or celebration?

TIL, thanks

What does the sheriff even do? I'm guessing they make sense in counties that have multiple towns and/or unincorporated communities, the sheriff can cover what the local police departments don't. But since the county = the city for Philly, what's the point?

wtf lol, never saw that one before

Not a street vendor, but you might be interested in Shibe on 13th Street. I forget the exact crossstreet. It's somewhere around spruce to chestnut

I think if frequency, safety, and speed are improved (also gonna throw in cleanliness), transit will become more convenient in center city even with the lax traffic enforcement.

Safety is a big one. There's a lot of people who just will never get on the El right now, but would if they didn't have to worry about safety.

I agree that asshole drivers will break rules, and there are too many of them. But they still aren't the majority. Most ppl in center city will park legally for example, if they're gonna be parked for hours. And that usually means paying for a spot. Which also takes some time (finding a spot & walking to the destination if the lot isn't right next door).

If you have a safe, clean, train that comes every 2 minutes, that option is suddenly a lot more convenient.

Outside of CC, I agree with you. Transit is too sparse, and easy/free parking is too much for it to compete with, even with the upgrades.

There used to be flex posts too, but everytime they put em up, they're quickly removed.

Terrill Haigler AKA YaFavTrashman's campaign is mostly about cleanliness but he seems pretty receptive to listening about other issues. I commented on one of his posts somewhere about protected bike lanes and transit, and he responded positively to it. He also supports the Roosevelt Blvd subway extension.

He also just seems like a really genuine guy. He's not a career politician, he's just really fed up about a particular issue. I think we need more people like that in office.

well said

Phew, thought they were relocating instead of opening a second location for a second

Tweet at YaFavTrashman

thinking the same thing, that's crazy

Never even had Blaze pizza, but just from the picture, it looks better than Dominoes. Too many toppings for me, but the crust looks solid.

Thanks, I've had that in my to-do list forever but haven't gotten around to it. Definitely need to knock that out soon

first time homeowner here. I got that mail, but assumed it was just an fyi and that my property tax would be paid by my mortgage servicer. Is that not the case, is it that the mail is just the difference between what I owe and what the mortgage servicer paid?

I'll be contacting my mortgage servicer and the city to be sure. But curious what the set up for other folks is

Yeah, crime is a big deterrent right now. But I think the lower relative COL to other Northeast cities will continue to drive growth.

It's not the best, luckily they are working on some improvements. They have this thing called the wayfinding master plan, where they're planning to redesign signage, rename things, and make everything consistent. It mostly applies to the trains, but there's also a separate project called Bus Revolution in which they're redesigning the entire network. So hopefully things should be easier in a couple years.

> In other words, terrible drivers come from all political tribes and so you can't make a wedge issue/culture war out of it.

Wasn't the same thing true of cigarette smokers when it was more popular? Despite that, the anti-cigarette campaign was popular. Honestly it seems like a benefit when all political tribes have the same issue, cause polarized issues take 10x longer to solve.

I have to do more research into the other candidates but rn Terrill Haigler has my vote. For these reasons

1. Cleaner streets is a good, achievable goal
2. He isn't coming up through the political machine, so he probably isn't corrupt
3. He's mentioned that his campaign won't just be about trash, and someone that passionate about the city probably has other good ideas

what the fuck

Part of it is probably because fast food chains have to compete with other options that are much better. Delis, halal carts, local pizza places, etc. There's a lot of good cheap food options in the city

Philly sports are incredible this year

I'm from Philly but lived in DC for awhile. The biggest thing that struck me is that the DC metro is so much better than SEPTA. We have two main train services, regional rail, and the regular trains. Regional rail is usually clean but is pricier and has very low frequency. The other trains are typically dirty unfortunately, including the stations, and can be sketchy in certain neighborhoods.

DC seems to pay for much more cleaning than Philly, because it's generally much cleaner.

Crime is pretty bad in Philly right now, probably worse than in DC.

Have you used a system with Apple and Google pay? Take a NYC trip, they have it and it's faster than a key card.