The people who are going to pay $3000 a month to live in these apartments, or those buying one for 3 million plus on the square aren't ever going to take the MFL. If they don't have their own car, they will uber if they have to go somewhere they can't walk to. The city couldn't care less what those that have to take the MFL have to contend with otherwise it wouldn't be like that now. They pocket our tax money so it's just going to be more that doesn't go into city improvements and expenses.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen rents decrease due to increased housing supply/development — either here or in NYC before moving here. I’m all for more housing in Philly, but it’s not going to bring rents down.

Maureen Ponderosa???

People love saying "gentrification" like it's the boogeyman and leaving it at that 😪

Gentrify me, baby. I want that sweet sweet tax base and demand for more density and development so we can someday get back to having public transit where people aren't raped and sitting next to crackheads

When that Atlantic Building first renovated and opened a few years ago their 1 bedrooms were $1999. So they are now at $2795 for a 1 bedroom, just to show how they keep increasing. I'm not saying that anything in there should be under $2000, just that they will keep raising rent to keep up with new buildings starting at $2500.

People who lived in that 1500 Locust building were paying $1800 a year ago for a 1 bedroom and now they start at $2450. I've heard of people who had to move out of there and find somewhere cheaper.

What do you like about the design? I think it’s kinda boring.

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Pretty obvious they were just throwing out an random absurdly low rent figure to make a point. I guess not too too obvious tho…

better idea: bazookas

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The culture one is a legit complaint, but I'm okay with giving up Center City to the New Yorkers

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I can't speak for DC, but this stuff doesn't happen nearly as frequently in NYC. It's a city of nearly 9 million people, so obviously things are going to happen on occasion, but it isn't a daily or even monthly occurrence.

I never felt unsafe riding the subway in the 2+ decades I lived in NYC. And I rode it through the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens regularly at all hours of the day and night. Sure there were times when my radar went up a bit, but that was infrequently. I do feel unsafe here though, and won't take the subway after rush hour in the evening. I worry about my wife taking it alone in the middle of the day, which I never did in NYC.

As the saying goes: The first step to solving a problem is recognizing that there is one. Obviously Philly has problems that need to be addressed. Shrugging our collective shoulders and saying "mehp, it happens other places too" just diminishes the severity of the problems that Philly faces.

Guessing trying to push you out so Drexel students move in :(

"We can order it, but the delivery guy hates coming here because we buried the loading dock at a terrible angle in the parking garage so sometimes our shit just doesn't get here"

You two. I fucks with yous. 🤣

I know all of my Philly neighbors. For the 7 years I lived in the Doylestown area, I didn’t know any of our neighbors. And I would go as far as saying that our neighbors were actively hostile towards each other.

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If the cops look good, wouldn’t recruitment rates go up? Or is that not appealing to people anymore?

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You would think but I'm 36.

I lived on N. 49th for almost 10 years up until a few years ago and I always took 46th St. Station. 52nd is much, much better than the open air drug market that it used to be, way less crowds now, but it can still be sketchy at times.

Punching someone who might have a gun is risky. They’d rather shoot them first.

Lol

Hey, me too!