alittlemouth

alittlemouth t1_jb57qzw wrote

I spent a lot of time in West Philly during grad school, and live in East Passyunk now. I'd pick East Passyunk over West Philly any day. Parking is awful in both places. You'll find psychopaths who've lived in South Philly for 40 years putting out cones and raging when anyone moves them, and you'll find idiot Penn kids parking daddy's car wherever the fuck they want and leaving it there for decades in West Philly.

West Phily is subjectively prettier, with more trees and wider streets for sure. There are pockets of pretty in East Passyunk, and Dickinson Square, Columbus Square, and Jefferson Square are an easy walk. You can't beat the coffee shops and restaurants in East Passyunk - West Philly just doesn't compare. Same with grocery stores - depending on where you end up, you can get to three Acme's, a Sprouts, Whole Foods, and Giant within 5-20 minutes on foot. The Italian Market is right there for cheaper produce (that you should use ASAP) and meats/fishes.

I'm biased because I bought a house in East Passyunk, but I think it's the superior neighborhood., particularly due to local amenities and ease of access to the remainder of the city.

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alittlemouth t1_ja7r0i7 wrote

Reply to comment by Phl_worldwide in Geno’s Steaks by Samuel__2019

I'm all about pedestrianizing east passyunk, but the part of Capitolo at the corner of 9th and Federal is currently a well-used kid's playground. Beyond that heading towards 10th is a recently renovated/updated soccer pitch, and beyond that is the community garden. Heading towards Wharton is the basketball courts, which are heavily used. Which of these gathering spaces for our community do you recommend we get rid of so that tourists can park their fucking cars?

Make "Walk East Passyunk!" a thing, recommend people park at Constitution Health Plaza and walk down the Ave starting at Broad. Getting rid of greenspace and public park space for a parking garage sort of defeats the purpose of making a street car-free.

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alittlemouth t1_j98q3at wrote

My best guess is that people are simply too stupid to realize what it's for. Maybe if they changed the name to "FREE PASSENGER PICKUP WAITING LOT" then more people would utilize it. "Cell phone waiting lot" just isn't clear enough for people to understand what it's for, and that it's free.

I refuse to believe that people know what it's for and choose to park on the side of the road just to be assholes.

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