AbortedWalrusFetus
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My wife is going to be in Boston for a conference. Wonder if they will get hit up there with this snow. She's taking amtrak so probably not a big deal.
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AbortedWalrusFetus
Member
Do you have a price range? Also, what sort of housing? 1br, studio?
Parking varies depending on neighborhood. Generally a car is a luxury and not a necessity. Philly is extremely walkable and has good public transit coverage.
AbortedWalrusFetus
Member
So do I get to blame you for the $4000 in wage taxes I had to pay last year?
Soapbox Killer
Grand Nagus
Is that what the "Sugary Beverage Tax" is paying for?
AbortedWalrusFetus
Member
Anyone else not thrilled with Mayor Kenney so far? I've had quite a few gripes and it hasn't been that long. It's very clear that Kenney is treating unions with increased favoritism compared to Nutter at this point already. The sugary drink tax is just a silly idea. It's regressive, it targets a single industry, and it's not clear it would raise anywhere near the revenue it is claimed it would. Kenney has also not come down on outbreaks of teen violence or addressed the recent rash of violent crime in the same manner Nutter used to. Largely it seems like Kenney is just content to sit quietly and not communicate anything at this point.
I mean, he definitely has some big shoes to fill, so I can appreciate the difficulties of having to follow up Nutter, but yeah, so far he doesn't strike me as a particularly dynamic fellow in terms of laying out his path to a more prosperous city.
Nutter tried to passing this too.
http://www.phillymag.com/citified/2015/06/12/soda-tax-philadelphia/
It was stupid then and it's stupid now. No one is going to buy the drinks if they are going to end up paying double the original cost.
AbortedWalrusFetus
Member
I agree, it was dumb when Nutter proposed it. Kenney took it, then increased the amount on fountain soda, and tried to pass it again after it spectacularly failed the last time. It's a fool me once, fool me twice scenario. It was dumb, but worth a shot the first time. To even attempt it again after seeing how it went the last time was beyond just dumb.
Jayayess1190
Member
Via Purifico
Banned
I honestly don't believe it will come close to the revenue he claims it would. It's a futile endeavor imo.
thecouncil
Banned
Got word today that my office is closing and I'm being let go in 3 weeks. (Day after my birthday, no less!) Been there for 11 years, straight out of college.
So,...
Anyone know of any architecture firms hiring around here? Haha.
So,...
Anyone know of any architecture firms hiring around here? Haha.
AbortedWalrusFetus
Member
Why am I not surprised. You know, the biggest mistake was that they wanted the system to be able to serve as a debit card for low income people. I would bet most of the delays are on that aspect of the system. They should have implemented the fare system by itself, then worried about that aspect later.
Sorry to hear that. : (
Kieran Timberlake is hiring.
One of my favorite firms in the city is Canno Design, but I don't know if they are hiring.
The only other name that comes to mind at this point is Harmon Deutsch, I'm not as up on my local architecture firms as I'd like to be, sorry.
I'll buy you a drink for your birthday!
Soapbox Killer
Grand Nagus
If any of you come to my bar (Birthday boy/girl included) drinks are on the house.
thenewjeva
Member
Hey guys. Although I've lived close to Philly for most of my life, I got an offer in Malvern. I'm trying to find a place where I can live comfortably for 59k a year and seem to find places for $1200 a month in West Chester. Will I be fine for that area?
AbortedWalrusFetus
Member
The answer to where you should live is Phoenixville. Trust me. As far as I know it's cheaper than West Chester, and while not as well developed it has a great character. Lots of great bars on the downtown strip, a brewery in town, and a lovely small town feel. You're really close to KoP for good shopping, and just as close to regional rail.
I am a little biased. My parents grew up there and my grandmother lives there.
Soapbox Killer
Grand Nagus
Thought I'd bring PhillyGAF into the fold. Been involved in music in town for a long time and we've had this monthly event going on since 1996. Here's this month:
Come out if you guys can: "Da Truck" is Mobile Venue/ Bar / Speakeasy that I own, I bring it out to different events and it's always DRINKS ON THE HOUSE!
Come out if you guys can: "Da Truck" is Mobile Venue/ Bar / Speakeasy that I own, I bring it out to different events and it's always DRINKS ON THE HOUSE!
thecouncil
Banned
Oh cool. Thanks.
