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MeEvilBob t1_j0g762u wrote

American products aren't made in America, they are made by China

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ScottishCalvin t1_j0gdacd wrote

The irony is that so much of things made by Philadelphians are made outside the city limits in KOP or Delaware (not Philadelphia) in order to avoid the tax+regulatory environment that sees jobs and employment as the enemy.

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frupp110 t1_j0gejv9 wrote

Philadelphia, you come for the cheesesteaks but you stay because you’re stuck in traffic on 76.

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Anxious_Ad2309 t1_j0gpjoq wrote

I been to Philly to visit several times and to this day I try to convince my wife about moving there. I like the culture, I’m all about the parking hehe, and all the passive aggressive honks. One day I will move there, even if its just me.

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Sixmonths_Newaccount t1_j0h16ya wrote

Replying to CerealJello (#944,275)

Isn't it though? The population is flat or declining so that means higher employment while any job gains in the burbs probably coincide with increased population. Also the fact that the city still adds jobs while competing with neighbors who also add jobs is a good sign and means the city still offers more to employers

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Intrepid-Painting-60 t1_j0hdvcw wrote

Replying to Sixmonths_Newaccount (#945,355)

After a life of suburban living I was looking for a change. Drug my wife to Philadelphia kicking and screaming in search of that city life.

Now she loves it just as much (if not more) than I do! Moral of the story: ya don’t know until you try it.

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Massaroni_ t1_j0huacv wrote

I'm so confused what does that mean

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DuvalHeart t1_j0i4pd6 wrote

Scanning that QR code is like clicking a a porn site pop-up circa 2002. I hope you did it.

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Civil_Peak t1_j0o3z3u wrote

I'm guessing that bar is owned by Comcast. They like to put in designed in Philadelphia, so I can image them having glassware like that.

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ScottishCalvin t1_j0z49pl wrote

Replying to Acct_For_Sale (#973,789)

Ask anyone driving the Blue Route or I95 south. Every day, tens of thousands of people drive out of the city to a job 15-20 miles away. In any other city, those jobs would be "downtown" in center city but instead we have prime land being use for parking lots rather than office blocks. As to rules, a culprit is taxing gross rather than net, which means that most financial services are unable to operate unless they're large enough to construct a balance sheet that parks money elsewhere. This is why we have large companies (who also cut tax deals) but the small/startup scene is dead compared to almost any other similarly sized city in the country

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ScottishCalvin t1_j12ohun wrote

Replying to Acct_For_Sale (#989,521)

Google can get you that very quickly. Just search "fintech king of prussia" and click on the Map view and see where they are. Note how in New York (or Miami or wherever) those sorts of companies set up in the last decade are based within the city, not. Those are literally 10s of thousands of jobs that should be wanting to move into a skyscraper that could be built on one of the many parking lots that are being turned into mid-size development student housing.

Manufacturing is a similar easy ask: https://www.zippia.com/company/best-manufacturing-companies-in-king-of-prussia-pa/

I speak as a transplant but when I bought a place here, I didn't realise that every single one of my interviews would involve driving 20 miles away. I work in Delaware, for a company whose CEO commutes from here.

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