First Apple Store set to open in Philadelphia

Sadly, if it's in Philadelphia, the store culture won't transcend the Philly retail mentality of "lazy and rude". To wit, our Wal-Mart is THE WORST Wal-Mart in the world. Go to a real Wal-Mart, and it's like night-and-day (in terms of organization, neatness, friendliness of staff, etc..., etc...). Philly is a tough nut for any retail culture to overcome. I'm sure this Apple store will also be among the worst examples, and it hasn't even opened yet. No wonder it's taken this long.

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So happy this finally happened! I live up near the Art Museum in Philadelphia. Already applied on the Apple careers site. Wouldn't mind getting a job there. Here's to hoping I hear from them!

I've been waiting for this for so long. I live on south street and there is no apple store that is close except for the cherry hill store. This will help me so much now I don't have to catch a 30 minute bus ride. Jizzed in my pants!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, KoP is probably Philly's best bet for closeness, though I think the Ardmore one is accessible via the R5 Downingtown train.

Not that I care anymore since I just recently moved out of the Philly area down to New Orleans, so my closest Apple store is now only about 2 miles from my house in Metairie. I did, however buy all my Macs and accessories from the KoP while I was there. Got my Magic Mouse here.

Apple's been hiring for this store for only a week or two on their internal job page... but planing for it began five years ago.

FINALLY!!

Not having an Apple Store in this city is ridiculous. So many white-budded headphones walking around it would only make sense to have an actual store here. Let's hope it actually happens!!

Maybe that title should read "First Apple Store In Philadelphia Set To Open" since there are already quite a few Apple stores open around the world!

The closest apple store to Scranton is about an hour away. A lot of the places they mention in the show don't have locations near Scranton (like Chilli's and Banana Republic.)

I wouldn't be so optimistic about this news...MacNN is sourcing the newspaper "Metro" for this news. For those not in the area, "Metro" is the free "throw-away" news paper that you get at Septa train stations, and they're not even close to being a legitimate news source. If the Philadelphia Inquirer or the Courier Times wrote about this, then I would feel more optimistic.

Hopefully though this does happen b/c Philly desperately needs an Apple Store.