My informal guess is that despite the fact that both cities have a lot of transplants, there are still a lot of people actually from the cities. Gotta imagine that helps cohesion and friendliness.

Since it seems like all cities have kinda lost population….

I’m going to guess we are still seeing the fallout of wfh and how that is changing people’s living situations. 2022 was the last year where some level of Covid/wfh policies were in flux. I’ll be curious to see trends in the coming years now that policy like that seems to be settled.

That station and the Girard El are weird, shitty corners in otherwise solid neighborhoods.

…wishing.

I’m manifesting that shithole corner store that buys food stamps being shutdown.

Shooting suspect detained @ Broad & Snyder would be my guess.

I miss living by Ten Stone so much. It hits a nice medium where it is nicer than a dive bar, but still a cozy, not a pretentious joint.

It’s fine, if a bit grody on some corners. I guess my only other thing I would say is that it is just a bit of a dead zone.

IMO, if you care about Passyunk access, I would look south of Snyder west of 9th. There is some great value for homes and the proximity to the BSL/Passyunk is huge.

Monk’s is by far the best if you care about the beer itself, but I don’t find it super pleasant to hang out at for a long time. Don’t get me wrong though, you should definitely try it out .

I’ll also second Good Dog which has a good beer selection and is a nice hangout.

Would also suggest Ten Stone and Grace Tavern for nice chill corner bar experience.

The people on here cum themselves over Boner4ever, but absolutely lose their shit at other graffiti are funny to me. It’s like they can only handle vaguely transgressive shit if it is packaged in Reddit tier humor.

Yeah does the nitrous mafia run out of Point Breeze? I know they are based somewhere in Philly. Tanks are going to be huge regardless of venue in Philly.

Anyways, 3 for $20 no deals.

Yeah as much as I appreciate the bus loop for the Mann, the transit is shitty compared to Camden. Sure Camden sucks, but there is always a huge crowd to and from the concerts to Patco.

Until Chief Keef is allowed back, I want nothing to do with Chicago.

I guess I should say it is walkable to you and I, but many people won’t walk that distance regardless of location.

Inky’s food coverage has always included restaurants in the burbs.

I guess I really should have said “last to gentrify in South Philly east of Broad”. Was definitely only thinking on the east side when I wrote that.

To answer your question/make a guess… Point Breeze will probably gentrify fully before the strip around 7th. Grays Ferry probably gentrifies last even though it seems like developers are trying to make it happen. Personally I don’t quite get it. It’s transit connections are poor and it’s not particularly walkable. I guess with how close it is to PB and Grad Hospital combined with how cheap the real estate is (was?), people will try.

Don’t overthink it. That strip is just less wealthy and will be the last to (fully) gentrify in South Philly. 7th isn’t super walkable to the BSL and it isn’t really close to 95. It’s not a no man’s land, but it tracks that it is the least “developed”.

Really shoehorning your religious views into this one huh?

Looking at the pictures and it is really nice. Don’t think I could ever live right on Snyder Ave though.

I walk on both frequently and I would honestly say I dislike Oregon much more than Snyder. Not exactly nominating either street for beautiful corridor of the year either though.

Look leave or not I don’t care, but you clearly haven’t spent much time in central PA if you think it’s idyllic living. Unless your idea of idyllic living is rural/small town poverty and extreme amounts of bigotry.

Snyder sucks mostly because it is a heavily used arterial road. As far as perception of safety, speaking from East of Broad, it only really sucks at B&S and between 8th and 5th. Otherwise I would define it as okay.