Life Outside the Office
Greater Philadelphia offers all of the amenities of a major city and its suburban surroundings with an unrivaled accessibility and affordability in the Northeast.
You’ll find galleries, museums, theaters, orchestras, and other arts attractions as well as a vibrant nightlife and entertainment scene. With major national parks, green spaces, forests and waterways, the Greater Philadelphia region has a setting for everyone, making living here – in a word – easy.
- Top 10 places to relocate to in the U.S. – The Huffington Post (April 2015)
- Millennials are growing at a faster rate than in any of the nation’s 30 largest cities
- Public school systems, award-winning private schools, and with some of the finest colleges and universities in the nation
- Easy commute with award-winning transit services
- 6 of our 11 counties are in the top 100 wealthiest counties in the country including: Burlington, Gloucester, and Mercer Counties in New Jersey; and Bucks, Chester, and Montgomery Counties in Pennsylvania
Arts and Culture
- Philadelphia is the first and only World Heritage City in the U.S.
- #1 City for Culture by Travel + Leisure Magazine
- #1 place to travel to in U.S. by Lonely Planet (2016)
- #1 for heritage and culture by Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (2016)
Cost of Living
- Greater Philadelphia also has one of the lowest costs of living and median home sales prices among other large metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) including Boston, New York and Washington, D.C.
Global Access
- Two Class 1 freight railways
- Convenient access to the world via I-95, I-80, I-78, and the NJ and PA Turnpikes
- Three major ports
- Philadelphia International Airport is served by 25 airlines offering 525 daily departures to 130 non-stop destinations and 37 international destinations
- 60% of the U.S. Population is within a two-hour flight
Parks and Recreation
- Philadelphia has 426 miles of bike lanes, the most bike lanes per square mile of any U.S. city
- Philadelphia ranks as the #4 most walkable city in the U.S.
- Fairmount Park is one of the largest urban parks in the U.S.
Sports
- Travel + Leisure rated Philadelphia as the #1 Most Sports-Crazed City in the U.S.
- Eight professional sports teams play in state-of-the-art stadiums
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