# Any Dopers in Philly? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 4, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-philly/440064 "2008-03-04T18:37:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dopamine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@dopamine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dopamine)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-philly/440064/1 "2008-03-04T18:37:18Z")
Or, for that matter, Baltimore, DC (where I first encountered the Straight Dope), or NYC? ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-philly/440064/2 "2008-03-04T18:40:02Z")
Jersey Shore now, originally from Upper Darby, PA… where the eastern terminus of Philly’s Market-Frankfurt subway is located. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-philly/440064/3 "2008-03-04T18:45:33Z")
Lots of Philly Dopers. We even get together IRL from time to time. ---
**Author:** ![mshar253](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@mshar253](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mshar253)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-philly/440064/4 "2008-03-04T18:51:00Z")
I’m in school at Kutztown, but “home” is Collegeville for me. I was born and grew up in Upper Darby. I definitely want to be involved in any partying among the Philly dopers. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-philly/440064/5 "2008-03-04T18:54:13Z")
I’m only there a few weeks a year now, but the Philadelphia area is originally home for me (Cherry Hill. Sigh.) This summer, if I get a given internship, I’ll be living just outside Philly and commuting to NYC a few days a week. I’ll be in the area mid- to late-March, if this is some sort of gathering-in-the-making. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-philly/440064/6 "2008-03-04T18:57:40Z")
MADs means Mid Atlantic Dopers, and we range from Jersey and central PA down to Charm City, DC and NOVa. Talk to us nicely, and we might teach you the secret handshake. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-philly/440064/7 "2008-03-04T19:00:17Z")
[QUOTE=danceswithcats] Talk to us nicely, and we might teach you the secret handshake. 😉 [/QUOTE] You taught it to **Bibliocat** , and look where that went! ---
**Author:** ![laramary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@laramary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/laramary)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-philly/440064/8 "2008-03-04T18:59:50Z")
[QUOTE=dopamine] Or, for that matter, Baltimore, DC (where I first encountered the Straight Dope), or NYC? [/QUOTE] If you meet them IRL, however, don’t casually mention you don’t lock your doors… you find yourself installing auto locks soon enough afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-philly/440064/9 "2008-03-04T19:03:38Z")
[QUOTE=NinjaChick] I’ll be in the area mid- to late-March, if this is some sort of gathering-in-the-making. [/QUOTE] What dates? I’d be happy to organize something – it’s been at least a year since the last Philly Doper Dinner. Maybe more. (I’m working up in Bucks County now, skewing my orbit significantly.) ---
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-philly/440064/10 "2008-03-04T19:09:27Z")
15th and Spruce checking in. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-philly/440064/11 "2008-03-04T21:28:42Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] What dates? I’d be happy to organize something – it’s been at least a year since the last Philly Doper Dinner. Maybe more. (I’m working up in Bucks County now, skewing my orbit significantly.) [/QUOTE] The 15th through the 28th. Pretty much any time in that range I’d be up for something. ---
**Author:** ![Koldanar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@Koldanar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koldanar)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-philly/440064/12 "2008-03-04T21:33:00Z")
See location 🙂 Been hoping for one, as it seemed like there were always Philly dopes going on when I was out in Harrisburg and poor, but now that I am neither, nothing! Come on guys! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-philly/440064/13 "2008-03-04T21:36:44Z")
How about a dinner, Center City somewhere, on Saturday the 22nd? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-philly/440064/14 "2008-03-04T22:37:41Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] How about a dinner, Center City somewhere, on Saturday the 22nd? [/QUOTE] I think I can swing that. ---
**Author:** ![ryobserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@ryobserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryobserver)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-philly/440064/15 "2008-03-04T23:51:04Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] How about a dinner, Center City somewhere, on Saturday the 22nd? [/QUOTE] Sounds good to me. ---
**Author:** ![Li\_l\_Pluck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ee59a6/32.png) [@Li\_l\_Pluck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Li_l_Pluck)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-philly/440064/16 "2008-03-05T00:31:39Z")
[QUOTE=cainxinth] 15th and Spruce checking in. [/QUOTE] That’s funny! I lived in the Drake Tower during my last seven years in Philly (1993-2000). I loved that building, and I still stop by when I’m in town (which is rare these days) since I’m still friendly with a couple of the desk staff there. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-philly/440064/17 "2008-03-05T00:38:18Z")
Born and raised in Philly, live in South Jersey and my second home is North Wildwood. Work near the airport, still buy my bread in Philly, get my hair cut in Philly and see my doctor and dentist in Philly. Where else can you find a dentist named Enrico Verrichio who knew your grandparents who died decades ago and talks to you in Italian? ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-philly/440064/18 "2008-03-05T00:39:27Z")
I live in northeast Philly. The twenty second works for me. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-philly/440064/19 "2008-03-05T00:42:37Z")
I’ll check the calendar, but I should be able to swing it, and unlike previous PhillyPhests, I promise I’ll do my damndest to be there. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-philly/440064/20 "2008-03-05T01:06:30Z")
[QUOTE=cainxinth] 15th and Spruce checking in. [/QUOTE] Wow. 12th and Spruce here. I’ll be in California that weekend however. So no dope gathering for me. Wait a second. **Cainxinth** , you’re a law student? Where? I’m a 1L at Temple! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-in-philly/440064.md?page=2)