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Philadelphia, not an easy place to define.
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The Amish are in town.
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Today they sell this stuff, so you good.
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I just love it, bringing the joy into the city.
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This is Port Richmond!
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Port Richmond.
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So you guys got each other's backs around here all day.
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This is the way to do it.
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Rain's not stopping anyone.
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Thank you.
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It's the people.
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It's bigger than the nice buildings that we have and being America's first.
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Look at that.
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I'm going to Kensington right now.
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Watch your back down there.
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I want to see what it's like two years later.
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Coming from a city like
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Philly, it seemed like a cramp in a barrel mentality.
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You gotta have positivity.
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It helps.
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And it's crazy.
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Not long ago, working class neighborhood.
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You feel like you're getting pushed out?
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Oh, I got pushed out in three neighborhoods.
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I can't imagine the price of these places.
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Guys, it's awesome.
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Such a great feeling.
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It's so festive.
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Everyone's fired up.
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Good energy.
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Are you going to go off the clock and cruise?
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Let's do it.
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It's completed.
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There we go.
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Let's go.
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Good morning guys.
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Philadelphia, the city known as the birthplace of America.
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The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the promise of freedom.
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So today we're going to get out in this city.
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250 years after this beautiful experiment kicked off.
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Get a lay of the land, talk to the locals, see what things are like now.
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Oh man, great to meet you.
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Great to meet you.
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Fantastic.
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Yeah.
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Are you visiting the park today
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i'm doing a video for the country's birthday okay wonderful pretty busy out
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there huh yes our this is our security line just to
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get into the square gotta start at the starting point yes declaration of independence
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and then the constitution 11 years later drafted by jefferson right yes exactly he spent about two
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and a half weeks he and the committee of five drafting it
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and then they submitted their draft here june 28th to the larger congress that's
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so crazy two and a weeks that's it thank you
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so much man yeah great to meet you yeah great meeting you
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independence hall from the front side
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and then we'll walk over to the liberty bell this isn't gonna be much of a history tour today guys
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but had to start it here
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we're gonna get to as many corners of the city as we can in the daylight hours relation youtube yeah
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but living in new
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York what are you guys shooting for videos travel videos nice
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you guys got the big game tonight yeah
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I'm going to be a big game all right you're gonna look
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you are also youtuber yeah yeah make videos I know what the name of the channel it's
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Peter Santanella
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so big deal for your country today huh yeah
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we will won definitely you're gonna win definitely yeah my buddy loves
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you nice dude oh let's do it let's do it
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that guy yeah yeah just say hey John hey John what's going on why aren't
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you here your buddies are waiting for you thank you
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so much thanks you guys you having a good time for the birthday oh yeah
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we're going all over the place we just went to shady maple just came here
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we're going to new haven after eating pizza where are you guys from
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chicago nice okay here we have it the liberty bell it was one of many relics of the revels
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by giving the name the Liberty Bell.
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And what do we say when we say all men are created equal?
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That includes the enslaved.
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The bell gave the American people a purpose that maybe just independence didn't confirm.
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This bell became something more than it began with.
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And the irony is we have people here for the World Cup.
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The irony is that if we weren't wearing our t -shirts or our Croatia jerseys,
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I couldn't tell where any of you were from.
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You want a symbol for liberty throughout the world?
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It's a cracked bell from 1752.
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Gotta love the passion of that guy.
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That was amazing.
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And so many of these guys working in museums like this are really passionate, fired up on what they're doing and sharing the stories here.
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Love it.
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All right, let's hit the streets.
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Let's get out there.
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That's going to be most of the history for today.
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Peter.
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Hey, how you doing?
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Good morning, brother.
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Juan, right?
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Yes, sir.
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How's it going, Juan?
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Oh, man, it's going, man.
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Trying to stay happy.
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You from Philly?
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I am.
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You love your city?
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love and hate love
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and hate okay relationship i'm sure
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that's that's okay with everyone philly's vibrant philly is good given
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the atmosphere what's going on in the world people are still
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you know a little bit hopeful right okay
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you have to have good energy to continue in this world can't control the things
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that you cannot control
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so what are you going to do you're going to ball into a corner
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or you're gonna keep moving forward i move forward with good energy yeah so this is written house
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Okay, up here.
