Ah fascinating thanks!

A new mayor seems unlikely to solve our problems. Most of the major issues facing the city are symptoms of structural issues like poverty, for which there are not quick fixes.

I'd imagine it depends on the HOA but am by no means an expert! It's just my opinion that people living in what are supposed to be residential dwellings have some reasonable expectation that whatever kind of structure they live in isn't a hotel.

> 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.

Honestly, not unreasonable. People living in what are supposed to be apartments, condos, coops, etc. have a right to not live in a hotel.

I don’t foresee a decrease in taxes if we want better services.

Huh during my most recent job search (last winter) Amazon, CoinBase, HashiCorp, Puppet, and a handful of much less recognizable financial service firms were all up front about pay/benefits/etc. for remote work and while some of the pay bands, Amazon for instance, were roughly doubled by RSUs for devops roles everyone was offering ~$170k base which seems rather high for basing pay on Philly CoL.

Maybe it’s less common than I thought but I’m making the same amount as my NYC based colleagues.

Tech and tech adjacent companies in my experience. HashiCorp, for instance, would pay a Philly based worker on NYC salary bands because NYC is the nearest office and that’s how they calculate locality pay.

Plenty of Temple alums stick around. I’d also point out SF isn’t exactly a paradise right now, they just recalled their DA over crime. SF and NYC are also vastly more expensive than Philly, if you can afford either—you could live anywhere in Philly and send your kids to Friends Select, Haverford, etc.

I think it comes down for what parents want/expect for their children. If having that suburban experience of total safety and impunity is important, raising children in a city or rural area probably won’t cut it.

Many remote jobs base pay on region or nearest office. It’s very possible to make NYC money living here.