Many whites in Southwest Philadelphia are unable to move anywhere better.

But for the Asian newcomers, Southwest Philadelphia is a first step in moving into the American mainstream.

By comparison, he said, many whites in declining areas like Southwest Philadelphia are "economically entrapped."

She had run a competent contracting business in Southwest Philadelphia and always pushed her sons into extracurricular activity.

The two patrol districts serving Southwest Philadelphia are the 12th and 77th districts.

More than 80,000 people live in Southwest Philadelphia.

Philadelphia's African immigrant population is most concentrated in Southwest Philadelphia, as of 2008.

In Southwest Philadelphia, the grid is oblique, with numbered streets running from northwest to southeast.

Oh is a native of Southwest Philadelphia.

Oh lives in Southwest Philadelphia with his wife, Heesun, and three children.