Despite what Philly redditors want you to think, most people I encounter here are incredibly nice. I moved to a new neighborhood in December and one neighbor brought me a plate of food, another neighbor invited me over for a drink, and we all help keep track of each other’s trashcans.

Probably doesn’t help that the T is totally fucked nowadays, almost makes me feel good about SEPTA.

What’s the third?

"Second SEPTA shooting this week": https://www.inquirer.com/news/septa-shooting-market-frankford-line-52nd-street-station-20230331.html?outputType=amp

Grateful I have a car

Thanks for the catch. Edited my comment.

I'm still not especially sympathetic that she didn't even try to apply until the 11th hour. January had already been an extension of the deadline. It's not like the law was signed in December.

It's not unreasonable for the city to ask a business to have permits to use private housing like that.

3rd shooting in the past week on septa property

Playing the absolute smallest violin for this hardworking business tycoon

Yeah especially with them issuing me a ticket that was never given to me.

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From the article:

>To operate Airbnb rentals outside of a primary residence — whether in the second unit of a duplex or in a house across town — would require a hotel license.

I'm assuming the hotel license is the variance that people are referring to?

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Shooter in custody. Best possible outcome, someone who thinks doing this ok is now off the street.

I really hope so too. You’re in my thoughts.

I would say from my house it would be about five blocks so that could be realistic. I’m so scared I can’t even sleep at night. I want him home so bad.

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Sounds like she wouldn't need the variance since she lives on site. Just a permit. Which she could have applied for at any point between 2015 and when the city finally announced they were going to enforce the law.

Also, anyone who says “Maybe I’ll just sell [the triplex] and move to Florida, where I can do business without the government being insane,” sounds like a nut to me.

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I wonder how many properties would be opened up to renters if it was banned. There's at least 4 right near the intersection I'm at in Wash Square West and it'd be pretty sweet of those were rentable.

September 1st is Boston's Move-In Day. I believe about 2/3 of the city's leases all end on the same day so it makes moving a nightmare. So in addition to college kids moving in, you have people scrambling to move into or out of their apartments. Streets are clogged, people are fighting over moving trucks, and it s a mess.

I think so people just expect to be able to live somewhere for free. The women was agitated cause she came home to her stuff in bags outside on the curb. She wasn’t home during the eviction.

She eventually did come back later to apologize to my mom. But I feel that was to help avoid heavy charges.

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Man, I forgot that line.

Idk, maybe she's trying to say she's not some bank buying up everything to rent out? Which, to be fair, fuck all those guys. But also, lady, no.

She probably lives in one of those crap built, expensive, ugly East Kensington complexes with gates too.

Philly is so neighborly it reminds me of Vermont which I honestly thought would be impossible for a city to do.

Vermont is extremely neighborly but a lot of that comes from environmental necessity (rural and brutal weather). There’s something about this place.