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JWHISKY707 t1_iyengoz wrote

Reply to comment by Dryheavemorning in D.C.’s police department is recruiting in Philly, offering a $20k hiring bonus. The Philadelphia Police Department isn’t worried. by redeyeblink

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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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