I live in Springfield, right near Beatty and Sproul. Here's my unofficial results with my different scanners/antenna setups:
GRE PSR-500, - Best reception of the Philly TRS with or without attic mounted yagi antenna.
GRE PSR-800 Next best reception, mostly with attic mounted yagi antenna. Reception is good, but digital decoding is fair.
Uniden BCD996T - Poor reception, bordering on undecipherable digital decoding with any antenna.
Also, up until 2 years ago, I lived near Yale & Swarthmore in Springfield. In my move, I gained about 100' in elevation, but only somewhat better reception. My Uniden in my old location was worthless. In Springfield, I think that it matters most whether you are in a hollow or no. Also, I found out that my home has a thin layer of metallic foil on the outer layer of the drywall, which makes for wonderful reception. That said, they only way you will find out is by trying different scanners to see what works best. If you'd like to try out my BCD996T or PSR-500 to test your reception, just let me know.
Hope this helps some,
Rich C