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ferrusmannusbannus t1_j9gxs1a wrote

The cycle continues. Yuppies move into nolibs and fishtown, make their money for a few years and bounce to the nice burbs

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moonfacts_info t1_j9hcdi8 wrote

Hard to blame people with kids who want to leave the city. It’s on Philadelphia to raise the quality of life to a point where most people actually want to raise kids here instead of those who can leave leaving.

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ferrusmannusbannus t1_j9hcwmk wrote

Oh no, I get it lol. I’ll probably do the exact same once my kid gets a bit older, schooling is too important to leave to school selection chance.

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cerialthriller t1_j9hz9u4 wrote

It’s basically child abuse to send your kids to a public school in Philadelphia

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NextTimeIllMeanIt t1_j9jeey8 wrote

I’m assuming you’re “probably being sarcastic” but that’s a weird thing to say on both sides of that equation

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ArcherChase t1_j9h8mgy wrote

After driving up housing costs so the only owners left are the people who just rent the units out for obscene costs. Makes lovely areas of transient communities with no ody caring to settle there and less care about the actual neighborhood because no permanency.

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Ng3me t1_j9hkcca wrote

Yes. We all long for northern liberties and Fishtown of the 80s. What a dumb sentiment.

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