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224flat t1_j5oiq19 wrote

If this happens off campus, they need to pressure the PDP for more of a police presence. Temple University is a high-profile area, so you definitely dont want to be on the news every week with this garbage. If it's unsafe, do something. I always felt safe on campus but a block or two away and night, no thank you.

Not to get off on a rant here, but the entire area is unsafe, especially at night. This only makes the news because it was a student assaulted.

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givemebackmybrain t1_j5p5365 wrote

Never understood why student housing development kept going west. East along Berks is the area that's improving.

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TheBSQ t1_j5p9ml5 wrote

Agreed. As gentrification spreads up the El, and expands out from Fishtown and Old Kensington, it seems like building eastward from Temple along Berks would be a no-brainer.

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Raecino t1_j5pjfot wrote

Not really, crime and violence plagues the neighborhoods east of there as well. It’s just that Temple is smack in the middle of North Central which led the city in homicides for a long time. Not sure why people keep expecting gentrification to get rid of crime when that’s not what happens on the ground.

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givemebackmybrain t1_j5pn6z3 wrote

For the longest time, all along Berks and surrounding were empty lots. It wasn't as dense with people as it is west.

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Effective_Golf_3311 t1_j5qzvhw wrote

Lol my buddy got shot over there… near Berks and 6th or 7th

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evolighten t1_j5sfzav wrote

Thats so sad. I hope hes ok. I lived on 7th & berks for 2 years and it was very peaceful. Scary to hear that

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Effective_Golf_3311 t1_j5t7ms3 wrote

Oh yeah he’s fine. Right in the ass cheek. Lucky as shit but fortunately we can look back now and laugh about it

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Tzames t1_j5ouhlp wrote

The entire area being the entirety of north Philly?

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Raecino t1_j5pj4hl wrote

North Philly is much bigger than just that neighborhood

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Tzames t1_j5pjmgg wrote

I know but they said “the entire area is unsafe” so I just wanted them to be clear on whether they only meant Temple or the entirety of North Philly

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Capkirk0923 t1_j5qwym2 wrote

North Philly is dangerous on a block by block basis. There are parts where the community on the block keep it clean and safe.

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Glass_Fensters t1_j5p68ds wrote

The rail park doesn’t get anywhere near temple and is minuscule compared to the Atlanta belt line.

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kilometr t1_j5p8ose wrote

Also Philadelphia is not seeing the large population boom Atlanta is seeing. Development there is much easier to direct cause there’s such a high demand for new housing we don’t have here.

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NonIdentifiableUser t1_j5pl60y wrote

The belt line is pretty fucking cool, I must say. Minneapolis has a pretty sweet city trail system as well

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Raecino t1_j5pj84z wrote

That neighborhood has been unsafe for the longest time before these recent events.

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