Retail coming to Philadelphia (Montgomery, Atlantic: locations, pay, market)

[kyb01]

Originally Posted by asiandudeyo

Pardon my ignorance: I thought you were in your 40s?

Wow, thanks! I'm 65.

I suppose my talking about needing generational shifts in politics and other things in the Phila. area threw you off.

I don't much understand some people hanging on past their "sale date". IMO, it tends to be about their egos, their fear of aging and not feeling confident that younger people, like you, have the skills to take over.

I mean much of your generation is probably the most educated in human history. You will spend most of your lives in this century. It's YOUR century, not mine.

[asiandudeyo]

Originally Posted by kyb01

Wow, thanks! I'm 65.

I suppose my talking about needing generational shifts in politics and other things in the Phila. area threw you off.

I don't much understand some people hanging on past their "sale date". IMO, it tends to be about their egos, their fear of aging and not feeling confident that younger people, like you, have the skills to take over.

I mean much of your generation is probably the most educated in human history. You will spend most of your lives in this century. It's YOUR century, not mine.

Maybe that is what it is!
Yeah alot of people are afraid of aging. I am probably one of them too.
I cannot believe that some of the children I tutored and 'babysat' (and yes I was babysitting my parents's friends' kids - a male babysitter ) when iw as in high school are of legal age now. And I cannot believe how hot some of them turn out to be. And I am so ashamed to check them out on FB.

[southbound_295]

Originally Posted by kyb01

The first time I went there was when it actually was the Boyd. I saw "Ben Hur" there in 1959.

I usually went there when I wanted to see a movie that my friends didn't want to see. The suburban theaters in South Jersey had a certain creepy factor. I didn't want to go to the South Jersey theaters alone, but I was fine going to the Boyd.

[motownewave]

As for Ardmore, just imagine what it (and the whole Main Line) would be if it had not been built till 1950 or later. My feeling is it would be much nicer than the 1920s leftover it seems to be as is.

[cpomp]

Originally Posted by motownewave

As for Ardmore, just imagine what it (and the whole Main Line) would be if it had not been built till 1950 or later. My feeling is it would be much nicer than the 1920s leftover it seems to be as is.

Do you realize that some of the most beautiful architecture exists throughout the Main Line and all of it was built pre 1950. Part of what makes the Philadelphia suburbs so appealing is that the towns are so old and full of character.

Take a drive around that area sometime, wander off of Route 30 and get lost, and maybe that will educate you about how beautiful the area is.

If you want late 20th century strip malls and tract housing, move down south.

[rotodome]

Originally Posted by motownewave

As for Ardmore, just imagine what it (and the whole Main Line) would be if it had not been built till 1950 or later. My feeling is it would be much nicer than the 1920s leftover it seems to be as is.

Well, it would probably have a lot more parking lots, if that's a thing would make it nicer for you.

[ElijahAstin]

Originally Posted by cpomp

Do you realize that some of the most beautiful architecture exists throughout the Main Line and all of it was built pre 1950. Part of what makes the Philadelphia suburbs so appealing is that the towns are so old and full of character.

Take a drive around that area sometime, wander off of Route 30 and get lost, and maybe that will educate you about how beautiful the area is.

If you want late 20th century strip malls and tract housing, move down south.

Resist the temptation to feed it. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but his inconsistent and comically exaggerated statements make his motivation clear, IMO.

[kyb01]

Originally Posted by motownewave

As for Ardmore, just imagine what it (and the whole Main Line) would be if it had not been built till 1950 or later. My feeling is it would be much nicer than the 1920s leftover it seems to be as is.

I haven't lived on the Main Line since the early 70s. But I go their regularly because I have family still living there. People are VERY resistant to change. It's pretty much frozen in amber.

[kyb01]

Originally Posted by cpomp

Do you realize that some of the most beautiful architecture exists throughout the Main Line and all of it was built pre 1950. Part of what makes the Philadelphia suburbs so appealing is that the towns are so old and full of character.

Take a drive around that area sometime, wander off of Route 30 and get lost, and maybe that will educate you about how beautiful the area is.

If you want late 20th century strip malls and tract housing, move down south.

No one is talking about THAT kind of change.

[ElijahAstin]

Originally Posted by kyb01

I haven't lived on the Main Line since the early 70s. But I go their regularly because I have family still living there. People are VERY resistant to change. It's pretty much frozen in amber.

It's no more NIMBYist than other suburban areas, though the area's wealth does help residents get their way. It also has changed a lot since the early '70s (when it was starting to accelerate in transition) whether residents with longstanding ties to the area liked it not.

I may have a different perspective because I'm part of the "change." Your Main Line relatives may feel differently.