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This whole strip.
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So that little park, you may want to walk through it.
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Yeah, I'll check it out.
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The Amish are in town.
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They're selling stuff, so you're good.
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Thank you so much.
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Oh, look at this.
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This is Ritten Island Square.
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Nice part of town.
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The Amish are here.
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And you can see this woman over here is Amish with her bonnet.
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And so the reason why so many Amish came to Pennsylvania is because William Penn,
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the founder of the state created a place of true religious freedom
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and incentivized the Amish to come from Europe
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because he knew there are fantastic farmers
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and that's what they did they came in droves went out
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to Lancaster County Pennsylvania rolling hills beautiful farmland set up shop
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and now they've multiplied there's a ton out
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there today in many also in Holmes County where i've made quite a few amish videos
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but what a place look at this let's see
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if we can talk to one of these guys how you doing sir good how's
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it going good good nice morning yeah can i record all this is
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that okay sure okay as long as i keep working
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i don't lose too much are you uh are you old order new order yes old order
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so steel wheels on the carriages keeping it real
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so you guys come in here for the farmers markets
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and how's it working out really good it's incredible just love it bringing the joy into the city fantastic
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so pennsylvania is a great agricultural state not far from here you know fruits
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and vegetables grown a lot of small farms organic stuff got
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blueberries plums strawberries pies amish pies are the best in my opinion a lot of foreigners
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when they come to the u .s
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and we see a lot right now with the world cup
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you know they see taco bell they get excited about all the chains
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which i guess a lot of them are new to them
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but what many don't know is we do have a thriving food world here with good natural products
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and a lot of craft and heart and soul put into things like homebrew
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or fresh baked pastries or just really good organic vegetables
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and that's my old school vermont hippie side coming out right now where i really love
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that stuff i'd love to see that
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so you're not seeing any of the jerseys over here we got the game tonight we're gonna go check
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that out not get in it
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but get into the environment get around the stadium see what
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that energy is like but this is old money up here
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so we're roughly 10 minutes from where we started
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and this is more of a residential philly more of a lived here for generations type philly
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there's a great vibe in this city and look at these old beauties so much cool architecture here
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just think really not
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that long ago this country is three lifetimes old that's just wild to think of it's
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when benjamin franklin
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and thomas jefferson adams
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they were all walking these streets figuring out what the country
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is going to be how it's going to be different from
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leaving the monarchies of europe giving independence to the people
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and creating a place where really anyone can become american
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there are a few countries in the world where someone could truly become
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that identity but if i move to china
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or japan no matter how well i speak the language never going to be chinese
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or japanese doesn't mean they won't take me in
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but the identity of america that's something new in human history where
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if you're a citizen you're a citizen doesn't matter where you're from what you look like
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this beauty i mean you can just walk these streets and run into this stuff left and right
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listen to that get silent no more noise from the streets just a few fans wow what a beauty
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this place is great little village feel to it
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which is storefronts i'm sure some great restaurants out here even
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some old school stuff like acm quality paints lee's hardware that's what you want to see in these neighborhoods
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that some of the old school guys and old businesses can still make it I can't imagine the price of these places.
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You know what?
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I think I got to get a bike.
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This is the way to do it.
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Rain's not stopping anyone.
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Another nice little park.
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Look at those gardens.
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River Park Community Garden.
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They're cleaning their doggos out.
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Look at they're all so well behaved.
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see the jersey's starting to come out a lot of croatia representation
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and these guys they're on the mission there's some gonna fans
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that's an arctic beauty right there
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and it has such a unique feel to it philly the architecture is all over the place
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you know you have all that finance over there all the men high up in the suits, big businesses, but then this historical element to it,
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which really makes it special.
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Philly's got a Chinatown.
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See, they're putting the flags out for the birthday.
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Ladies and gentlemen, listen to me carefully.
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God already pretty style.
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want you just the way you are thank you sir thank you appreciate
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you have a good day for too this place is awesome right
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now it is fired up it's like such a mix
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that's what makes cities like philly new york the big us cities
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so fascinating the best people watching you don't know what's around the next turn
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this is the reading terminal market you're just a ton of food
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and shops around here this place is thriving right
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now it smells of italian sausages of i don't know what else what do you got going on here sir
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we sell the best ginger in philadelphia first ginger shop in philadelphia since 1776.
