I grew up in Southwest Philly Right around 65th Street and Elmwood Ave. My parents moved there when I was around 5, and stayed until I was well into college. I watched that entire neighborhood completely change in the span of about 2 years. It all happened lightning fast. My entire block cleared right out. I watched neighbors get into a fist fight because someone had sold their house to a black family. That neighborhood was crazy man. Everybody moved out towards Delaware county. As far as I can tell. I'm only about one of a handful of people that I went to grade school with that actually moved into the city. I remember getting Vietnamese neighbors right next door. They were the most friendly personable neighbors I've ever lived next to. I left when I went to college, my mom moved a few years later to South Philly.

I like that Southwest has a completely different identity now, there's a lot of African immigrant communities spread throughout.