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TilikumHungry t1_jd4qy08 wrote

Very surprised people are celebrating this. I lived in a neighborhood in LA that had terrible parking but nowhere near as bad as philly neighborhoods, and we had street sweeping twice a week (monday one side, tuesday the other side) and it fucking stunk. Paid so much money in parking tickets on the rare week i would forget (if you forget twice a year its like $180).

The reason LA needs it is because it basically never rains (this year being an exception) so we need street sweepers to help clean the excess oil off the streets. But it rains plenty in philly and if its just about trash then i would think its better to just have sanitation teams go clean up streets with brooms and trash pickers.

Then again a lot of ppl in Philly dont have cars so i can assume that those people dont care.

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vmtyler t1_jd4uw0j wrote

They do this in functioning cities all over the world. I think Philly people can handle moving their cars

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magellan315 t1_jd4x02d wrote

You forgot the Philly slogan created by one of the morons on City Council; "this is Philly, we drive our cars to the corner store."

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GooFoYouPal t1_jd5dkh2 wrote

He’s not just a moron on City Council, he’s also the President!

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NerdDexter t1_jd5pwmh wrote

Says someone who probably doesn't have a car or has off street parking.

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vmtyler t1_jd5q4d5 wrote

I have a car and no off-street parking. I think the difference is I didn’t grow up in Philly so the idea that this is the only way it can be isn’t seared I to my brain.

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UndercoverPhilly t1_jd4rkdc wrote

It doesn't rain enough to clean up the stench in Philly. I live here. Masks really help walking around outside. Maybe if you are in your car you don't realize it. But street sweeping is not enough, they need to WASH these streets and sidewalks downtown. Residential areas are probably not as bad.

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Complete-Matter-3130 t1_jd4te4j wrote

Yeah I feel like everyone in this thread is going to be singing a different tune once the tickets start flying in.

I lived in Somerville and they did it twice a month and you basically just constantly got tickets. Holidays switched the schedule around, they would come in like a 5 hour window, just super annoying.

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NerdDexter t1_jd5q159 wrote

Agreed. Only people who are celebrating this are people without cars, people who live in areas that have abundant parking, or people who have off street parking.

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