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are you serious yes we started with cold pressed ginger beverage they all have 20 gram
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or more of real ginger white caps have cane sugar black
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and green cap zero sugar zero sweetener but we increase the ingredients i'll try one with the no sugar
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how's your city doing these days
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it's interesting interesting how's up the economy is still down yet in a city like philadelphia
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we still continue to put our best foot forward
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it's got a lot of energy right now a ton always has that's why i think
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so many people continue to come here for those
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that don't know what is
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so special about philly what is the vibe it's the people it's yeah it's bigger than like the nice buildings
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that we have and being america's first there are lineages of people
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that you could just never get anywhere else like this market for example
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this place is 33 years old right most of these places are family run generations
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of family no way what's the story with this market
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i just walked in a bunch of food used to come right in here oh the trains oh
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this is a train station right in here okay gotcha so
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when you see margaritas is exactly how it was folks will sell their goods all right
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so really real ginger i like
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that rx like a little medicine what do we have in here uh ginger uh lemon water a little vanilla
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oh mint equally balanced perfect not sweet i got the non -sweetened version that's good my friend
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and over 20 grams of room take care looking forward thank you
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that's good that is nice we got thai food we've got wilts don't know what that is chocolate
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some more amish representation they make great things
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if an amish person can build your barn or shed
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or house you're a lucky person because that's what you want they do quality work
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so gus's is a local favorite i believe we're not going to wait in
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that line but what we're going to do now is well
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if you've seen some of my videos before you know
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we're not just going to keep it in the nice touristy areas
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so we're going to jump the tracks go to another part of Philly and then come back for the action,
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the build up to the game and catch those festivities.
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But before then we're going on a little mission.
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A little pit stop here guys at the Simon & Schuster warehouse.
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We're going to see my book for the first time together.
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How are you doing?
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Good, how are you doing?
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Doing well.
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An exciting day.
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When did my book get in?
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Thursday.
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Waiting out here for it.
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Oh cool.
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Wow.
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Look at this.
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Well, this is the pallets of your book.
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No way.
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These are all my book.
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These are all your book.
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Someone already broke into them.
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Guilty.
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Guilty, yeah.
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Mike, you're going cameraman.
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Is that okay?
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Sure.
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Alright, the big moment.
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There you go.
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Alright, here it is.
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Everyone, your fellow Americans.
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Okay, all the spelling's right.
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We're good on that.
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Doesn't say your fellow Mexicans.
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No, it's in proofread.
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Wow, I love the feel of this too.
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It's got a glossy feel and then, hear that?
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Yep.
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it's got texture goosebumps goosebumps a little bit of
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that action haven't got those in a while so there you go guys pre -order your fellow
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Americans it goes live on August 4th QR code here link
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down below also the book tour is happening gonna be in New York Boston greater Chicago greater Detroit greater
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Phoenix we just added LA and more dates coming
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so hope to see you at one of those signings we'll
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all hang out it'd be great to see you in person
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thanks you guys thank you this is a special day without
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these guys none of this happened hey don't walk out
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you're back in there without without these guys none of this happens
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this is behind the scenes of how the book world works not only is it the editors
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and the book cover designers it's the people that actually facilitate you
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getting the book huge operation with a lot of logistics and hard -working passionate people so thank you guys thank you Yeah.
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Malcolm, born and raised in Philly. For sure.
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How's it going right now?
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It's going.
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Just doing a little Uber today.
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It's a World Cup going on, so it's a lot going on in the city.
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OK, so what have you been doing, Malcolm?
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You got your own what?
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A luxury designer brand called Savage Series 8.
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Got New York Fashion Week coming up in September.
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Nice.
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You wearing these clothes?
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Yeah, this is actually one of my sweatsuits.
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This is 101, custom made.
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Nobody else got this.
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Do you think I could get away with wearing that?
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Could I pull that off?
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Yeah, you got style.
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You got style.
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You're being nice, Malcolm.
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I got a black shirt on and some dorky shoes.
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But you love your city?
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Of course, for sure.
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I was born in the inner city, so that's even more of a way to see how
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Philly have grown in so many years.
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It's unbelievable to even see it because this is such a hustle type of mentality city.
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The grit, the culture.
