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Are there more doors or wheels in Philly? An investigation.

Local experts weigh in on a great debate.

Throughout the world, an argument has been raging on the Internet: Are there more wheels or doors? A meme like this captures people's imaginations. At left, a vintage “Muffler Man” fiberglas figure holds a tire at Royal Tire & Auto on the White Horse Pike in Magnolia, N.J. in 2018. The doors at right invite passersby to stop at the Asbury United Methodist Church on Route 9 in Cape May County in the summer of 2014.
Throughout the world, an argument has been raging on the Internet: Are there more wheels or doors? A meme like this captures people's imaginations. At left, a vintage “Muffler Man” fiberglas figure holds a tire at Royal Tire & Auto on the White Horse Pike in Magnolia, N.J. in 2018. The doors at right invite passersby to stop at the Asbury United Methodist Church on Route 9 in Cape May County in the summer of 2014.Read moreTOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer