Living in Port Richmond, Philadelphia

Rowhomes here run cheaper than almost anywhere else along the river, and Port Richmond's Polish bakeries and delis, some of them decades old, still anchor a handful of blocks near the neighborhood's commercial strips, alongside newer businesses filling in the storefronts around them one at a time. The Delaware waterfront sits just past the neighborhood's eastern edge for anyone who wants a longer walk, with wide, quiet residential blocks filling in the space between the two, porches often set just a few steps back from the sidewalk.

The restaurant and retail options are thinner than in the River Wards neighborhoods just to the south, and daily errands often mean a short drive to reach a fuller selection, a real difference from Fishtown a few minutes south.

Port Richmond keeps a quieter, more workaday rhythm than its trendier neighbors nearby: modest rowhomes, a handful of long-standing family businesses, and streets that stay calm well past dinner hour, a fit for anyone who'd rather save on rent than be close to the newest restaurant strip a few neighborhoods south, and doesn't mind driving a little further to find one.