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Ng3me t1_j5qhhvq wrote

Reply to comment by ConfiaEnElProceso in Former Philly Mayor John Street endorses Rebecca Rhynhart by ConfiaEnElProceso

Yeah. Mostly he did. I don’t think a lot of people grasp just how dirty and falling apart the city was outside of Center City and how small Center City was back then.

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Angsty_Potatos t1_j5u0wbw wrote

I remember grad hosp being dirty as heck and iffy in spots when I was growing up and even to when I was in college. Watching grad hospital go from iffy (I lived closer to Washington around 06 grandparents were up around 20 and Catherine) to some of the most valuable real estate in the city under Street was kinda bonkers to watch

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ConfiaEnElProceso OP t1_j5qihyo wrote

I have lived in developing countries for years and the cities i was in were much cleaner and with fewer abandoned houses than Brewerytown in 2023. I remember "Filthadelphia" from the early 90s and I'm sure it was worse then, but it is hard to conceive.

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NoWarButMyWar t1_j5qrakh wrote

You should see Brewerytown 10yrs ago before developers renamed it Brewerytown then. There’s FAR worse sections of North Philly to live in.

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_token_black t1_j5s8rpx wrote

Heck, just ask OP if they actually remember Northern Liberties in 2000. It was Club Egypt, Chrome, and that's about it.

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