I'll look into that Kieran Timberlake listing. Gotta get my resume and portfolio up to speed.
I hadn't heard of Canno Design but their work is very interesting.
It reminds me of how in Philly people made weekly travels to Claymont or Wilmington, DE to get their cheap booze and smokes.
They gonna cross the border for cheap sodas and juice drinks. So hilarious.
Captain Tuttle
Member
I'm going to second Phoenixville, it's still got its rough parts though. It's also very close Valley Forge, miles of open space and hiking and biking trails. Downtown is great, good night life and some good festivals
Also Wayne but I'm biased as we live there and also own an apartment there (we rent it out). It's walk to train though for most parts of the town (Wayne proper, not Chesterbrook or anything like that).
I think referring to it as a "debit card for low income people" is unnecessarily harsh tbh. I'm glad they're implementing a fully centralized system, as I think it's the future everywhere. Better they do it now rather than have to upgrade later.
Still sucks that it keeps getting delayed though, as it's just ridiculous at this point.
Bo Knows GAF
Member
Jim Kenney sucks dude
And also, how about Nova? As a Temple Alum I can't root for them, I don't have it in me, but they looked phenomenal last night.
Then the flyers right after, love it.
That sucks. Why are they trying to make septa key into more than just a smart fare card? Philly is continuing to fall further and further behind IMHO.
Make your own
yankeehater
Member
It was great to see nova do so well. I am a temple alum as well but I root for Philly over anything. Man that flyers comeback was awesome. I was so worried in the 3rd. I wish the redwings would lose some games though.
AbortedWalrusFetus
Member
No, there is literally an additional system to the SEPTA Key cards that functions as a prepaid debit card. They have this concept of a "fare wallet" and a "retail wallet". You can add funds to both. One wallet is used exclusively for paying fares, the other is used as a reloadable debit card that you can use at stores, ATMs, and online. The goal is to provide access to some sort of low fee card for people (usually low income) that can't get a bank account otherwise.
I am not a Temple alum, but since they are basically in my backyard I always cheer for Temple. My mom actually studied at Nova for a while though. I'm just excited for Philly area teams to do well.
Oooooh I wasn't aware they were adding that too.
Yeah that's just a waste of SEPTA resources.
AbortedWalrusFetus
Member
You can read more about it here
It just seems like it would add a shitton of complexity to the system that would make development MUCH more difficult.
AbortedWalrusFetus
Member
Jose Pistolas.
Edit:
Laban's review of A Mano
Woo, 3 Bell restaurant in my neighborhood. I'll take it. We ate there again last Friday. Just as good as the first time. It really is a great place. Unlike Laban's experiences I did not notice the noise levels being too high in either of my visits. My biggest gripe is that the state store on Fairmount Ave is not a premium collection store, because their selection sucks and it would be nice to have a better wine selection nearby with such a great BYOB in the area. I don't understand why they put a premium collection store on 31st and Girard in Brewerytown instead of putting it closer to Spring Garden/Fairmount. Spring Garden has one of the highest average household incomes in the entire city, but gets a shit state store.
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Laban's review of A Mano
Woo, 3 Bell restaurant in my neighborhood. I'll take it. We ate there again last Friday. Just as good as the first time. It really is a great place. Unlike Laban's experiences I did not notice the noise levels being too high in either of my visits. My biggest gripe is that the state store on Fairmount Ave is not a premium collection store, because their selection sucks and it would be nice to have a better wine selection nearby with such a great BYOB in the area. I don't understand why they put a premium collection store on 31st and Girard in Brewerytown instead of putting it closer to Spring Garden/Fairmount. Spring Garden has one of the highest average household incomes in the entire city, but gets a shit state store.
Jim Kenny can make up for this if he Legalize weed tax and regulate it (I don't smoke or drink at all) and Bring Google Fiber to Philly.
Good looks, this sounds perfect.
AbortedWalrusFetus
Member
Their ceviche is really good and huge portions as I recall. Not sure if you're into that though. I actually haven't been there in a while, I should go back.
I don't think he really has the power to do either of those things though lol
You might wanna start drinking.
Really? I thought the mayor makes a deal with the companies like the other cities have been doing for Google fiber or extend their interest for it to happen. And I thought for marijuana legalization would be the cities decision. is it the Governor's decision?
hahah ikr!
