Why do you hate people that like Center City, but not people who broadly hate Philly as a whole? And FFS I go to plenty of other places. I saw you quote me earlier… saying a neighborhood isn’t good with the context of a CRIME DISCUSSION is not the same as dismissing its historical significance, or saying the people there don’t matter. Have this attitude toward people who hate and exaggerate, not people who like it here.

Idk how many major cities you’ve lived in but I’ve lived in quite a few. All of your assumptions just make you sound like someone with an extremely insular mentality.

No info on the victim? It would be nice to know if it was a male or female, child or adult, and if it’s suspected to be random or not.

Frankford seems to be in the running for the city’s worst neighborhood, I wouldn’t walk there at 2am

And that Philly is one of the biggest cities in the country, while Pittsburgh is a mid-sized city

Great insight, thanks! From my uninformed perspective, it seems like PPD is atrocious at allocating their resources.

I agree, but don’t think this will ever happen.

How is an easily-recognizable group allowed to operate for an hour in a small area when very few other people are out on the street? Do we even have a police department?

Here are a few places: https://www.axios.com/local/philadelphia/2022/11/18/world-cup-bars-philadelphia

"The exterior of the new building would be constructed of masonry, with "a mix of light-colored buff brick and stucco" that would be compatible with the Beury Building's limestone, brick and terra cotta materials. The Historical Commission has recommended approval for the addition."

Sounds great!

Baltimore reminds me of a combination of Richmond and Norfolk, more than any other one city. I went to college in Norfolk (ODU), and my brother lives in Richmond (Church Hill). I also lived in Baltimore for two years, and am now in my third year in Philly.

On an individual neighborhood level, there are some similarities between parts of Philly and Bmore, but the amount of gentrification, relative lack of blight, walkability, and sheer amount of people make Philly feel a lot different. There's also a level of wealth and young families that you just don't see in Baltimore neighborhoods. Same goes for the amount of retail and shopping, and relative lack of business vacancy. Baltimore is a large built environment but feels deserted.

Lastly, Center City is a top downtown in the country in terms of population (2nd or 3rd most populated), walkability, and population density. It feels like a true large city. Downtown Baltimore is more deserted than downtown Richmond, and has practically no new development beyond 414 Light and the new M&T building on Light.

Regarding Atlanta and Charlotte, I think they have a lot of similarities to each other.

In my opinion they are just entirely different in terms of scale and feel - but Harbor East is very nice, I haven’t even been back since they opened new Whole Foods.

I wish Philly had somewhere like the Sandlot.

Me too. People are just saying this because of rowhomes, besides that they couldn’t be more different.

Having lived in DC, Baltimore, and Philly - Baltimore is not much like either DC or Philly. The ONLY thing in common with Philly is rowhomes. Bmore is beautifully situated on a harbor with many hills. It’s also half deserted (downtown especially), and feels quite sleepy.

Philly is huge, chaotic, vibrant, and has a ton of foot traffic along with one of the best downtowns in the country. There is significantly more wealth in Philly. Baltimore has no comparison to Rittenhouse Square (closest thing being Mount Vernon but no), Old City, Fishtown, University City, Fairmount, etc.

Baltimore is like Norfolk, VA combined with Richmond.

Yeah. And he was a creepy little middle-aged dude that looked like a burglar from Home Alone.

Something drives them to do it

Screw people who do stuff like this. I truly want to know their thought process.

I saw someone tagging a building this summer and asked why, he got upset and yelled “because it’s legal.” Idk how that justifies destroying things to anyone.

Did you know a woman named Janet who lived in the neighborhood around that time?

Of course they don't want that. That's why the comment calling it a discount mall store is getting upvotes. Never mind the context I provided of where these stores are opening. Who knew that SoHo was full of discount stores?

It sounds like they are referring to the standard Express stores as this is a new concept, so it inherently is not a mall favorite: "Express Edit is a store concept with a paired-down product assortment and reduced square footage in off-mall locations."

Regarding your other comment, I'm not a HUGE fan of Express or anything but they have some nice clothes at times. I have a couple of their suits from a holiday sale years ago and they get the job done.

IMO this is a good addition to the area, on par with Nordstrom Rack.

That's not at all the case here, Express Edits seem to be only opening in high-end shopping areas right now: https://www.retaildive.com/news/6-express-edit-stores-open-in-90-days/631089/

"Express will open six Express Edit stores in the next 90 days, according to CEO Tim Baxter.

The stores will be located in SoHo and the Flatiron District in New York City, on Newbury Street in Boston, in Brickell and South Beach in Miami, and near Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia, Baxter told analysts on a call on Wednesday."

It's explicitly stated that these stores are NOT intended for mall locations. Do those sound like low-end locations to you?