I cant really think of a nice place within the city that I would feel comfortable living in. Rittenhouse is really expensive and too touristy. University City is still "West Philadelphia" no matter how you try to sugar coat it. A word to the wise, dont go up North Broad unless you wanna get shanked. South Street is a zoo, constant traffic flow going down with no parking anywhere, higher than 12th street it gets ghetto really quickly. You will find that alot in Philly, a real nice neighborhood, about 2 blocks from the ghetto. You cant keep the skeez out of your neighborhood. I think I covered North, East, West, and South.... Stick to the suburbs if you really need to be there.