Ron, I realize that some find the unique things about Philly charming. One of the unique things about it is how the tent
campers DO have all the comforts of home--because they bring
them in--by hand! (I used to think I was spoiled because I'd
hook up to the power in the pole barn at Old Songs to get
the juice to blow up my air mattress!)

I have volunteered on the security detail, so perhaps I have
been prepared for the possibility of more incidents than you
have witnessed. I'm sure that security at other fests has
to be prepared for various kinds of incidents, too. Philly
has rent-a-cops that check SOME coolers coming in to the "auditorium" for alcohol. There is no restriction on
alcohol in the campgrounds. Of course, when alcohol is
carried in, there is no way to restrict it to those of legal drinking age.

I've never lived in NYC, so I'm not familiar with their
subways at rush hour, but I have seen them in Philly and
Boston. Perhaps I have become someone I never anticipated
being--a suburbanite! What's more--damn close to an OLD suburbanite! At the very least, a fuddy-duddy! (shudder!)

Marymac