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Thu, 10/30/2008 - 7:00am — lambert

Susie has a great Phillies round-up here, here, here, here, here, here, and here, and, this morning, here (equivalent from Lord Eschaton).

What a great thing for the city! The picture of the joyous crowd on Broad Street was wonderful.

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i deleted the double post, lb

By chicago dyke on Thu, 10/30/2008 - 7:04am

hope that was ok. i need more coffee too.

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We must have been working in parallel...

By lambert on Thu, 10/30/2008 - 7:09am

Because I didn't even see yours! Feel free to add it back in, or comment, or whatever. I'm not going to be posting much today, so more is better.

(Susie seems to think crowd problems were college kids getting drunk; Atrios attributes to Philly generally; Susie in the crowd, Atrios hearing car alarms from his home; interesting difference in perspective).

UPDATE Oh, yeah, now I see. I seem to have gotten a lead finger on the mouse lately, and get more double posts than usual. Thanks!

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Town and gown, World Series edition.

By TonyRz on Thu, 10/30/2008 - 10:23am

I think Susie's got it right. You don't "fuck shit up" when you have to live and work somewhere, versus being able to take off when you finally graduate. I stayed inside. I see the fratboys drunk every weekend, so I didn't go seek it out.

I furiously channel-flipped through the local coverage of the celebrations, and only one reporter noted the class divide of the crowds in South Philly. There were Philadelphians from the local neighborhood around Broad and Shunk, and then the "stadium people". I'm pretty sure he used that phrase: "These aren't the stadium people."

On the positive side, plenty of obvious transplants from afar who now live here could be found in good cheer and genuinely happy for the city.

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