Actually legalizing weed would have to come from the state, I'm pretty sure. Nutter "decriminalized" it, but that's essentially just changing the penalty for getting caught to a fine.
And yeah, he could lobby for Google Fiber, but it'd be up to Google to actually build out the network here and who knows if/when they'd want to do that...
And yeah, he could lobby for Google Fiber, but it'd be up to Google to actually build out the network here and who knows if/when they'd want to do that...
yeah that will be quite a while before we see any of those. But I heard Google may possible lease already used fiber in cities so I'm crossing my fingers. Or if someone could get me the email of the CTO of Philly or the head tech executive in Philly I could ask about it.
Moment that happens I'll be switching to fios.
I know VZ kind of left Philly but I thought there were remnants of them inside, no? Might ask someone who used to work in that building about it.
And sort of related, I love FiOS.
They're still building fiber in Philly. They said they were gonna focus more on the east coast.
andthebeatgoeson
Junior Member
Didn't they give up on NJ and failed to meet their requirements in NYC?
I switched to FIOS in South Philly. It's fantastic. No more internet going out in the middle of a weekday when I work from home... It really felt like Comcast would just turn it off sometimes to save a few bucks because it happened so often. No more wide swings in Internet speed during peak hours. No more worrying that Comcast is gonna bring their data caps policy to Philly. Competition is good. I get a rock solid 50mbps all day every day with FIOS and I love it.
At this point I don't even think Verizon's management knows what they're doing with FiOS. IMO it makes sense for them to keep building it out in the areas they are already strong in (particularly the northeast), but they seem unwilling to actually invest capital in it, despite tons of reasons to. Just a weird situation. I can only guess that they're not happy with subscriber numbers or they're worried long term that too many people will drop cable and it won't have been worth the investment.
Same, I picked up FiOS when I moved to my new place and I love it. Rock solid and consistent connection.
AbortedWalrusFetus
Member
I have comcast and I think it's fantastic. I've had maybe three service outages in the last five years, none of them longer than a few hours. I also get 100mbps down.
If your service keeps going out, have you had them test your lines? Once that happened at my old apartment and they found out it was the interior line was bad and replaced it for me. When I got to my new place they found the cables in the area were overwhelmed because of all of the construction and upgraded them within two weeks. I think a lot of the problem is that people never actually call and ask for service when they have problems.
If your service keeps going out, have you had them test your lines? Once that happened at my old apartment and they found out it was the interior line was bad and replaced it for me. When I got to my new place they found the cables in the area were overwhelmed because of all of the construction and upgraded them within two weeks. I think a lot of the problem is that people never actually call and ask for service when they have problems.
Never called Comcast? I did that like every day for a whole summer. That summer they changed my bill like 10 times, half of those times without my permission. The other half they added charges that they didn't disclose to me and forced me to Call them back and get angry with them. That was the summer before I switched to FIOS.
The same COAX lines in my house work flawlessly with my FIOS setup, so it wasn't my lines. And yes they had been tested.
The same COAX lines in my house work flawlessly with my FIOS setup, so it wasn't my lines. And yes they had been tested.
PS3GamerKyle
Member
Chester-County GAF reporting here...yeah, West Chester is great. Definitely recommend it if you can afford it. But echoing other posters on this page, Phoenixville is up and coming at the moment, a bit cheaper than West Chester. Or if you can stomach an extra 20ish minutes extra on your commute, Kennett Square is coming into its own right now.
Via Purifico
Banned
It's SEPTA the king of making things harder than it needs to be. Have you seen their stations from 52nd and market to 63rd?.
I was under the impression you would swipe and call it a day but it seems they want to go the extra mile.
And that bar sounds like a good idea, I have a birthday coming up on the 16th of April I might check it out.
PrivateWHudson
Member
https://philadelphia.craigslist.org/apa/5501031906.html
You can find something in WC for $1200, but getting a two bedroom with a roommate or stretching your budget would really pay off. There are some nice digs in the $1500 - $2K range. I'm biased toward WC since that's were I live (also, I work in Malvern as well). Phoenixville really is nice, but I haven't heard much about it's redevelopment for a few years. I'd look into whether or not it's already peaked.
I'd get this one with a roommate. A bedroom for each of you, and a third bedroom for an office:
https://philadelphia.craigslist.org/apa/5487292140.html
Either way, check out "The Flying Pig" in Malvern sometime. Great beer selection and a step up from bar food.