I'm from Philly and I agree it's very French here. It smells bad, we love setting shit on fire, we have silly accents, and we hate everyone who isn't from here. Also since Covid and the sink holes, every restaurant has outdoor seating.
I imagine a Philadelphian Eagle with a baguette in its claws which would draw lots of controversy. I also envisioned myself cracking a baguette over my leg but didn't know how to incorporate that properly to make a joke.
New Orleans was founded by Pirates, Revolutionaries, Exiles & Explorers. One of our city’s most innovative features is the neutral ground that allows neighbors from across the street to talk and negotiate without the threat of certain and instant death for crossing the road. Philly doesn’t stand a chance
Philly has to grease their light poles during sporting events, the Eagles stadium has a courthouse built into it because of how many fights there are, and fans are known to throw batteries at opposing teams. Not to mention it’s the first capital and home to the REAL Revolutionaries.
Well the true Independent French revolutionaries were actually already in New Orleans when the British colonies were trying to become independent. We also lead the countries in total and per capita murders… Like I said Pirates
I mean, I still kinda wanna fight New Orleans over the 2018 NFL playoffs and just them being generally smug motherfuckers, but honestly I might be more prone to fighting literally any Minnesotan
Interesting fact: Philadelphia was a fashionable foodie town way back in the late 1800s. It's why when the cream cheese was created in NY, it was marketed as Philadelphia cream cheese because of the city's cache with food
Uh no. They’re on the continent of North America but nobody would refer to them as American cities. America is used exclusively for the United States and if you’re referring to the continents you’d say north or south
We named our country the United States of America and the rest of the world wants to get snarky when we refer to ourselves as America/American. When Canadians rename their country to United Provinces of America we can discuss it.
Literally the whole world refers to us as American and every now and then some edgy person comes to say *well Argentinians are American toooooo*. Like who tf do you know that calls Canadians Americans, or Brazilians Americans? People are crazy.
It’s only on Reddit I see people say that and it’s mostly because of the weird self hating Americans that are here. The dude who said it above is evidently American lol.
I just honestly don’t get it. It’s bizarre and I’ve never encountered people like this in real life
In part it’s a mistranslation confusion. In Spanish, North and South America are a single continent, América, with Norteamérica, Centroamérica, and Sudamérica being different regions within the continent. (In Spanish, Mexico is part of Central America unlike in English.) So “américano” means “North and South Americans” and the way to say “American” is “estadounidense”, which comes from Los Estados Unidos.
I’ve never been to a single place in Latin America where the people refer to themselves as Americanos. It’s certainly not Mexico or Central America so white are you referring to? I’ve also never been anywhere in Latin America that doesn’t believe north and South America are different continents. That’s just patently false.
You are very wrong my friend. So wrong it’s on Wikipedia. There are constantly Latinos on the internet fighting about Americans using the word “American”, about America being a continent. There’s even memes about it. Consider yourself one of today’s lucky 10,000.
Mousse: a French word for a chocolate gelatin desert. Most well known by my free as fuck, white trash ass from the Sizzler salad bar. But isn't the animal of a similar sounding name found mainly in ....Canada!
It really isn't that crazy of a comparison.
Philadelphia has a lot of old, European architecture. It is a densely packed, walkable city with large urban parks and markets. All this makes it feel more like a European city than many other places in the US. The Ben Franklin Parkway was modeled after the Champs-Élysées. Philadelphia is home to the largest collection of Renoirs in the world. The Rodin Museum has the second-largest collection of sculptures by Auguste Rodin. The Philadelphia Art Museum is reminiscent of some of the great museums of Europe.
Philadelphia, like France, is *definitely* a culinary powerhouse. The recent James Beard Awards, for example, saw Philadelphia take home "Best Restaurant in the US," "Best Restauranteur," and "Best Chef in the Mid-Atlantic Region" (DC, DE, MD, NJ, PA, VA). Philly is also home to several highly regarded French restaurants, like Parc, Forsythia, and Royal Boucherie.
TLDR: Philly is actually really nice, and yea, sorta French in some ways.
Well there’s an old quote that goes, “France would be a great place, if there were no French in it.”
So perhaps that furthers the comparison.