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So we're cruising to North Philly right now.
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It's got the bad reputation, right?
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Or it depends where you're at.
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It depends where you're at.
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Because so many people from outside the city is coming to New York.
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Different people from outside the city is coming to move here.
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They're building something over there now.
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They're building new stuff.
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Oh, yeah.
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Growing up in the city, to get to a point on some sense of happiness is far -fetched
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because the outlets of resources are not a wide range versus the subway part.
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even a lot of schools that got closed down, like a lot of public schools that got closed down in Philly.
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Okay, but I was asking you off camera why you're so positive.
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Yeah, because like, coming from a city like
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Philly, where so much like, it can seem like crabs in a barrel mentality, you gotta have the positive because that's what keeps you going.
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It's something to look forward to when accomplishing a goal.
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That's where I like positivity, it helps.
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Versus looking on the other side like, damn, somebody's sticking on the street or somebody got a needle in their arm.
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And it's just so much to have in North Philly
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so growing to know fully when you're having that positive spirit or positive mindset can help
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malcolm are you going to go off the clock
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and cruise you want to do that let's go it's completed there we start rating let's go
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fishtown is that way fish down that way so
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if you went down richmond street yeah and then got on 95
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and got off at gerard gerard okay gerard and you take
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that right down to frankfort have like all in there no
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speak deep philly for me gerard right gerard all right get a water get a
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coffee get out of here yeah well that's jersey i'm speaking coffee okay
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so fish town is thriving there's restaurants
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it's going on all kinds of restaurants all kinds of people they're moving here from new york
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because it's so expensive places they're steep they're moving in don't you think they're going yeah all right
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so i live in a 980 square foot row home lived there 30 years they
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It has next door to me, same size.
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Yeah.
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no parking school sucks if your kids don't play soccer you gotta do everything out of the neighborhood 385.
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wow okay then i'm gonna go to kensington what are your thoughts there
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we don't even recognize our streets but they did flip my mom and dad's house
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looks nice inside but i was there two years ago still as bad yeah yeah really they haven't changed
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No, like for one day, a new mayor came in probably for like two months.
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Like, oh, we're cleaning up Kensington Ave.
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They didn't know that.
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For one day.
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And they're all zombies.
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It's bad.
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It's zombies.
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It's sad.
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It's very, very sad.
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And they put condos, of course, straight up, and all this drug store.
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And there was some important ones that I slept there.
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Welcome to the city.
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That's kind of nice.
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Yeah, trotting over drug addicts.
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Yeah.
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I don't know.
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It's actually sad.
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How many miles left?
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Malcolm, are you from here?
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Yeah, born and raised, 50, 80, for sure.
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Where you at?
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Okay.
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Okay.
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What do you think of his fashion line?
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That's his fashion line he started.
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Oh, I think it looks nice.
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Thank you.
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My grandson would want to wear that.
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I have to say, Kenston always had a bad reputation in the 70s, and it wasn't bad.
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Yeah, no, he's...
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So what happened?
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Manufacturing jobs went away, and then...
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All the manufacturing jobs went away, and then people start...
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Moving.
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...just selling their properties
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and everybody you know you know I mean
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I was people Malcolm Malcolm lives in the burbs now yeah I live Delaware County now
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so I really like it I used to really love feeling I'll never leave I'll never leave but it's
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but they're making us leave yeah you know
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you feel like you're getting pushed out three neighborhoods my property taxes used to be 600
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when they went up to a thousand i said to my husband
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we can't complain you paid 600 for all these years like now they're four thousand are you serious
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i mean they give you nothing um she's been saying i'm poor richard i'm 28.
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yeah you're 28 years old no oh yeah i had a hard life you're looking you're looking great
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what's that my taxes are lower than hers because i'm in port richard
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There's nurses down there that used to be professionals.
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Right.
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It's sad.
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It is. And Kenny.
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What is it out of this?
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Rain, brother?
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Well, actually, there's no cover here.
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We good.
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We good.
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We good.
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When Kenny was mayor, listen, when Kenny did Kenny night, it seemed out because somebody was coming or whatever.
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Yeah.
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They started walking around our neighborhoods.
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They were trying to get my water on in front of my house, all that kind of . That lasted.
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Alright, somebody came.
