Have to imagine that all of the illegally parked vehicles on Oregon Avenue is a contributing factor to this.

You love to see it.

Sometimes it is, but in general, yea I agree.

Imagine getting your house for free, being able to drive whatever car you want because that’s not counted against you when considering need for public housing, and then thinking you deserve free convenient parking as well. Holy entitlement.

So they’re in the same building. The main part of the station is where Amtrak boards. There’s a ramp adjacent to the northwest side of the main hall that takes you up the stairwells that lead to the elevated regional rail platforms.

Nah to both of your questions . I don’t have the time to write a longer response right now (worked last night), but that’s why I said it needs to be part of a more comprehensive solution. There can be a happy medium where we lessen the load on first responders, save a few lives, generally positive things, while still heavily dis-incentivizing users and cleaning up drug-infested areas.

I hear what you’re saying but we don’t really know how people will respond until they’re at that point. Some people are like rubber and they bounce back, but others wont and they’ll just hit rock bottom and never return.

I disagree that harm reduction isn’t worthwhile, but it needs to part of a more comprehensive solution.

Fucking boom cars man.

Dude Fairmount has been around in one form or another since the earliest days of the city. It only became predominantly black in the mid-20th century. Demographics tend to be fluid and change over time, specific groups don’t get to dictate that they are the rightful residents of a specific area.

I mean there are huge swaths of North and West Philly you should avoid if you’re able to, along with scattered spots in other areas. What’s your criteria in terms of budget, location, etc?

Don’t answer the door. They’ll move on

Was this a profoundly altered person (aka drunk as shit) that just had no idea they were plowing through people? Dafuq?

I think I speak for everyone when I say WHAT THE FUCK

The GOP created a “rule” and then completely ignored it so they were able to stack the court with conservative judges sympathetic to their agenda that also don’t even bother to hide their corruption. Totally unprecedented and totally antithetical to democracy. Executive branch power grabs are a problem but not exclusive to this administration and certainly not the same as the “win at all costs” motto of the current GOP. It’s no wonder we’re slowly backsliding into authoritarianism when half the county defends this bullshit.

That’s not the point. Philly is a mess of poor leadership, but the GOP, and by extension, its supporters in the Union League are somehow even worse. They are complicit in behavior that is decidedly anti-democratic such as the Merrick Garland nomination at the end of Obama’s presidency, and of course, the response of the party to January 6th. They have no moral high ground to try and lecture anyone on how bad cities and the (mostly) Democrat leaders are.

Bro I don’t want to hear a peep about leadership from a place that hosted Trump in 2016, supported his re-election, and overall supports a political party that didn’t even put forward a platform at the last RNC.

Maybe they can convince their members to change the rhetoric from their side of the aisle that cities are irredeemable shitholes while they’re at it.

Yep. The end result is one thing - you can disagree on what the best configuration is (though one is clearly preferable in every way exact for automobile throughout), but the way KJ handled the whole thing was so slimy. It’s pretty much his MO, hence the federal corruption trial.

Thanks! Any suggestions on products and/or contractors for the work?

I don’t have no plans to unless I was to get into a position where I’m likely to be targeted (i.e. store owner) and even then I’d likely keep it only where I’m likely to need it. Too much risk of negative outcomes otherwise. Frankly, it shouldn’t even be an issue, but the gun nuts in this country that have dreams of being the hero with a gun would rather have hundreds of millions of circulation, of which some are inevitably going to become illegal firearms used in the commission of a crime, than have actual sensible restrictions like every other comparable country.

Did not realize you can stain. That may be a good option!

Honest question - does his office do this for non-police? That is, ask for reconsideration of what they think are light sentences?

Not that any criminal is a genius or shows restraint , but teenagers seem to have even worse impulse control and probably shoot people wherever.

Absolutely ridiculous. There’s thousands of people coming and going right now through these intersections. I swear these clowns now are so fucking brazen. I don’t recall this many shootings in heavily trafficked areas in the past, they just DGAF anymore. Probably teenagers.

I’ve been going to AC several times a year for a decade (some before that as well but with less regularity) and I have no idea why everyone is so damn negative on it. If anything it’s improved significantly - most of the casinos have seen non-gaming investment, there’s an indoor water park opening in/adjacent to the Showboat and they also have an indoor electric go-kart track and large arcade area, there’s (some) new construction around, Stockton has a campus there now, etc.

Sure, it’s still suffering the ill-effects of assholes like Trump trying to pilfer it without bothering to make any real investment into the city itself, but it still feels like it’s at least on an upward trajectory, even if it still has a ways to go