JWHISKY707 t1_iydzz3q wrote
Cost of living only matters if they are buying a home in DC/etc.
$20,000 sign on bonus and a $6,000 temp renting/living expense provided is really good if you are ok commuting which many be ok with who dont want to live in philly limits.
DC is still way cheaper than say NYC.
People are overstating the cost of living issue
Dryheavemorning t1_iye1io1 wrote
>Cost of living only matters if they are buying a home in DC/etc.
Are they going to commute from the Philadelphia area? The median cost of a family home in the DC metro area is over double the Phila metro area.
JWHISKY707 t1_iyengoz wrote
First off those numbers are insanely skewed are flat wrong.
A quick search on homesnap yields plenty of homes half the price listed at a 25 min commute. Extend that to 45 min and the possibilities are endless.
The only thing is the home prices and if you can work that out its endlessly better in every regard.
Dryheavemorning t1_iyep0lt wrote
>Extend that to 45 min and the possibilities are endless.
Lol, the possibilities are all smaller and shittier for the price and good school districts are more expensive than here. Cool stats. 45 min from DC is also like 5-10 miles, the traffic is horrendous.
JWHISKY707 t1_iyepvfd wrote
You realize the shittiest schools in the DC area are on average twice as good as Philly.
Actually some of the stuff your saying is straight garbage. Ive spent a fair amount of time in DC and its clear your just another Philly is amazing over everything nut
Dryheavemorning t1_iyevcwq wrote
My wife and her immediate family are all from the DC area, I'm very familiar. Life is great there, like it is here, if you make good money. It just takes more there for a similar lifestyle and these jobs don't pay the difference. Not sure why that triggers you so much.
JWHISKY707 t1_iyeyn1i wrote
Cause you are just being dense.
The city should be worried that other cities are trying to pouch a already under staffed force.
Especially when most places offer a better standard of living. Philly just isn't up and coming like it was 10-15 years ago. The outlook is bleak and the government here has zero answers.
The police dont want to be here and people dont want to work for the police here.
Its clear as day the disaster that is coming when the force starts retiring in droves. They are predicting it and the only response they got was a 1 year moving gap
Dryheavemorning t1_iyf0bcw wrote
I agree they should be worried about poaching, just not from DC. It's the suburban municipalities with typically less stressful jobs and good pay and benefits that poach experienced Philadelphia cops. Also less of a life change to move to the burbs. We definitely need to make it more attractive to be a police officer here but not because of this DCPD scheme.
anonymous_lighting t1_iyeclup wrote
if the temp renting / living expense was $26,000 annually it’s still not enough lmao do you have any idea of housing costs?
JWHISKY707 t1_iyeo6lz wrote
Yes housing its worse off but $26,000 is def enough to get situated on your situation before earning just below 70K. Thats right below the recommended 76K.
DC cost of living is only worse cause housing. It beats expenses on basic needs stuff like food, transportation, healthcare, etc.
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