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apatheticwhiteguy t1_j9ubha9 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in 78-Unit, Mixed-Use Project Approved in Fishtown by ColdJay64

Sucks that you need a car in the transit desert that is fishtown. If only there was like a train, or a bus, or something?

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apatheticwhiteguy t1_j9ukp6p wrote

And so attracting more people with cars to your neighborhood that is already congested is a good idea?

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OnionBagMan t1_j9v5kxw wrote

Yeah he probably thinks a parking garages would reduce traffic or something. Also Fishtown was never meant to be a suburban car town that people commute from. People used to walk to the other side of Front and work in the factories.

With things like WFH I do not think Fishtown should be trying to attract car owners as residents. I’d rather more business density to offset the need to travel outside the hood.

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owenhinton98 t1_j9vedyo wrote

I tried to start leaving my car at my moms house 20 miles away in the suburbs, and honestly it’s been working great. Luckily I don’t have a job that requires one at the moment (but there’s a chance I do end up getting such a job in the near future so it may change) but living in fishtown and only using septa and sidewalks has been going well thus far.

It would definitely nice to densify business around the neighborhood a little more, it would be nice to not have to either walk 7 blocks or take a 2 minute $2 bus ride every time I had to get groceries or go to a drug store; otherwise I can’t complain and I implore other car owners/users in fishtown to try this if you have the means. You may find it pays off well 🤷‍♂️

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patchworky t1_j9uieta wrote

Bro is being a dick for no reason. I live in the area and don't own a car and even I know how horrendous parking is

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OnionBagMan t1_j9v52da wrote

We are in a densely populated city where perhaps cars aren’t important?

We’ve been learning for the past few decades that building more parking and roads doesn’t help the downtowns of cities. Parking sucks in Manhattan but who cares? This isn’t Atlanta after all, it’s a pedestrian city.

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patchworky t1_j9vcj3l wrote

Look, I am not arguing that everything should be car-centric, I don't own a car myself because I much prefer to walk and use public transportation. But I think anyone who lives in Fishtown can readily admit that parking is fucking horrendous. There aren't even any paid publicly available garages anywhere near me, like I don't need everything to have amazing parking but it is pretty frustrating when I want to have friends over and I have to tell them to park 20 minutes away.

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mdperino t1_j9uhmm4 wrote

Sucks that public transit doesn’t reach up the same corridor of 95 to get to my office :)

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owenhinton98 t1_j9uuzdk wrote

Not to be that guy, but literally the entire 95 corridor within pa is covered by septa routing, whether the Amtrak line (which carries two septa rail lines) that follows 95, or the plenty of city and suburban bus lines that roughly run along 95(/295) all the way from claymont to Trenton (and then dart Delaware and nj transit continue along said 95 corridor from there)

You most likely could take septa to work, it just might take a little longer

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nowtayneicangetinto t1_j9vfjaj wrote

For me to get to my office by car takes 40 minutes, to get there by SEPTA would take 1.5 to 2 hours including a paid interchange in a less than friendly area, early in the morning. The associated costs and the time spent are not worth it.

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