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“New York is a place where people go to reinvent themselves; Philadelphia is a place where people discover who they are”.

umper stickers can hardly be considered a slam-dunk to sum up a city, but when it comes to Philadelphia, we can take the liberty of being cheesy: It is the land of “life, liberty and cheesesteaks”. But Philly is so much more than a sum of its ingenious parts. So it was no surprise when Philadelphia, or Philly, made it to Time magazine’s list of the world’s 100 greatest places last year. The first US capital, the city is home to many firsts: nation’s first library, hospital, medical school, stock exchange, zoo, business school, and of

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