Like every other BS "It costs this much" story, it depends on what specific location you're looking at and how much you want to not deal with crime. In Philadel

Like every other BS "It costs this much" story, it depends on what specific location you're looking at and how much you want to not deal with crime. In Philadelphia you'll find three homes selling for $450k, $800k, and $1.2m on the same gentrified block in Northern Liberties, and people will walk past you on the sidewalk saying "I grew up here, but I can't afford to live here anymore", and then there's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Badlands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Badlands and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Philadelphia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Philadelphia