This! Their process is overly bureaucratic and almost no one at the PPA office understands it or cares to take the time to listen to people until you get upset from being pushed to some other line that isn't even correct to have your situation addressed....sorry, I too had lost time from the PPA and clearly still bitter about it, lol.

I do eat over there a lot. I will go by after work today.

I did put my clothes outside. Thank you for the suggestion.

They've been cracking down on this in Manayunk recently and it's glorious. One guy even complained on our FB group that he got ticketed for parking on the sidewalk because he "didn't know it was illegal" and he "wasn't blocking the road." Bruh you were blocking the sidewalk which is [shocker] NOT FOR CARS.

I’m really sorry about your cat. I’m really really sorry.

I’ve been reaching out there as well. Thank you. Some of my neighbors reported seeing a cat in a blue and purple collar yesterday. Hopefully that’s a good sign.

They should have made it look like Mr. Yuk!

I use tap water for my humidifier.

You use bottled waters for your plants????? I use tap water. I filter my water for my cat though.

They're also issuing incorrect tickets all over too so I don't see this as a win.

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This true. I built an emergency food bin in Feb 2020 (I saw what was coming). We opened the water this past summer and it was AWFUL.

Glass jugs may be the way to go if possible.

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My neighbor would leave his car double parked all day long, one day I had enough when my kids were almost hit by a school bus going around his van. I called the police, they called me back a while later and the car was still there so they came out. They knocked on his door and he came out in his underwear, the cop screamed at him and he has never double parked ever again. It was an every day thing here for a long time.

I’m sure people who are pregnant or post-menopausal will be thrilled to work more hours for the same pay.

It wasn't a cop.

And we don't know if the person shot was holding the knife.

And yes, using deadly force, even in that situation of it was correct, is a huge problem.

That’s the big one for me.

The bike lane at walnut and 34th was blocked yesterday morning by…… a PPA van! So right now they are more interested in doing the liter Al opposite thing.

They aren’t reasonable for what you are getting. There are old buildings with apartments that haven’t been renovated in 30 years that are riding this wave and increasing the rent every year because of demand for cheaper housing. If nothing has been done in an apartment for even 10 years objectively speaking, why is it worth $500 more per month? It’s supply and demand from the other external factors, but outside of that the apartment itself has depreciated in real value, not increased.

The loss from this may force them to bump the prices of paper bags to us.

It was worse than the toilet paper run at covid time. Fist fights for water at the store I went to.

Mayor Kenney’s former right hand man?

The irony of buying bottled water to avoid ingesting plastics.

Not really. There re lots of new luxury buildings but it is not keeping rents lower. I live in an old building. They are raising our rent more this year than any other since 2015. Im sure they’ll get it since most people leaving are doing so because they can’t afford the increases not because they want to jump into a luxury building and pay $2000 plus for a 1 bedroom. They are moving to more dangerous neighborhoods with cheaper rent or downsizing to a studio. Someone who needs to pay less will move into my building, not someone looking to pay more. This story is being repeated constantly since 2021. Ive heard it from many people (this is anecdotal of course).

According to other articles I read, the average rent in Philadelphia increased by 10% in 2022. I was planning to buy but there is nothing coming available that I can afford—unfortunately I was not ready last Spring when there were many options. My salary hasn’t kept up with the increases so unless I move to another neighborhood or downsize I won’t be accepted into any other building since I’m not making 3x the rent.