but it is also where you might get into some trouble. West side, I think, is what they call mainline which is their blueblood section of old money, like genuine old money. Never been. Be sure to check out the battleship USS New Jersey across the river in camden (a town that might actually rival East St. Louis for down-and-out riverside cousins to major metropolises). The NJ is the most decorated battleship in us history and the only to serve in WWII, Korea, 'Nam, Lebanon and Persian Gulf. They've got an aquarium in Camden too, supposed to be pretty cool when dead bodies aren't floating in it. Okay, just kidding, body parts only.
Most of the Philly waterfront is polluted, worn down factories and warehouses, but me thinks they do have a some waterfront section or pier for tourist things as well as dining/drinks. Obviously, you can tell I'm not real familiar with Philly, but have been a couple dozen times on hafl/full day long business trips, but never as a real tourist.A Man is incomplete until he gets married ... then he's FINISHED!!!Comment
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Oh god... it's no wonder 430752 lost his job as Director of Tourism for Philly
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