As someone who was born and raised in suburban St. Louis, I wasn’t sure what I would find when I left my parent’s house to head to a big city on the east coast. Living in a big city like Philadelphia is noisy, smelly, expensive, and crowded. It’s also a whole lot of fun. I landed in Chinatown, just northeast of center city, in Temple’s graduate student housing. The building is on the campus of the School of Podiatry at 8th & Cherry Street. Most of those in the building are podiatry students, but there are a fair number of law and business students as well. Coming from half way across the country, I appreciated that Temple had graduate housing so I didn’t have to rush to find an apartment or a roommate before classes began. It’s far from perfect, but it’s a solid option if you are coming from out of state. Chinatown is wedged between Center City and Old City, which gives you the best of both of those neighborhoods, as well as …