Portland/Seattle are bad. Homelessness is a true crisis. Violence is way up. Trash everywhere. (still beautiful, but so much decline) I did have a few PA natives tell me my experience was due to my time in central city. I can say with 100% certainty, if it's Philly central city vs downtown Seattle or Portland, I'd take Philly any day of the week. This from a life long PNW resident.
If my kid goes to Villanova, I'll hit you up for more recommendations. Thanks!