Philadelphia 2035 (Pittsburgh, York, Indiana: calculation, agricultural, professors)

[InNH]

So it looks to me like theres a city plan in Philly where they want to keep housing affordable and give everyone a chance while trying to make the city better. If they can pull it off, that be great.


I should have went to Philly instead of wasting my time going to Portland OR or St Petersburg FL or even Sacramento. It was on the same coast I was on too. Currently am a 7 hr drive so if I want to see it bad enough, I can take Amtrak and could consider Philly or immediate area in my future.


From what I gather, they're really trying to improve this place to add to the already good things it has.

[kyb01]

LOVE statue moving back to LOVE Park today. No word when the park will re-open. This Spring I suppose.

[cpomp]

Originally Posted by InNH

So it looks to me like theres a city plan in Philly where they want to keep housing affordable and give everyone a chance while trying to make the city better. If they can pull it off, that be great.


I should have went to Philly instead of wasting my time going to Portland OR or St Petersburg FL or even Sacramento. It was on the same coast I was on too. Currently am a 7 hr drive so if I want to see it bad enough, I can take Amtrak and could consider Philly or immediate area in my future.


From what I gather, they're really trying to improve this place to add to the already good things it has.

That is partially true. Many city leaders are attempting to keep neighborhoods affordable, but its more to line their pockets and keep them in office rather than actually help people. I think keeping the entire city affordable in an unrealistic goal, the more Philadelphia grows and claims to be a worldly city, with that comes increased real estate.

While Philadelphia is a fantastic city with a growing energy, I think the affordability factor is a little inflated in peoples minds. Sure, compared to our immediate neighbors we are affordable, but I don't think Philadelphia is a "cheaper" place to live compared to the majority of the US, especially if you want to live in a desirable part of the city, prices are much much higher than the averages you see for the entire city.

That being said, Philadelphia is a great affordable alternative for people living in New York, DC, or Boston.

[kyb01]

Originally Posted by cpomp

That being said, Philadelphia is a great affordable alternative for people living in New York, DC, or Boston.

There are significant price differentials within a few blocks in Rittenhouse and Fitler Sq. Penthouses going from $15 mil(9000 sq ft) to $679,000(1100sq). Prices that would probably be doubled or more in NY.

[cpomp]

Originally Posted by kyb01

There are significant price differentials within a few blocks in Rittenhouse and Fitler Sq. Penthouses going from $15 mil(9000 sq ft) to $679,000(1100sq). Prices that would probably be doubled or more in NY.

That is why I think it can be hard to generalize how expensive or inexpensive Philadelphia is. Many other large cities have become almost uniformly expensive even in the far out stretches, whereas in Philadelphia the pricepoints can very greatly from neighborhood to neighborhood based on the desirability of that area.

So compared to the nation I wouldn't classify Philadelphia as affordable, compared to our Northeastern and West Coast neighbors then yes, Philadelphia is a good deal, as is Chicago.

[thedirtypirate]

With Comcast renewing efforts to buy 21 century fox and Walgreens trying to buy AmerisourceBergen big things are happening.

https://www.bizjournals.com/philadel...y-for-new.html

This is good news. Many people thought Crown Holdings might be lured out of PA when they announced the sale of their HQ in NE Philly. I’m happy to see they are just going to move to Bucks.

[cpomp]

Originally Posted by thedirtypirate

With Comcast renewing efforts to buy 21 century fox and Walgreens trying to buy AmerisourceBergen big things are happening.

https://www.bizjournals.com/philadel...y-for-new.html

This is good news. Many people thought Crown Holdings might be lured out of PA when they announced the sale of their HQ in NE Philly. I’m happy to see they are just going to move to Bucks.

Even though the city loses another one, it is still a positive for the region.

[kyb01]

Originally Posted by thedirtypirate

With Comcast renewing efforts to buy 21st century fox...

Evidently the Comcast offer was higher than Disney's so that might be why they still want to make a deal for it.

Somewhat related, I noticed while reading Production Weekly, that there's a film production and finance company,
Palmstar Media, in Wayne. I wonder if M Night is behind it.

[asiandudeyo]

Originally Posted by kyb01

LOVE statue moving back to LOVE Park today. No word when the park will re-open. This Spring I suppose.

I wonder what the significance of this LOVE statue.
I always thought that it was indigenous to Philly. But then, I found out that DC has an "AMOR" version. And I came across the same statue in Manhattan.
Anybody with deep historical root to Philly care to enlighten? (AFAIK, I cannot find info about this online, just to find that Indiannapolis also has one).

[Hannah5555]

Originally Posted by asiandudeyo

I wonder what the significance of this LOVE statue.
I always thought that it was indigenous to Philly. But then, I found out that DC has an "AMOR" version. And I came across the same statue in Manhattan.
Anybody with deep historical root to Philly care to enlighten? (AFAIK, I cannot find info about this online, just to find that Indiannapolis also has one).

This was in my Facebook feed:

https://www.facebook.com/phillydotco...6656/?sk=h_chr