Chimpskibot t1_j26vlt3 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 2:05 AM

Philly is poised for a lot of growth just go up to kensington and spring garden. There is already 3 towers going up on Spring garden and Front St/Kensington Ave/Frankford Ave have a new apartment building completed or started each month. The COL is creeping up, but a lot of people arent ready for what is to come. Just at look at brewerytowns transformation in less than 5 years same with Point Breeze.

givemesendies t1_j27cfu1 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 4:11 AM

I live in spring garden and there is new construction everywhere. It's only been a few months and I can already say "that wasn't there when I moved in".

BUrower t1_j2950mz wrote on December 30, 2022 at 3:30 PM

Philly's goal should be to get to 2 million residents. Unfortunately, with the games city council is playing, we're going to see multifamily (apartment) construction slow down once buildings currently under construction get completed.

To get to 2 million residents we'll need:

upzoning, especially close to rail stations (both rapid transit and regional rail)
offer developers attractive bonuses that allow them to increase density. We currently have some, but I'd like to see one for adding public restrooms at ground level. For existing bonuses, at minimum double the height of any inclusionary bonus.
Septa fully enacts Reimagining Regional Rail
Septa add trolleys along key corridors under served by rail currently
End parking minimums.
Build a comprehensive protected bike lane network
END COUNCILMATIC PREROGATIVE.

Not a comprehensive list, but you get the point.

Probability-Bot t1_j2ce6rp wrote on December 31, 2022 at 5:06 AM

Why would you want more people? More traffic and longer lines...

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unsolvedneedtoknow t1_j29k0x2 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 5:09 PM

I'm not clear what you mean by decline of the northeast? The parts of the northeast that I work in have rapid population growth and also house alot of families with young kids so many new schools are being constructed for example, where other parts of the city that is not the case.

RowdySuperBigGulp t1_j29lvdf wrote on December 30, 2022 at 5:21 PM

What do you mean by the decline of the NE. I know if a house goes for sale on my block it sells in less than a week. New restaurants and schools are popping up all over the place. Where are you seeing decline?

BenFranklinBuiltUs t1_j29zme4 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 6:46 PM

They probably mean that brown people and Asian people are the ones moving in. Some equate bad neighborhood as anything that isn't a white-only neighborhood. My brother-in-law is moving to Denver. We were watching videos on the city. Some guy has a 'bad parts of Denver' youtube video. He sounds like a white guy that has old rap songs in the background and basically just names all the black areas while in some cases doing a 'stereotypical black accent'. The only data he had was some of the areas have a whopping 4% unemployment. Yea, he posted that as a sign that the area was impoverished. So, plenty of people out there claim any black or brown area equals bad neighborhood.

RowdySuperBigGulp t1_j2ahji4 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 8:42 PM

And it’s funny because the block has been much much more quiet with the Chinese people moving in and the rowdy Irish people moving out. I got along with them but they had a habit of drinking through the night and playing music until the morning.