I guess it depends on what you definition of lively is. All of those places have a downtown with many bars, restaurants, coffee shops, stores (including small business), gyms, salons, and other services. They have parks and other recreation areas. Also good access to regional rail.

I go out to happy hour in Ardmore with friends and have great conversations with others while there. We go out to brunch and chill sipping bloody Marys. You can go to a show at Ardmore music hall. Go see a independent movie at Bryn Mawr movie theater. In summer there’s multiple farmers markets that are always swarming with people. My neighborhood has a block parties a few times a year and all the neighbors come and hang out. At this point in my life this is the liveliness I’m looking for. It may not seem lively if you are 22, but a place like Ardmore is in fact really awesome and full of life.

Exactly. We pay less taxes living in a a bigger nicer house in Haverford Township in Delco (with fantastic municipal services) than we would if we still lived in Fishtown, since my partner was able to change office assignments to outside the city and I earn about half my income outside the city. People on this sub love to downvote the reality that for many people it’s simply cheaper to live in near suburb than in many Philadelphia neighborhoods.

Typo

I drove on 95 from Delco up to the northeast and like a good 30-40% of the cars didn’t have their headlights on. Idiots!

Do both of you work in the city? If not you should absolutely move to an adjacent suburb and save on the wage tax.

Ardmore, media, Conshohocken, collingswood…

I commented this separately but I figured I also respond to you with my personal experience with the incompetence of CPS in Philly:

Example: my neighbor was a hooker who worked out of the house while her child screamed and banged on her door. I could also here her beat the kid and she let drug addicts stay in the house with her. But according to DHS this was all perfectly acceptable since there was food in the house when they visited. FFS.

I can’t help but think those child abuse numbers are artificially low because of how incredibly incompetent DHS / CPS is in Philadelphia.

Example: my neighbor was a hooker who worked out of the house while her child screamed and banged on her door. I could also here her beat the kid and she let drug addicts stay in the house with her. But according to DHS this was all perfectly acceptable since there was food in the house when they visited. FFS.

You should be fine as long as you don’t shoot up a gay club after your elected representative MAGA relative had a MAGA DA drop your violent felonies and let you keep all your weapons despite the fact that you are clearly a dangerous and violent person with hateful ideology.

I’m gonna guess you will be fine.

I get why this is a rule, but let’s not lie to ourselves and all pretend that in 2022 that there are not several ‘religions’ that are basically just glorified tax exempt hate groups.

I’m pretty sure you are being sarcastic, but in fact Fetterman will make it better since he won’t spread homophobic hatred and conspiracy theories that spur whacko MAGA idiots to shoot up gay clubs.

It would have been hard for him to have committed these murders if he was incarcerated for the numerous felonies he committed less than 2 years ago.

Thank you! It’s so important to call each and everyone of these homophobic violence inducing MAGA asshats out.

And a good reminder that local elections matter. There are important elections twice a year (primary and general) not just every 4 years for president!

https://www.hrc.org/resources/trumps-timeline-of-hate

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/11/lgbtq-bar-shooter-grandson-maga-lawmaker-supported-january-6-insurrection/

https://heavy.com/news/anderson-lee-aldrich/amp/

Not sure if this is sarcasm or not. El Paso county in Colorado, where these previous felony charges were dropped, is majority Republican, voted for Trump in 2020, and brought us the abomination that is Lauren Bobert. The DA is not progressive. The charges being dropped and the record expunged is likely the result of political pressure from the right wing Maga nutcases including the shooters Uncle who is a MAGA California assemblyman who vocally supported the attempted overthrow of the government in January 6th. https://heavy.com/news/anderson-lee-aldrich/amp/

Absolutely. And if you don’t believe me you can take a look at my user history on this sub… But, hmmm, Krasner and his cronies never tried to overthrow democracy. So, maybe not quite as angry. A tad less, but still very unhappy with his failures as a DA.

The shooter should have never been free to commit this heinous hate crime. The DA who failed to prosecute the bomb threat and trigger the state’s red flag laws to take away the shooters weapons over a year and half ago have these victims blood on their hands. https://apnews.com/article/gun-violence-shootings-colorado-politics-springs-ee6fe797a50cfca1bccfcc051c588187

Edit to add: Fuck you Lauren Bobert and your idiot hate filled MAGA Trumptard followers.

Further Edit: link to article about shooter’s MAGA connections - https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/11/lgbtq-bar-shooter-grandson-maga-lawmaker-supported-january-6-insurrection/

100% agree. The best way to get your street plowed is to spend hours meticulously clearing your sidewalk and parking space.

Well it’s the same department who are responsible for repairing the roads and collecting trash so set your expectations accordingly low and then a little lower since there is a strong argument that snow removal is the thing they are probably the worst at.

Heads up: Philly doesn’t plow most of its streets (even bus routes) and if they do plow your street it may be over a day after the snow stops. Make sure you plan accordingly as this always seems to shock people who moved to the city.

Agreed.

The problem with police staffing in Fishtown long predates any ‘soft strike’, covid, or Krasner. See my reply above for more details.

The problems with the 26th district in Fishtown have existed way before the ‘soft strike’, covid, and Krasner and at its core is the result of how officers are assigned within districts. The 26th has 3 police service area (PSAs). Officers are assigned to PSAs based on the level of crime in each PSA. The PSA of the 26th that houses Fishtown has so much less crime than the other PSAs farther into Kensington that it means that Fishtown proper usually has zero officers assigned to it at most times. They also often get pulled into the 24th and 25th (which are home to the badlands and other bad parts of Kensington)as back up for serious incidents further reducing numbers in Fishtown. It’s important to note that this was even before the officer shortage and criminals absolutely know that they can go to Fishtown and get nicer shit with less risk of being caught (or shot by their victim) and take advantage of the police absence to commit crime with even greater impunity.