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I don't even know who it was.
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That was done.
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They were all right back.
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So what about World Cup?
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You excited?
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You watching or no?
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I ain't watching.
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But you're, I mean, this is like another world from downtown, right?
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Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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So when you go down where I'm at.
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Yeah.
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And you go like in.
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Well, you're preppy.
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And you go down on Frank's Avenue, there's all kinds of World Cup games.
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Okay.
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Watch Penn Treaty Park and there's all kinds of festivities.
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Bye.
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Take care, ladies.
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what do you got here yeah sure thank you philly
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that's fully really soft pretzel that's fully stapled thank you you'll never get a better
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see you ladies thank you first time having a philly pretzel
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yeah these the minis well these pretzel minutes these are the bigger ones
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if you could get them when they first warm even butter nice malcolm
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Did you think when you clocked in for Uber today, you'd be walking around the rain, eating Philly pretzels, talking to the ladies?
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It's always an adventure when doing Uber.
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You just never know what's going to happen.
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I look at it as like, doing Uber is already an adventure in itself.
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So why not further adventure with someone else that's adventurous?
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We just got to go with it.
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We're getting rained out.
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welcome had to take a call but these neighborhoods just go on forever
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that used to be a german church this is a polish -irish neighborhood block party right now is
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that what's going on yeah it's a block party
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it's the baby's birthday she's four oh
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that's cool right harley are you okay with her on camera oh
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i don't know dad dad is she okay to be on camera he's on a youtube thing oh yeah
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you sure channel dude i've seen him thank you thank you
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what's your company one step contracting you're doing
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you're doing building concrete yeah how's it going good nice around the different states
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and stuff like that and he's been in philly for a minute
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and he does a lot of stuff in philly talking about what's going on here and there
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and I told them how like even the news people know about the the outages of the neighborhoods down there
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what do the news people get wrong here
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they don't know their boundaries in this city
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you got to be in here to know where the boundaries are for the city okay like
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yeah get in there get in there don't call this kensington
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you know what i'm saying don't call this kensington yes no don't call this kensington
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and don't call the other side of aramingo port richmond
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it's not that's kens that's jasper what is this is port richmond port richmond port richmond
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this is part of the river war pensport port richmond bridesburg
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we're all the river board are you guys getting fired up for the birthday i keep my i keep flags
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that's your place yes you're doing a great job philly is where it all started
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so of course we're about to 250 it's the origin story yay philly's many things huh
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because i was i was in rittenhouse park that's a different feeling that's the elite
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that tries to run for mayor all the time dom dom
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okay he owns half of written house square yeah
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and you know what he got some good ideas for to be mayor
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but nobody wants to put him in because of his money money money
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but they keep putting these nitwits in like who's in there right now should be fired
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because she gave millions of dollars to hire on people
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that don't need to be there and did not give the street cleaners
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that my husband works for the wooded department he's a necessary
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person wait okay let me ask you this what's the price of these places right
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now roughly average well we bought 30 grand you bought 30 grand
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that's what you gotta ask the real price or what it is now gamer mason is ridiculous 300
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you found me you found me thanks buddy appreciate it you've been here 60 years yes my mom
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and i shared a house together my mom just passed away
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i love it i love it i will not live in another neighborhood it's the best neighbor
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you got it's a good community yeah i mean you guys literally take over the street yes
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and the neighbors
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so you guys got each other's backs around here all day all day
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it's a family out here it's almost like country living in
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that sense uh kind of in the city everyone knows everyone oh yeah yeah yeah or
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if not just go talk to them
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we're all friendly how is it safe here much time yeah yeah
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we all got each other's back nothing no bullshit going on around here exactly nothing
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when the comes we make sure it goes yes sir yeah
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because we've had crack houses on this block many of the last one
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that is the disabled person don't stay the neighbors will have my back whenever
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i need something they'll tell me you know this is our girl right here
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she's a legend legend can't stand it
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but i can see straight in her house if i want to
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so she's got to close her blinds just so i know she's safe
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because i live there and she lives there yep and
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if i open my door
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i can almost see think about it i moved here four months ago it's like you good you wouldn't know
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that i moved here four months ago you know what i mean no i didn't know
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that from now next to me you guys brought him in biggest
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she welcomed me in right here you're the biggest what walking east east of the mississippi east of the mississippi
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so you how'd you let him in you know what he's a young buck
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and he's from he's from the neighborhood
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so he knows the rules exactly what are the rules the
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rules are don't be an you know what i mean to your neighbors don't
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Don't be ignorant.
