No they aren’t, the article mentions that some are in the burbs!

Gotcha, that makes sense. I did some exploring around 7th, south of Snyder and it's a pretty interesting place. Definitely no new development, but I was surprised by the amount of restaurants and stores.

Was just wondering because I did think you meant all of South Philly, and I recently moved to the 23rd and Federal (ish) area. It is somewhat gentrified but has awhile to go - with a lot going on around the corner on Washington Ave. My block is a nice mix of people who have lived here their whole lives, and UPenn employees.

Do you think it will take longer than Point Breeze/Gray’s Ferry?

Grad Hospital, Fitler Square, Spring Garden, and Franklintown had no shootings, residential Rittenhouse had just one (road rage incident if that matters). Logan Square had zero until the affair-related hotel room shooting on Christmas which doesn’t impact neighborhood neighborhood safety. East Passyunk is good too.

I share nothing but truth, while conveniently this conversation is taking place in response to a falsity you stated. If there’s any “propaganda” I’ve shared, please let me know.

And yes, when I found a house I liked in another part of Philly I rented out my condo… is something wrong with that? You think that dictates what I post?

Lastly, I’ve said we should implement the Chicago sub’s rules on crime content, and maintain that position.

Have a nice evening!

Sorry if I came in too hot. But - don’t refer to a large swath of the city as a “No-go zone” and then try to demonize my saying that the city can be a good place to live. You’re reaching. If your criticism was valid, I wouldn’t have responded - but it didn’t even make sense. Philly’s issues are the reason it remains relatively affordable for its size, but they definitely don’t drive UP the prices.

Interesting attempt at trying to twist high demand into still saying something negative about Philly, but that’s really not at all how real estate works. A city having less good areas relative to bad ones doesn’t make the good ones more expensive as a result, it brings the prices of a whole city down. If Philly had more good areas, the “nice” ones would just be even more expensive.

In reality, the nice areas are just expensive because Philly offers a lot that people find desirable.

County people bringing their crime into the city… at least he turned himself in and was no danger to the public!

They wouldn’t have the same construction costs and financing issues in the suburbs?

“It was just yesterday then that the construction pause was confirmed by Durst, citing rising construction costs and difficulties with financing as rationale, despite already sinking $40+ million into the archaeological and construction work thus far.”

Damn. Their plan for the waterfront looks awesome and is much needed.

A lot of auto theft is crime of opportunity so it could be!

Yeah a bit, but with their thefts increasing at a much higher rate I’d expect them to surpass us next year. Chicago also had a higher rate of carjackings per-capita last year, but I have no clue about 2022. I’d like to see the data you mentioned as well.

Interestingly, Chicago has has license plate readers since 2006 but they are averaging 50+ thefts a day, having doubled since last year.

Seems to be a common trend in big cities right now, unfortunately. Thefts have nearly doubled in Philly since 2019. In Chicago, thefts are up 96% with more than 18,000 vehicles stolen in 2022 in compared to just over 9,000 in 2021. In NYC they had also nearly doubled compared to 2021 earlier this year, though I can’t find anything more recent.

Sources:

https://abc7chicago.com/amp/chicago-crime-parking-garage-car-thefts/12529948/

https://abc7ny.com/amp/car-thefts-stolen-nyc-crime-new-york-city/11639682/

From a past article on Philly car thefts:

“One-third to one-half of thefts are crimes are just too easy, says Captain of Major Crimes Squad, John Ryan.

"It's directly tied to people leaving their cars running, people leaving their key fobs in their car, so people can just drive off," says Captain Ryan.”

Who didn’t read the article? You? Because It states that some business/property owners think it’s worth the increase in costs.

I think the different branding is a pretty bad idea, I've followed this development from the beginning (not that closely) and haven't even heard of that until just now. I googled "Laurel rittenhouse rentals" and "laurel rittenhouse apartments" and nothing for 1909 Rittenhouse even came up, and I don't see a way from the Laurel website to get to the apartments either. Besides the prices, this certainly doesn't help get them leased...

Edit: OMG, a 2 bedroom on like the 3rd floor is $10k a month?!

The housing authority spending millions on a few units would be a tremendous waste of taxpayer money.

Two weeks ago I read that nearly 70% of the condos in the Laurel had sold: https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2022/12/05/laurel-rittenhouse-square-philadelphia-photos.html?ana=TRUEANTHEMFB_PL&csrc=6398&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+New+Content+%28Feed%29&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR3oB2W-sbHM5wZjYxqe6yhkgsFKV45rJG75sms4NsCdRBhjxlF1saBO5vg

How do you know it's not leasing well? That's disappointing, it is very expensive though.

That would be nice!!

Can’t wait! Heirloom is the closest grocery store to me now so I will be checking frequently.

Thank you!!