In a world where the mere appearance of impropriety matters, appearing at the union league a week after denouncing them seems like a bit of a self-own.

>My biggest complaint with Krasner is that he and his top level staff are all big-idea people, and aren’t really interested in the boring work of management and bureaucracy. And that boring work absolutely has to be done for those big ideas to succeed.

Which candidate for mayor has offered anything approximating this? I haven't really seen one. They just bloviate.

As a counter: How does a candidate do this? It's hard to message "boring work" to voters.

A surface lot is going to be flooded maybe half a second after the subsurface lot. Plus, there's less imperviable surfacing which improves flooding issues on a regular basis.

Maybe it's me, but I can smell this picture.

Safe is a relative term. This side of private options (and even then) there are no safe bike racks. That said, the 16th/Locust Patco stop is fully covered and has decent racks. Bikes have definitely been stolen from there. That said, one time I even had trouble with my own lock and a cop came down and asked me about it until I showed him the key was just stuck.

YMMV, but it is def dry.

Shoulda used rebar

We did Paws and uh, "failed". Whoops.

Just to add, doesn't wawa make this hoagie as well?

The east falls branch is still closed. Honestly, the best PO IMHO is either castle station (broad and ~morris, I think - they have a very easy drop off door) or the daddy PO at 30th/Chestnut (which is super busy).

The worst was Suburban where you had to wait in line to drop off packages (or allegedly cut the line), but they still had to "ask the questions".

I was wondering how far I'd have to scroll to see someone call that out. I don't think gentrification is even in the top 10 because it's such an amorphous, political football.

In a similar vein, there a quite a few board game shops - some feature significant kitchens/bars.

Those houses are insane, but weird how so many need a little love. They're monsters tho! Huge

>I'd happily take a Giant/Acme pre-made hoagie over the travesty that Wawa hoagies have become

I've seen plenty of hot takes on wawa hoagies and sure, but this is a bridge too far for me!

I'm enjoying your downvotes - it's an incredibly viable criticism.

I dont have a basis of comparison because I've biked for years and only take public trans in bad weather, but my wife used to take the El daily when we lived in west Philly (moved in june 2020). We've moved twice and she basically refuses to take it alone.

Rush hour is about the only time she'll consider it and even then. Honestly speaking, there's always some risk because some people suck, but it certainly feels more frequent today than say prepandemic.

Eta: regional rail is generally fine.

The at-large voting here is perhaps one of the greater problems with Philly politics/elections - I admit the City is overwhelmingly Democratic, which is fine, but leveraging the process to avoid a primary system is something that needs to be fixed. Citizens/voters should have a chance to vet alternatives themselves.

Voters shouldn't be stuck between choosing a hand/party-picked successor and a Republican (and a Liberatarian...but whatever).

If you think such a commission would produce those values, I've got some land in along the Schuylkill to sell you!

Only guessing, but perhaps whomever he acquired them from wasn't worried once he unloaded them to the Sheriff's deputy guy?

an additional layer of bureaucracy, i'm sure, will be used only for good and not create future headaches and a warped sense of values.