As a transplant to Philly for college from VA, Philadelphia definitely sits in a weird area when it comes to their cultural contributions. New York does their b

As a transplant to Philly for college from VA, Philadelphia definitely sits in a weird area when it comes to their cultural contributions. New York does their best to make sure people from Philly know they aren't allowed to be culturally relevant like they do with New Jersey so there's a little bit of mixing of culture from Philly to NJ. It has Baltimore to bully in a similar way as NYC does but evidence of the culture is obvious. Jersey club as a music genre is wholly from Baltimore but obviously influenced from Philadelphia. But its influence seems to be completely stopped at DC, where people from Philly "who made it" but not in NYC try to show they aren't from Philly. I lived there through college, and never felt any influence to pick up the slang since it seemed to just exist in a bubble that was ridiculed from all sides. I would say I wanted a hoagie at the store, because they would pretend they didn't know what a sub was, but thats about it. But jawn seems like the most boring word that online articles like to talk about. Its obviously prevalent but its also not unknown and actually fairly common. When I was in Philly earlier this year a lawyer's ad on the radio used it prevalently to try and show some kind of connection to the city. Its kind of unique but uninteresting, similar to a broccoli rabe sandwich bloggers rave about since the best cheesesteaks in the city have basically been established for decades now. Now an article explaining 'actin jo (joe??)' I'd love to read about because I've never gotten a straight answer on that, but have seen fights get started because one girl said it to another.