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Raecino t1_je2tw6t wrote

Reply to Student, 15, shot and killed blocks from Simon Gratz High School in Nicetown, police say by JBizznass

Most of you have no idea how to address the violence plaguing this city. You automatically assume displacing vast portions of the population will make crime disappear. Building new apartments only those with a lot of money can afford does NOTHING to address the root causes of these problems. In fact, it does the exact opposite. How can you call it investing in a neighborhood or bringing a neighborhood up when you don’t include those who live there? For too long many have turned a blind eye to this and we are reaping some of the results. Income inequality is a huge problem that only exacerbates the issue. Building a new Starbucks, a pet daycare and luxury apartments does NOTHING to stop the violence.

Yet when people from the community try to offer advice and their insight on what can and does work, the same idiots screaming about NIMBY’s don’t want to listen.

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Raecino t1_je2teg8 wrote

Reply to comment by outerspace29 in Student, 15, shot and killed blocks from Simon Gratz High School in Nicetown, police say by JBizznass

Hmm but displacing people by pushing them out is not the answer. There needs to be more housing for those who aren’t wealthy in this city as well as actual investment in the neighborhoods. That means investing in the people that live there. Putting up brand new condos across the street from someone living in poverty only encourages crime.

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Tall-Ad5755 t1_je2qop8 wrote

Reply to comment by UndercoverPhilly in Temple limits public access to food court following violent incidents by Sunset_Bleu

Maybe, Pitt is large and it doesn’t have problems in Oakland. Because people see the benefit of having a major research and health institution at your doorstep.

Temple is more important to the region as a whole and does more for the region than not (they are state related so they’re private in administration in exchange for discount tuition for local) (they provide healthcare for the neighborhood victims regardless of insurance) (they provide jobs; many of which are accessible to people of the neighborhood) (they offer services like free computer use and tutors and other stuff when I was there) (because of them amenities like movie, markets and shops/restaurants are there to the benefit of everyone that wouldn’t be there were it not for temple) (they enroll more African Americans than most schools in the state not an HBCU and have the legacy of one of the first afam programs in the USA)

Because all of this I am jaded about the delusional residents and if I’m selfish I want temple to be the best it can be, rise in the rankings and be this side of the state’s Pitt…the safety of the neighborhood gets in the way; the neighbors complain about temple but don’t complain enough about their children and their brothers and cousins shooting and being shot and other acts of crime….if it was up to me…TUs survival is essential…..ram through their program; stadium and all 😬😂….fu*k what anyone thinks.

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Tall-Ad5755 t1_je2otii wrote

Reply to comment by UndercoverPhilly in Black clergy and businesspeople support Sixers arena proposal by dc122186

There are just as many examples of it changing cities for the better.

I mean DC, has the Verizon center, the movie theater, the portrait gallery all right there which makes for a damn good setup; all on top of metro center where the two lines connect and right near Union.

Then you have LA which built a whole entertainment center at Staples.

Then you have places like Minneapolis and Denver and Detroit where all their stadiums are downtown even the large ones…and they’re the better for it.

Boston, which created an entertainment center at their arena on top of north station….for the better of that area.

Atlanta has their arenas and stadiums downtown and it would be dead if not for that. I just don’t see how Philly is some special case; I don’t see us screwing up what so many lesser places has gotten right. Only thing I would concede is yeah, our streets are pre-car tiny but the transit access is amazing and the direction we should be going. I mean from a consumer standpoint what’s better than parking at your local patco/subway/regional station and commuting in; you save a ton of money, a ton of headache, and no traffic. This will be popular if Septa gets the trains timed right. This area should be the absolute center of our entertainment district; the celebrations should be on Market not South Broad. Wit all the ads and screens and add this; and a few hotel towers ths will be a poppin area; jus gotta have the vision to do transformative things.

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givemesendies t1_je2okfd wrote

Reply to comment by SouthPhilly_215 in Budd looking big and beautiful last night. by phillybeardo

Yes, but I prefer bike or walking for moving around in the city. I'm not sure why you hate bike lanes so much. Bikes means less traffic. Plus, if people could get around safely on bikes, they wouldn't have to spend all their money on cars. I always see you talking about how we should help the poor instead of building bike lanes, but bikes are WAY cheaper than cars and would make a lot of peoples financial life easier.

A beater car is $3000, will need a ton of money to keep going, and needs inspection and insurance and other bullshit. $3000 gets you an a high quality ebike that will need $200 of maintenance a year, and no insurance or gas. Hell, you could get a bike for 1000 and save the other 2000.

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