He wrote the article

They seem nice, I just haven’t spent enough time in those areas to know if they’re walkable enough for someone moving from NYC. Usually I’m just driving through.

I thought South Street and down was considered South Philly? And Whitman is bounded on the west by Sixth Street, on the east by Front Street, on the south by Bigler Street, and on the north by Snyder Avenue.

A perfect example of what I was talking about above with regards to people's perception of Center City/shopping there. I can speak to its conditions at great length being there daily. Meanwhile my own perception of your area is that it's not good, based on Reddit and the news but little actual experience. The only difference is, I'm open to being educated on what I don't know instead of doubling down on it and labeling you.

There are plenty of safe areas in South Phlly. Hawthorne, Whitman, Bella Vista, Grad Hospital, Passyunk Square, and East Passyunk Crossing are great options.

I share my perspective only on areas I traverse and experiences I've had. For example, when people are discussing the decline of the lower Northeast... I don't comment at all. Why? Because I wouldn't know, and because it seems like they are right.

If people choose to take my perspective as "invalidating" their experiences, there's not much I can do - though it's not my intention at all. I do contest broad statements that I disagree with such as "it's not safe to walk around CC" or "CC is entirely vacant" if that's what you mean. I likely spend more time there than almost anyone commenting, and have for the last few years.

Agreed that my experience of living in Center City and now Point Breeze is not the same as someone living in another area.

If their only source of information on the city is this subreddit and the evening news, can you blame them? It’s perfectly safe to visit for a day of shopping, but you’d never know it if you spend all your time reading this stuff and none actually in the city.

Bella Vista, Passyunk Square, East Passyunk Crossing, Hawthorne

South Square Paint and Hardware

I completely agree. It's just crazy that the city could have over 50% less auto thefts without this defect.

I was about to ask what new cars you were considering. +1 on the Mazda suggestion.

820 stolen cars this year are Hyundai and Kia, compared to only 618 of all other automakers. The manufacturer should be held responsible, that's crazy.

It's not a Philly-specific issue.... State Farm and Progressive have already stopped covering certain Hyundai and Kia models in Denver, St. Louis, Louisiana, and other places across the country: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2023/02/01/progressive-state-farm-drop-hyundai-kia-insurance/11153762002/

I've used Broad Street movers twice and it was a good experience.

They were definitely properly refrigerated overnight - free pizza!

Yeah I wish there were renderings.

"Fairmount Manor, a collection of ten 3-story, garden style apartment buildings totaling 110 units occupied the site back when we initially told you about this project. Fairmount Manor was built in the early 1970’s as an urban renewal project. When it was originally built, it replaced multiple dense, traditionally urban blocks consisting of approximately 110 buildings."

Nice to see them replacing these terrible, low-density "urban renewal" projects.

How much have they increased? Has the increase been commensurate with the rise in these incidents across the city/country, or at a higher rate? In the 30 largest cities in the US, the average increase between 2019 and 2022 was 59%.

Van Leeuwen's seems super busy all the time in the summer so I'm not worried about that, I believe they are doing well and continuing to expand in the city.

Regarding Boba King, I hope it stays awhile as it's a nice looking space. It might be harder to judge how they are doing walking by as many people probably just order/pickup and go.

My thought is that it's the awesome ironwork combined with somewhat shiny paint.

It's incredibly uncommon for this area, it's still very safe overall.

I have no problem with the idea of private security, PPD doesn’t seem to have any presence in Fishtown when I’m there.

A stranger helped a woman deliver her baby on a North Philly street. After that, he kept helping: https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/baby-delivery-north-philadelphia-stranger-help-20230127.html

You never know! Most people here are GOOD people.

Here's another angle of this building from a shot I took last year: https://imgur.com/3rJp9P3

This Wawa was solid when I lived across the street, I was surprised it closed. My friend who works at corporate thinks they might use the space as a catering hub.

This isn't even it's best angle! https://imgur.com/3rJp9P3