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That's right.
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Look out for each other.
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You know what I mean?
505
Right.
506
If you're gonna have stuff, keep it up.
507
You want some good videos to go down there?
508
You know what I'm saying?
509
I'm going to Kensington right now. Are you?
510
Yo, be careful though.
511
Yeah, watch your back.
512
Watch your back down there.
513
Love what you guys got going on here.
514
Thank you.
515
Thank you.
516
The Pearson Square Park, I know that place.
517
Have a good one.
518
You too.
519
Thank you.
520
Dude, that was awesome.
521
It's like its own world down there.
522
We call Philly its own country a little bit.
523
Yeah, right?
524
Straight ahead is the K &A Zombieland if you want to go there.
525
Let's do Zombieland.
526
Okay.
527
Because I haven't been there.
528
I did a video there almost two years ago.
529
And I was with a guy that's bringing kids off the streets through boxing and religion.
530
And I liked his mission as in he's trying to help the place.
531
And I want to see what it's like two years later.
532
There you go.
533
This is every day.
534
Jeez, man.
535
So kids just got to walk through this stuff.
536
Yes.
537
Yeah.
538
So imagine, how can you behave from seeing all this every day?
539
No, it's a heavy energy here, obviously.
540
Okay, so why do you think the city has not fixed this issue?
541
Like, they're not going to allow this to happen in other parts of the city.
542
I mean, people are doing what they're doing.
543
How can you stop when people are doing what they're doing?
544
Well, you stop it by not allowing it on the street.
545
So, for example, I'll get pushback.
546
Someone will say, well, hey, don't put him in prison.
547
I understand that argument.
548
I think you need therapy.
549
Or prison, right?
550
You need treatment.
551
You need psychiatric therapy.
552
I mean, it's just not humanity.
553
Like, they're just on Fent nodding off.
554
It's awful.
555
That's the weight of the train.
556
Holy sh...
557
It's unacceptable.
558
Okay, so my point is this.
559
You gotta get people out of this environment.
560
This isn't compassion.
561
Right, look at that guy
562
In the wheelchair
563
In front of the health center
564
Yeah, in front of the health center, there you go
565
What a shot Jeez Get him off the streets, right?
566
I've met guys that went to prison
567
That said that was the best thing for me
568
Because I got out of the drugs to see how messed I was And I'm not saying that's the answer
569
But because they can't take him off the streets
570
Then you get this
571
Which is just like
572
highly unsustainable we're circling around here
573
but i'm just trying to understand the strategy here of this city is it like just contain
574
it to this one area and let it rip
575
i mean i don't know that part i don't think nobody in the way answer for that
576
yeah how do you want to get on that line imagine going on the train here
577
We can park right here.
578
Back away from you right here or we can get out and...
579
You can wait if you want.
580
I'm sure you do.
581
I'll be quick.
582
You know, you gotta move quick with the camera in the sub.
583
geez these guys musing over there city of philly whoever has
584
the power to do something time to get to work
585
because two years ago it was like this and you can see needles in between the tracks
586
what's up you guys you guys live in the neighborhood yeah how is it right now
587
um very easy like if you live in here i mean it's all right
588
but like a lot of a lot of It's rough, huh?
589
I mean, walking by all the drugs every day.
590
Yeah, and there's all these needles on the floor.
591
Needles on the floor.
592
Okay, what would you say to the city leadership if you could speak to them directly?
593
What would you say to them?
594
Camilla Harris, get your shit out of here.
595
Because this shit is insane.
596
How y 'all got birds and everything past Gerard looking clean, and y 'all got this shit looking a mess.
597
Fix this shit clean
598
and then y 'all make
599
it unnecessary y 'all got contractors working out here doing a
600
piece of job in these streets like I really don't understand but
601
I just hope everything you have to watch out for yourselves alright take care of yourselves
602
yeah guys this is yeah that was gross huh that's nasty
603
so puffed up beyond belief because it doesn't have to be
604
that way this needs a lot of energy a lot of
605
people are helping right a lot of people are feeding people
606
a lot of people are trying to get people off the streets we got it
607
but it's more of a legislative thing you need government to actually come in with some muscle
608
and be like okay this doesn't work we're actually going to enforce the law.
