I really like visiting that part of town. I'd avoid cheesteak vegas (9th/wharton/Passyunk intersection) as stuff can get rowdy over there late at night. Other than that it's near a lot of restaurants, transit, and basic life needs (grocery, etc.) I'm not sure how cheap it is though.

Logan Square would be my choice. Center City is pretty small and dense and you'd still be an easy walk/Uber/septa ride from a ton of nightlife. And then in Logan Square you'd be close to Target, whole foods, and Trader Joe's, CVS, etc for all of the normal daily life needs. Old City is comparatively dead and devoid of things these days IMO.

Here ya go https://311.phila.gov/s/article/What-are-the-rules-for-outdoor-fireplaces-and-fire-pits-in-Philadelphia#:~:text=Portable%20outdoor%20fireplaces%20shall%20be%20at%20least%2015%20feet%20from,on%20or%20under%20any%20roof.

Wow that is amazing to me as a kid who went to a Midwestern public magnet school lol. Thanks for sharing and kudos to you for making that much paper. I looked up the full tuition of GFS and it is about 2x my mortgage payment 😭

I'm curious, do most people pay the sticker price at your school?

I'm assuming that if it's a local school that the admissions staff will be familiar with the extent to which the overall student body is or isn't a competitive place, wouldn't they? And then make adjustments in their assessment of a student? Maybe less so if you are coming from a random school in Kansas or something.

just FYI Chestnut Hill is still in the city limits so the wage tax ramifications of that may play a role here.

It sounds like you should file a claim against their insurance....or report to your insurance and then they will go after their insurance for you. If you want money it is probably the most likely route of "revenge" Also definitely report to 311 but that may be more effective if you can round up other neighbors to also file multiple tickets. Additionally you can reach out to your neighborhood RCO and perhaps they can provide advice.

Disclaimer that I have never done the insurance thing before but it's what the people on r/HomeImprovement always say 😂

Wait Beijing closed?!?!?

>Parents choose private and charter schools for a variety of reasons even knowing this

I actually do wonder how many people actually know this.

My company also made this argument before when it came to our facilities staff, but I don't buy it. Why is a company as deep pocketed as Penn not contracting out to places with better standards? Or building in wage standards into their service agreement?

I started doing it after people here told me it would work. So far 2 out of 2 success.

Yeah I don't wanna dox myself or the org but he was the one person that was willing to take the difficult/correct stand about some decisions we had to make and I always respected him for that.

Ah ok I thought you meant mayor!

Wait as in Job Itzkowitz? He's running too? I used to do some volunteer stuff with him a million years ago. Everyone is running, seems like.

Yeah I grew up in a neighborhood on the decline and while I definitely have more situational awareness or "street smarts" or whatever, I also know people who grew up without that at all and still are interesting, empathetic, well-rounded people. There are many things in life that kids just don't need so see or deal with at all. There is no prize to be won for being exposed to human trauma at a young age.

I used to take the subway and el all the time. Now unless I am in a hurry and no buses are coming, I avoid them. For what it's worth, the maybe less than ten times I've taken the El or subway in the last year, it has been totally fine and nothing has happened. I just have a lower tolerance for risk since becoming a parent, and almost all of the crazy stories you hear happen on the el and subway. You can also look into getting a bike.

I've used so many of these and am very glad they exist! Which terminal is this? I've only been in undecorated ones.

Congratulations!!

Thanks for sharing, I love that bit of hyper local history! Also now I get why the business there when I moved in to the area was called Best House.

I lived in west philly during a big snow in 2010-11ish and I remember people had lights up in their street trees. It created a kind of tunnel of sorts made up of retainer walls from the old houses, snowdrifts, and the tree trunks/lit up tree canopy, which were also covered in snow. It was so magical to walk through at night. All this sloppy cold rain can bite me.

I love snow, shoveling, hot chocolate, feeling my nose go numb, the beauty of it fresh, the ugly of it dirty and half melted, all of it. Bring it!

Oh man Chifa! That soy sauce collard greens thing they had was so good. The only thing I've had since that comes close to that level of umami bomb is the Brussels sprouts at Sampan. Good times, good times.

Ah got it. Thought we were just referring to the article since the headline wording was awkward.