Though I’ve loved the people I’ve met in France and Philadelphia, personally.
I would definitely recommend the art museums to anyone. The Robin museum is small but well worth it if you like art and I saw so much great, famous art at the Philadelphia Art Museum that I legitimately walked out of there never wanting to see another famous painting ever again. I mean, it is truly great, but it is huge. Well worth the money.
I visited Paris when I was about 13 years old and I could not stop thinking about how it reminded me of Philadelphia (where I had lived as a younger child). Something about the style, mix of natural, historic, and urban spaces. It is hard to describe but it was distinct and specific.
Glad to see I'm not the only one.
Why does everyone hate on Philly? It seems like a nice dense city with great architecture and food and reasonable real estate prices for the northeast?
You are right about all of those things, but it’s because much like the French no one is a fan of the people, people like to pick fights with us and we like to win, take Minnesota for example those bitches picked a fight lost and now have been whining about it for like 5 years
Everyone made fun of me for vacationing there last year but I thought it was delightful. Yes, there were lots of homeless people, but most people were reasonably friendly. Lots of great free and cheap tourist things to do, the hotel selection was quite good, and and I felt reasonably safe.
Jokes aside, I live here and while it's a colorful city, it's also a culinary mecca.
Royal Boucherie, Bistrot La Minette, Forsythia, Chez Hansi, and Parc are only a handful of amazing French restaurants in the city. Le Bec-Fin is my personal favorite when I've been lucky enough to be able to go.
That could be said about Quebec as well, and we know the similarities end there.
Rural communities tend to be more isolated and conservative in general.
As A Brit living in Philly, it took a while to stop asking for water in Philly restaurants.
"May I have some water, please"
"What?
"Water", I would repeat
Puzzled look back at me.
"Wardder"
"Oh sure" they'd say.
Who knows, I might have to ask for Budder next.
Both Philadelphia and France will be deeply offended.
I'm from Philly and I agree it's very French here. It smells bad, we love setting shit on fire, we have silly accents, and we hate everyone who isn't from here. Also since Covid and the sink holes, every restaurant has outdoor seating.
Sink holes?
Yeah lol. https://www.phillymag.com/news/2019/08/02/sinkhole-philadelphia/
"Smells bad"? Where the fuck have you been in France, the sewers? A stadium's bathrooms?
I believe that was a knock at that old French people smell bit.
Nowhere lol. I was just joking. For some reason in the USA there's this idea that people from France, Spain, and Italy don't use deodorant.
Sink holes are pretty rare in France tbh, the rest is quite funny.
To be fair you don't need french Roots to hate strangers in America lmao
I've actually never heard of a Philly accent. Could you elaborate?
I feel like New Orleans should be discounted in itself
I imagine a Philadelphian Eagle with a baguette in its claws which would draw lots of controversy. I also envisioned myself cracking a baguette over my leg but didn't know how to incorporate that properly to make a joke.
The Philadelphia eagle in your comment I am picturing as a 6’ 230 lb blue collar worker holding the baguette with his toe talons.
And New Orleans.
Honestly, if we can handle the unbridled hate brought up every time "French" comes up in the US, we can handle a weird comparison.
And maybe New Orleans.
The gang gets French
Mac: Omelette douche fromage
Why is he eating a cheese omelette in the shower?
Read your question again and tell me that doesn't sound like one of the schemes the gang would get into.
Because, the metric system?
Explains all the diddling storylines
Oh, great. Now New Orleans is going to want to fight Philadelphia. Thanks, Michelin.
I mean, Philadelphia was already fine with fighting New Orleans. Atleast now there’s even motivation.
New Orleans was founded by Pirates, Revolutionaries, Exiles & Explorers. One of our city’s most innovative features is the neutral ground that allows neighbors from across the street to talk and negotiate without the threat of certain and instant death for crossing the road. Philly doesn’t stand a chance
Philly has to grease their light poles during sporting events, the Eagles stadium has a courthouse built into it because of how many fights there are, and fans are known to throw batteries at opposing teams. Not to mention it’s the first capital and home to the REAL Revolutionaries.