609
You can't do FENT on the streets with kids walking around.
610
You're going to go to rehab or treatment or you're going to prison.
611
I don't know another option really to be honest.
612
That's the best thing I can come up with.
613
I'm oversimplifying it but I've never seen a place on this planet, 85 countries that I've been to, with less humanity than that.
614
Doesn't mean there aren't people really trying but energetically it's...
615
Do you feel it at all or no?
616
Or you're immune to it at this point.
617
Yeah, it's something to be numb to.
618
Immune.
619
It's just normal.
620
Right.
621
It's been normalized.
622
So people from Philly wouldn't think twice about it unless it's like it has to be like the mayor,
623
like the woman like one of the other woman said it.
624
She said it's the mayor.
625
Now, it was a point in time when the mayor did get into office.
626
That street was probably clean of people and trash for about a couple days.
627
And then, you know, people went back out there.
628
Now, she was right.
629
People was, it was cleaned up but it wasn't for that long.
630
And it's crazy.
631
Not long ago, these were blue -collar jobs, working at the factories, working -class neighborhood.
632
And I also want to mention, you guys, I'm showing you the nice part, Rittenhouse Park area, and then the hardest -hitting part, Kensington.
633
There's a lot of middle class.
634
When you fly into Philly, it's suburb after suburb after suburb after suburb.
635
And not showing that today.
636
So it's not like there are just these two extremes.
637
It's most in the middle, actually.
638
But we're staying in Philly today.
639
Outside of Philly, there are neighborhoods that are way nicer than Rittenhouse Park.
640
There are a lot of standard, you know, classic Americana housing developments for as far as the eye can see.
641
From this bridge right here, you're going to start seeing the differences with the housing, cleanliness of it.
642
It's just going to look different.
643
It just totally changes.
644
Yes.
645
So now we're going into the direction of Fishtown.
646
Like, Edelnees' new apartment over here.
647
Right.
648
That's wild.
649
Over there on the left side.
650
Yep.
651
So this wasn't like this long ago?
652
No. This was pretty run down?
653
Yes.
654
Like you'll say, right there on that brick wall, that yeah where the graffiti is at yeah
655
that's how it was looking like even these buildings right here
656
next to it is uh new the streets are clean totally different reality
657
and you can see on the right side that's how you look before right
658
and you'll start seeing a lot more buildings getting built like new residential townhouses to luxury apartments
659
so these probably like minimum 3 000 there's delaware avenues
660
and the river's right over there right yes okay
661
so that's the draw nice waterfront
662
this place took off huh you'd be surprised how fast they built a lot of
663
that took a couple years another philly staple
664
thank you so we went cooper sharp cooper sharp cheese light onion you know we forgot what's
665
that that was behind the counter that she told us ketchup we forgot the ketchup
666
but hopefully this is one of my favorite cheap take places
667
oh wow on a seated roll seated roll look at that mouth on nice look at that oh yeah see
668
Let me ratio to the bread.
669
Let me know what you think.
670
Cheers, brother.
671
Mmm.
672
We ain't getting that conceited.
673
Thank you, bro.
674
Del Rossi's can't miss.
675
Del Rossi's can't miss.
676
And so the bread, they make their own bread, right?
677
Tastes like it.
678
And the bread's what helps the cheesesteak, too.
679
Like, mm -hmm.
680
I would have automatically know this is going to be a good cheesesteak because the bread is soft.
681
Oh yeah.
682
This is the best one I've had.
683
I did a cheesesteak last time.
684
It was good but this is fire.
685
brother
686
and i also want to aim people to your fashion right
687
right show your phone your last name is savage my last name is savage that is
688
so savage high quality brand yes organic materials organic 100 some of it made in the usa
689
you're trying to get all of it made in the usa That's correct.
690
That's one of my goals, have everything made over here in the US.
691
Okay.
692
Malcolm, you're a legend, buddy.
693
Yes.
694
Thanks for that.
695
Good times, buddy.
696
Locked out with Malcolm.
697
Now back in the center of the city.
