I was commuting to the mainline from south philly by car (so only like 2 exits on 76) and wanted to die and resolved to ditch my car entirely.

A commute from to KOP from Philly proper is brutal. Conshy is a good bet. If you want to be closer you could try roxborough.

Depending on whatever other languages you speak, you may want to look into some established groups that help those that are ESL from specific communities (e.g. Congreso.

Otherwise your school may have resources and real estate more readily available.

'love thy neighbor' apparently really means 'hack off their hands with an axe for minor infractions'

You might wanna take a break for a while, bud.

what the fuck

You seem to enjoy JAQing off

I say this with the best intentions - good luck.

You might wanna try walking or some other mode. It'll be absolutely dicey by biking, at best.

He's the local mastermind that figured it out, duh. MI6 is onto us.

James Bond is real and lives in Texas.

> that may have put 1.2 million fraudulent plates into circulation

1.2 MILLION CARS WITH FAKE TAGS. Even for texas, that's absolutely insane.

Jean Georges is apparently not worth the price, FYI. I haven't been to that one but that seems to be the consensus. I've had his food at a bunch of 'highly touted' places in NYC and it blows.

Vernick fish is good but not as good as the other Vernick.

I have no idea how these places work in terms of reservations around the holidays but I suspect it may be difficult to get one. If you're looking for other upscale, also consider laurel or friday saturday sunday. Or the aforementioned Vernick.

The intersection of people who

1. Want people to slow down in their neighborhood

2. Can't be personally inconvenienced

unsurprisingly has a very significant overlap.

Half my family calls it gravy and half just calls it sauce. They grew up on opposite sides of delco and are from the same grandparents who got off the boat in the late 20s. It's vaguely comical.

Nobody is going to ridley park for pizza.

I was on the subway and everyones all went off at the same time. It was kinda wild watching everyone groggily scramble to turn off that awful sound.

If you wanted to live a little further out, I think conshohocken also has a similar vibe (but more quiet). It definitely feels further from the city, though.

Had a few friends that lived in Arlington and would visit pretty frequently and while it's not 100% overlap, I think it's probably as close of a comparison to Arlington as you'll get in Philly. Manayunk has way less highrises going on (it's basically built on a giant hill) but I think the vibe and atmosphere is probably pretty close.

PA was at the heart of industrialization and our steel and coal industries made us ideal candidates for rail (and before that, canal) for freight. I think we're like 6-7th-ish in roadway mileage.

You know what a freedom pass is but you haven't been in center city since june 2016?

Then your lack of preparation makes you pay full fare and reminds you to get a key when you arrive in CC. Depending on how many trips it might not even matter.

Also just FYI freedom pass no longer exists. It's now called "One Day Anywhere FleX Pass" under the "Independence Pass" umbrella, at least on the app.

Commuters should already know how a septa key works and now that it works on regional rail, it's never been easier.

Service is almost back to where it was - not quite, yet, but getting better.

I think the idea is that it serves two separate usergroups - tourists can use this system and not have to physically get a septa key. That gets them access to bus, trolley, and subway, and if they need to get on the RR they can use cash/card on the train or buy single-trip tickets at a kiosk.

...You can pay with cards or cash on the train. No luck needed.

I've gone through about 5 as well. When they get funky and stop reading accurately I just grab a new one and move the funds over, which takes about 10 seconds on the app or septakey.org.

I think the batch from like 2ish years ago were pretty shitty.