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Old 07-06-2017, 08:10 AM
 
Location: Center City
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Old 07-06-2017, 08:46 AM
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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This is a very good thing and long over due.

Overall the economy is doing pretty solid.

Life Sciences industry trends 2017

Updated trends in life science investment. Hopped back over Seattle and DC to have the 5th best city outlook for the life sciences.

Headlight Data | Fastest Growing Large Metro Economies Of 2016 Are Grand Rapids, Orlando, Nashville; Slowest Are Oklahoma, Houston, New Orleans

Overall economy saw a nice jump, enough to push us into the top 10 for percentage increase.

BLS data shows solid sustained wage growth for nearly every county of the metro including Philadelphia.

Unemployment is down 1% too.
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Old 07-06-2017, 09:16 AM
 
Location: New York City
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Upgrade For a Commercial Building on Chestnut | Naked Philly


This horrible building will at least look better, even though it should be demolished for a high-rise.
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Old 07-06-2017, 10:06 AM
 
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Great for people who care. Not sure if the MTA, Metro North or LIRR have anything like it.
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Old 07-06-2017, 10:12 AM
 
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This is a very good thing and long over due.

Overall the economy is doing pretty solid.

Life Sciences industry trends 2017

Updated trends in life science investment. Hopped back over Seattle and DC to have the 5th best city outlook for the life sciences.

Headlight Data | Fastest Growing Large Metro Economies Of 2016 Are Grand Rapids, Orlando, Nashville; Slowest Are Oklahoma, Houston, New Orleans

Overall economy saw a nice jump, enough to push us into the top 10 for percentage increase.

BLS data shows solid sustained wage growth for nearly every county of the metro including Philadelphia.

Unemployment is down 1% too.
Weirdly, there is that 50 Worst Cities list published a couple of weeks ago(Wall St Journal or USA Today(not sure which)) and Philly is the only very large city that's on it. What metrics are they using for this list other, than, yes Philly is the poorest large city?
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Old 07-06-2017, 10:17 AM
 
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Upgrade For a Commercial Building on Chestnut | Naked Philly


This horrible building will at least look better, even though it should be demolished for a high-rise.
Yes, that mess was built during the time Chestnut St had no cars on it. Sometime in the 80s, before you were born.

You must hate DC... no high rises can be built there. Paris must totally suck for you too... it spent centuries without tall buildings.
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Old 07-06-2017, 10:28 AM
 
Location: Germantown, Philadelphia
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Great for people who care. Not sure if the MTA, Metro North or LIRR have anything like it.
I can guarantee you that riders (and would-be riders) care.

I have an app on my phone that transmits real-time arrival data for buses at stops near my location if the buses are transmitting it. (The way I can tell is that the app displays an interval in minutes with a Wi-Fi-style icon if it's getting real-time data from the bus. If it isn't, it displays a clock-face time based on the schedule.)

I've used it to maximize the time I spend inside before heading out the door to catch a bus, and I've seen comments from others to that effect as well.

I think that knowing when a bus will come would encourage people to ride them more. Especially along routes where the service frequency isn't often enough that people just show up at the bus stop and wait.

I'm not sure how it's implemented on MTA rail systems, but the Washington Metro has had this sort of information display in its stations for several years now. I think New York installed it within the last year or two.
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Old 07-06-2017, 11:47 AM
 
Location: New York City
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Yes, that mess was built during the time Chestnut St had no cars on it. Sometime in the 80s, before you were born.

You must hate DC... no high rises can be built there. Paris must totally suck for you too... it spent centuries without tall buildings.
I am not a huge fan of DC. There are some gorgeous buildings, but the low rise streetscape does nothing for me, and I think its become overrated and inflated. Paris is gorgeous, but not as magical as seen on TV, and I would pick a NYC, Chicago, Philadelphia type city over a Paris, DC, etc. My preference.


But besides the point, that corner on Chestnut St could certainly house a much more attractive and taller building.
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Old 07-06-2017, 02:00 PM
 
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I am not a huge fan of DC. There are some gorgeous buildings, but the low rise streetscape does nothing for me, and I think its become overrated and inflated. Paris is gorgeous, but not as magical as seen on TV, and I would pick a NYC, Chicago, Philadelphia type city over a Paris, DC, etc. My preference.


But besides the point, that corner on Chestnut St could certainly house a much more attractive and taller building.
DC is better at night with the Washington and Capitol Bldg lit up.

I love Paris but I haven't been there in a long time. My favorite European cities are in Italy.

I like tall buildings too but not all the time.
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Old 07-07-2017, 06:52 AM
 
Location: New York City
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These cities have the most multimillionaires

The Philadelphia area had a nice jump in ultra-high net worth residents. Up 8.6%, right up there with Boston, DC, and NYC.
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