698
And this party is starting with the players here.
699
I guess they're going.
700
They're going on the bus right now, the Croatian players.
701
We're gonna talk ride.
702
Guys, it's awesome.
703
Such a great feeling. So festive.
704
Everyone's fired up.
705
Good energy.
706
I flew in last night with the plan of shooting the video tomorrow.
707
And then last night I found out, well, this was happening.
708
So I'm like, I got to shoot the video today.
709
Popped through this energy on the streets.
710
That's the best picture ever.
711
You guys didn't want to up and down or sideways?
712
All right, father and son out trying to get tickets.
713
Yeah.
714
No luck, huh?
715
No luck.
716
Sold out.
717
Hopefully we find something though.
718
You never know.
719
Who are you guys going for?
720
I'm here for Croatia.
721
What about you, Tim?
722
I won for Croatia.
723
I should have won, but I just didn't watch any
724
World Cup game.
725
Just want to get in any Cup game.
726
Oh, man.
727
Thank you.
728
Full circle guys.
729
Philadelphia, not an easy place to define, but such a beautiful, interesting,
730
vibrant, delicious, sad, gritty, and we didn't even see 97 % of it today.
731
I did my best though to show you as much as possible.
732
The starting point of our beautiful and amazing country.
733
If you're watching today, the day this video drops on the 4th, happy birthday fellow Americans.
734
It's our birthday as a country.
735
Such a spectacular experiment.
736
Something so wild and different.
737
And we've endured 250 to many, many more.
738
Thanks for coming along on that journey.
739
Until the next one. so
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Inside Philadelphia - What It's Like Now”. This video has 669 sentences and 5822 words to shadow. The speech runs for 41:07. The speaker talks at a steady 142 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 156 of its 669 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ginger noun | /ˈd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒɚ/ | The pungent aromatic rhizome of a tropical Asian herb, Zingiber officinale, used as a spice and as a stimulant and acarminative. |
| buddy | /ˈbʌdi/ | A person far removed from the conversation. |
| organic adjective | /ɔːˈɡænɪk/ | Pertaining to or derived from living organisms. |
| liberty noun | /ˈlɪbəti/ | The condition of being free. |
| needle noun | /ˈniː.dəl/ | A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a… |
| suburb noun | /ˈsʌbɝb/ | A residential area located on the outskirts of a city or large town that usually includes businesses that cater to its residents; such as schools, grocery… |
| adventure noun | /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/ | A feeling of desire for new and exciting things. |
| legend noun | /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənd/ | The life story of a saint (such stories are often embellished, but any kind is called a legend). |
| thrive verb | /θɹajv/ | To grow or increase stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly; to enjoy a state of excellent health and well-being; to flourish. |
| reputation noun | /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/ | What somebody or something is known for. |
| carefully adverb | /ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/ | With care; attentively, circumspectly. |
| designer noun | /dɪˈzaɪnɚ/ | A person who designs something, or who designs things as a profession. |
| crack noun | /kɹæk/ | A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material. |
| citizen noun | /ˈsɪtɪzən/ | A resident of a city or town, especially one with legally recognized rights or duties. |
| experiment noun | /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/ | A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of… |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| clean up verb | To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy. | |
| close down verb | /kləʊzˈdaʊn/ | To stop trading as a business. |
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| get out verb | To leave or escape. | |
| get out of verb | To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. | |
| go down verb | To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one. | |
| look forward to verb | To anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure; to be excited or eager to. | |
| walk around verb | To walk with no planned destination; to meander. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Are you visiting the park?
- Why aren't you here?
- You've got your own what?
- You feel like you're getting pushed out?
- Dom's son, you know who I'm talking about?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| “Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true | used to come · used to really love · used to be |
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | have you been doing · she's been saying |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | they've multiplied · i've made · you've seen |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | are created · is written · is fired |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 202 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, gonna, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, luxury /ˈlʌk.ʃə.ɹi/, representation /ˌɹɛp.ɹə.zɛnˈteɪ.ʃən/, residential /ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl/, passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/
- Long words — get the stress right: reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/, representation /ˌɹɛp.ɹə.zɛnˈteɪ.ʃən/, residential /ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl/, humanity /hjuˈmænɪti/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like ginger, buddy, organic.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.