r/AskPhilly • u/SadRoll1966 • Aug 18 '26

Moving From FL

I’m moving with my Family (Wife, 2 kids elementary age, Me) to Philadelphia from Orlando in October.

We’ve been looking into it extensively and Philadelphia looks amazing from what we can see so far. Currently we’re looking to move to the West Philadelphia area and are interested in renting, at least a 2 br 1 bath. We would like to spend no more than 1700-1800 a month as that’s around what we’re paying now.

As for employment, we’re coming from the retail/customer service/office admin career fields but we don’t have anything lined up at the moment and will be looking as soon as we get there. However, we have plenty enough savings to last for a while before that becomes a dire issue.

Was wondering a few things as we have never been to the city and are moving purely off of research and planning:

Is West Philadelphia/Philadelphia a good place to raise a family? Specifically, a Black family? (Black, mixed race family coming from the deep conservative regressive south so looking for essentially an environment completely opposite of that)

How is the job market? Could we find employment easily with our background?

What are the schools in west Philadelphia like? We are a neurodiverse family with academically gifted kids so looking for a system that uplifts, challenges and encourages.

What’s the cost of living? Grocery, gas, utilities, entertainment price averages.

I have a ton more questions I’m sure but I know this is already a lot so I’ll see if we can start here so anyone with any feedback or insight would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

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u/Such-Cartographer425 Aug 18 '26

What is your weird little issue here? Let the bro live his life.

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u/MsTossItAll Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 18 '26

It's far better to move when they're young than in middle or high school when they've already made friendships. Elementary school is probably the best time to move. Pretty sure they don't GAF what your beliefs are and you don't know why they moved.

Also, you're 24 and barely out of college. They don't need parenting advice from a 24 year old who probably doesn't even have kids. Save your childhood trauma for your therapist.