That's not at all the case here, Express Edits seem to be only opening in high-end shopping areas right now: https://www.retaildive.com/news/6-express-edit-stores-open-in-90-days/631089/

"Express will open six Express Edit stores in the next 90 days, according to CEO Tim Baxter.

The stores will be located in SoHo and the Flatiron District in New York City, on Newbury Street in Boston, in Brickell and South Beach in Miami, and near Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia, Baxter told analysts on a call on Wednesday."

It's explicitly stated that these stores are NOT intended for mall locations. Do those sound like low-end locations to you?

Off-duty officers working OT as security. I worked at a grocery store in Norfolk, VA in college - it had the same thing. And this was 2011-2014, pre-any sort of riots.

There may be with the shopping center next to it!

SEPTA has seen some improvement post-Covid: https://www.audacy.com/kywnewsradio/news/local/septa-violent-crime-down-ridership-rise

I take the BSL 3-4 days a week and never have any issue. Can’t comment on the MFL as I only take it on occasion but it’s been fine when I have.

Which ones? The only ones I know of are Good Luck Pizza which I think is now part of Barbuzzo, and Sugar Factory which I heard is remodeling.

Here's the most recent Center City retail report: https://www.centercityphila.org/uploads/attachments/cl50z1kop0b2wuqqd0yj0gbna-cc-retail-update-june-2022.pdf

The bottom of page 2 shows what you are looking for, month by month. Page 4 details newly-opened and coming soon establishments.

I'd expect another report in the next month or two, as they released one in November '21.

Nice to see a business opening get some coverage since they outpace the closures.

Joel Embiid lives in a penthouse at Two Liberty Place I believe. Some Pirates player I've never heard of lives in Washington Square. Doc Rivers has a condo in Old City. Tina Fey has a condo.

I think it's pretty common for athletes to have condos in CC, but it's probably difficult for us to attract non-local celebs when the media capital of the world is 90 miles away.

This makes me unsure who to vote for, because Domb is my top choice but Rhynhart would be my second.

I’m guessing you live outside the city based on this comment

Why? This is exactly why psychologists say that Citizen isn’t healthy and creates anxiety.

https://www.mic.com/life/the-citizen-app-is-a-relentless-anxiety-trigger-18790347/amp

““If you have this constant hypervigilance, that your nervous system has to have because something bad is [seemingly] always happening, that’s problematic for anxiety,” says Elizabeth Cohen, a clinical psychologist who specializes in treating people with anxiety disorders, commenting on apps like Citizen. “It’s totally overestimating the probability of things.””

Yes! Everyone seemed so happy, it was wonderful

Assuming this is true, there's never going to be literally zero crime

Here’s what they are referring to: https://philly.curbed.com/2016/1/15/10846624/fairmount-park-size-comparisons

“Fairmount Park is the Goliath of urban parks. The entire system, which includes 63 parks, clocks in at 9,200 acres, making it the largest urban park in the nation. Seriously: It's five times bigger than NYC's Central Park.”

Other than a few misguided people who say "at least they aren't shooting anyone" that get downvoted to oblivion (as they should), I've never seen someone say this.

There are 6000 officers with only 2500 on patrol.

"More than 650 Philly police officers are unavailable for duty because of injuries. But some blatantly work second jobs, and their peers are fed up. Says one commander: “It’s a shame we don’t even hold ourselves accountable.""

These changes could be made now dude

I think he'd be a great mayor. What creates real estate demand? Safety, population growth, and a business-friendly environment - so even if he is acting with self-interest, we all win. He supports police, actually understands business and economics, and wants oversight of the community anti-violence groups we throw so much money at... while every other mayoral candidate proposed just giving them more: https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/philadelphia-mayoral-candidates-gun-violence-plan-20220930.html

He also proposed that city council officially declare Kensington an emergency earlier this year, and said he would do it if elected. No one else has mentioned this.

I'll probably be repeating the above a lot because I think it's more than enough reason to vote for him. I haven't seen him make any delusional statements showing a disconnect from reality like other council members, or make any ludicrously stupid decisions. Rhynhart seems good too though.

How about from the hundreds that are doing administrative tasks? https://www.inquirer.com/politics/philadelphia/philadelphia-police-civilianization-report-reform-20221004.html

Yep. There should be 24/7 patrols walking up and down Center City and other neighborhood's primary commercial corridors. The pedestrian volume warrants this.

Someone posted two hours ago that they heard it in Brewerytown so that checks out

Interesting question. I’m guessing people nearby probably heard, and people in other places probably didn’t….

I live right off Broad and had no issues.

That's fair, they are definitely expensive.

My dad was law enforcement so I grew up shooting all types of guns, and I'm not against the reasons that most people want them. I've just read data on where crime guns originate, and they are often traced back to legal dealers which makes me think something should be changed.

Lol I was joking, I don't think he's responsible for that.

I also realize that buybacks the way we do them now don't work, when I lived in Baltimore people showed up with crazy things like used rocket launchers... and still got paid. I'm talking about the type of buyback they did in Australia. The only reason it wouldn't work in the US is because people are psycho about having guns, even though the current laws were crafted with 250 year-old guns in mind. Maybe if the national guard was knocking on people's doors...

"Obviously the optional ones do nothing and probably just waste government money."

Maybe your friend is part of why Phoenix is getting so violent: https://ktar.com/story/5215561/recent-gun-violence-is-unlike-anything-phoenix-police-chief-has-seen-in-33-years/

You don't think mandatory gun buybacks could be effective? Obviously the optional ones do nothing and probably just waste government money.

Switzerland is just so different from us. My understanding is that military service is mandatory for all men which includes weapons training, and then they have the option to buy their weapon when they are done serving. After a triple shooting like 20 years ago, now a permit is required for people leaving service, and justification for why the weapon is needed. Their rate of gun ownership is also about half of ours, despite still being one of the highest on Earth.

I agree with you on the systemic problems - those are what differentiate us most from any other high income country when making comparisons regarding gun laws and violence. Also the abysmal rate of these shootings being solved like you mentioned. Addressing these issues would for sure have the greatest impact on public safety. Shoot, maybe we should make a few years of military service a requirement.