Guess you don't believe Philly is the "sixth borough".

Juliana- you should come back to Philly some time soon.  Things here are great.  The filth is gone!  Great new hotels, restaurants and bars. Of course it's no L.A. (thank God).  The W chain is certainly not in a downward spiral.  As a traveler spending over 200 nights per year in a hotel room, I think W is one of the finest hotels out there.  I applaud them for taking a chance on great up-and-coming cities like Hoboken, Ft Lauderdale, and yes, even Philadelphia.

Wow.  What is your problem?  First of all, you're a Jersey girl - A.K.A. bitter suburbanite who relocated 3000 miles away to Los Angeles and loves to complain about the city she never knew anything about.  We're not the 6th bourough - thank god - and we're not L.A. - thank all the gods - just the latest stop on the U.S.'s inner city Renaissances and condo booms that a company as savvy as the W Hotel would naturally want to be a part of.  Maybe when ranch houses and strip malls become kitschy again, you're suburban New Jersey and sprawling Los Angelean mindset will get it.

I wouldn't bitch about a city I never spent time in. That said, I spent 4 years in the Philly area and have visited friends and family there in the years after. Granted, I don't know Philly like I know NYC and LA but I've definitely been there. I've even heard gunshots one night!

I also would never call myself a suburbanite. True, I was one once--when my parents were raising me in Jersey from birth to the age of 18. But not anymore.

Long complaint/comment short, I was just trying to point out how once upon a time W Hotels were only open in top-market locations but in the interest of expanding they have decided to open pretty much everywhere, suburbia included thanks to their Aloft brand. And if you think I'm hating on Philly more so than other places, I think W Hoboken is a bad idea too.

Lastly, I did not come up with the term Filthydelphia. Someone else did. Maybe someone from Philly. Who knows? Either way, I will never use it again. Largely so I don't have to spend 10 minutes defending my use of it. I could have been looking at Britney pics on PerezHilton during the time I wrote this comment for god's sake.