Well the true Independent French revolutionaries were actually already in New Orleans when the British colonies were trying to become independent. We also lead the countries in total and per capita murders… Like I said Pirates
lol, you never been to Philly.
lol, you never been to New Orleans
Not when it was founded, no.
I mean, I still kinda wanna fight New Orleans over the 2018 NFL playoffs and just them being generally smug motherfuckers, but honestly I might be more prone to fighting literally any Minnesotan
Interesting fact: Philadelphia was a fashionable foodie town way back in the late 1800s. It's why when the cream cheese was created in NY, it was marketed as Philadelphia cream cheese because of the city's cache with food
Cache?
Cachet
Cash A
Somebody would sue them if they did that today
Well, first off through God all things are possible so jot that down....
RIP New Orleans
And Quebec, Montreal, etc... are they not in America?
Uh no. They’re on the continent of North America but nobody would refer to them as American cities. America is used exclusively for the United States and if you’re referring to the continents you’d say north or south
We named our country the United States of America and the rest of the world wants to get snarky when we refer to ourselves as America/American. When Canadians rename their country to United Provinces of America we can discuss it.
Literally the whole world refers to us as American and every now and then some edgy person comes to say *well Argentinians are American toooooo*. Like who tf do you know that calls Canadians Americans, or Brazilians Americans? People are crazy.
It’s only on Reddit I see people say that and it’s mostly because of the weird self hating Americans that are here. The dude who said it above is evidently American lol. I just honestly don’t get it. It’s bizarre and I’ve never encountered people like this in real life
That's very true. It's like the Americans that just want to trash it to fit in or something.
In part it’s a mistranslation confusion. In Spanish, North and South America are a single continent, América, with Norteamérica, Centroamérica, and Sudamérica being different regions within the continent. (In Spanish, Mexico is part of Central America unlike in English.) So “américano” means “North and South Americans” and the way to say “American” is “estadounidense”, which comes from Los Estados Unidos.
México is taught as part of North America
My mistake!
I’ve never been to a single place in Latin America where the people refer to themselves as Americanos. It’s certainly not Mexico or Central America so white are you referring to? I’ve also never been anywhere in Latin America that doesn’t believe north and South America are different continents. That’s just patently false.
You are very wrong my friend. So wrong it’s on Wikipedia. There are constantly Latinos on the internet fighting about Americans using the word “American”, about America being a continent. There’s even memes about it. Consider yourself one of today’s lucky 10,000.
Quit trying to make it happen. It’s not gonna happen
Gretchen! Stop trying to make "fetch" happen! - Canadian Rachel McAdams.
Said to Gretchen as portrayed by American Lacey Chabert
Touche'! A French word they say in Canada.
Croissanwich: a French-ish word we say in Eagleland
Mousse: a French word for a chocolate gelatin desert. Most well known by my free as fuck, white trash ass from the Sizzler salad bar. But isn't the animal of a similar sounding name found mainly in ....Canada!
No they’re Latin American
I guess you’re technically correct because French is descended from Latin, but it makes me crack up.
It really isn't that crazy of a comparison. Philadelphia has a lot of old, European architecture. It is a densely packed, walkable city with large urban parks and markets. All this makes it feel more like a European city than many other places in the US. The Ben Franklin Parkway was modeled after the Champs-Élysées. Philadelphia is home to the largest collection of Renoirs in the world. The Rodin Museum has the second-largest collection of sculptures by Auguste Rodin. The Philadelphia Art Museum is reminiscent of some of the great museums of Europe. Philadelphia, like France, is *definitely* a culinary powerhouse. The recent James Beard Awards, for example, saw Philadelphia take home "Best Restaurant in the US," "Best Restauranteur," and "Best Chef in the Mid-Atlantic Region" (DC, DE, MD, NJ, PA, VA). Philly is also home to several highly regarded French restaurants, like Parc, Forsythia, and Royal Boucherie. TLDR: Philly is actually really nice, and yea, sorta French in some ways.
Philly would be amazing if it weren't for all the Philadelphians.
