![]() ![]() “On the whole I’d rather be in Philadelphia,” famously quipped that ungrateful native son, W.C. Of the four “familiar quotations” Bartlett’s lists for the city, three are distinctly uncomplimentary. Philadelphia was never a favorite city for Americans. ![]() Despite these attributes, Philadelphia occupies a curious position in the national consciousness. It has the Liberty Bell as well as Independence Hall, the greatest concentration of museum art after New York, a legendary orchestra, and an Ivy League university. It is in one of the most populous-and prosperous-metropolitan areas in the United States. ![]() Philadelphia is the fifth-largest city in the country. Not since thirtysomething, which was actually set in a suburb outside Philadelphia, has the City of Brotherly Love figured in a prominent television series. Seattle is the setting for the award-winning Frasier Washington, D.C., for Murphy Brown. ![]() Dallas lent its name to a long-running show so did Miami. Of the cities that currently serve as backdrops for most television drama, New York dominates San Francisco, Boston, and Chicago are runners-up Indianapolis, Cincinnati, and Baltimore recently have all made at least one appearance. ![]()
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