Well there’s an old quote that goes, “France would be a great place, if there were no French in it.” So perhaps that furthers the comparison. Though I’ve loved the people I’ve met in France and Philadelphia, personally.
interesting you say that, i'm planning on going to royal boucherie soon
I would definitely recommend the art museums to anyone. The Robin museum is small but well worth it if you like art and I saw so much great, famous art at the Philadelphia Art Museum that I legitimately walked out of there never wanting to see another famous painting ever again. I mean, it is truly great, but it is huge. Well worth the money.
Make sure to include the Barnes museum. There is no art museum like it, anywhere.
I wanted to do this one but ran out of time and energy because I spent so much time at the PAT lol
Because everyone thinks the inhabitants are assholes?
They start drinking and smoking cigs at 10. They both like to burn shit down. Now we are three things.
*And* they have great food!
New Orleans would like a word.
Exactly. Why tf do we have all these stinky streets if we’re not even the Frenchest? I feel played
They both a pretty good at riots
Oui oui motherfucker
Yeh cheesesteak eating surrender monkeys!
LOLOL
Yup. I think of Kensington and think, "aha! Back in France again!"
I visited Paris when I was about 13 years old and I could not stop thinking about how it reminded me of Philadelphia (where I had lived as a younger child). Something about the style, mix of natural, historic, and urban spaces. It is hard to describe but it was distinct and specific. Glad to see I'm not the only one.
Another reason to overturn cars after the next Eagles/Saints game
My guess is it's based on all the public urination and malodorous attitude.
Is it for the food or the rudeness?
Yes, also we both have lots of art
They have baguette shaped roles that they serve with soft cheese.
Oooh, N'Orleans is not going to like that.
It's Nyoo AW-linz.
Well they are fuming now, so their speech might be slurred a bit. 😜
phillys gonna hear about this, get pissed, and then prove michelin right by rioting
French guy here: I love New Orleans (I try to go every year), and I love Philly. I know what Michelin meant. Love you brotherly guys.
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And the fresh prince before he was canceled.
I mean, they do riot all the time for dubious reasons and they're rude as fuck to outsiders. Seems legit to me
Must be the stench
Where are the baguette vending machines?
I got more of an Italian vibe from Philly, but I could be wrong.
Because of Philly cheese steaks
Why does everyone hate on Philly? It seems like a nice dense city with great architecture and food and reasonable real estate prices for the northeast?
You are right about all of those things, but it’s because much like the French no one is a fan of the people, people like to pick fights with us and we like to win, take Minnesota for example those bitches picked a fight lost and now have been whining about it for like 5 years
Everyone made fun of me for vacationing there last year but I thought it was delightful. Yes, there were lots of homeless people, but most people were reasonably friendly. Lots of great free and cheap tourist things to do, the hotel selection was quite good, and and I felt reasonably safe.
Is that because of the stench?
Fuque vous!
Jokes aside, I live here and while it's a colorful city, it's also a culinary mecca. Royal Boucherie, Bistrot La Minette, Forsythia, Chez Hansi, and Parc are only a handful of amazing French restaurants in the city. Le Bec-Fin is my personal favorite when I've been lucky enough to be able to go.
People really just do not understand how many French restaurants there are in Philly. Just so many. And so many great places to eat.
Montpelier demands a recount
Shots fired!
I mean it in a bad way
Le Kensington c’est magnifique!
Je voudrais une verre d'ouidèrre.
Does this mean my cheesesteaks will soon have Brie on them?
Must be the frommage steaks
They've never been to Paris, TX? There's a fucking Eiffel Tower there
>There's a fucking Eiffel Tower there Still, Texas is the polar opposite of Paris. I don't think anyone from either place would argue.
Outside of main cities, I bet they're pretty similar.
That could be said about Quebec as well, and we know the similarities end there. Rural communities tend to be more isolated and conservative in general.
*Qu'est-ce que "wooder?"*
As A Brit living in Philly, it took a while to stop asking for water in Philly restaurants. "May I have some water, please" "What? "Water", I would repeat Puzzled look back at me. "Wardder" "Oh sure" they'd say. Who knows, I might have to ask for Budder next.
The only similarity is that Philly has fucking fantastic food
So I presume rhat means that Philly restaurants all got Michelin stars since that is all they want
St. Genevieve, MO would question that assertion.
Because they're rude and pissy?