Your Opinion: Next Hot Philly Neighborhood (Philadelphia, Clark: university, tax, to live in)

[kyb01]

Originally Posted by Snwmn5

Haha what?

Well, gee, why not? Fox Chase doesn't seem to get a lot of love but it's okay, IMO.

[Snwmn5]

Originally Posted by kyb01

Well, gee, why not? Fox Chase doesn't seem to get a lot of love but it's okay, IMO.

I live in Fox Chase and it's a great neighborhood, I just don't see any indication of it becoming a hot neighborhood. I'd take it though. It would be nice to see any area of the Northeast with decent transit access develop amenities that cater to younger people to attract new residents, almost like a scaled-down Manayunk.

[Shizzles]

Point Breeze and Mantua would fight any widespread gentrification tooth and nail. The recent crime reports show South Philly west of Broad having a very bad year. Port Richmond is actually in decline as South Kensington moves up and up more and more people are being priced out and moving to the still stable parts of Port Richmond. East Mt Airy is more of a possibility than Germantown. Gentrification will not be coming to the Northeast pretty much ever. It has boring housing stock and really isn't that walkable or have many establishments younger people would want to go to.

Personally, South Kensington is your best bet, followed by the spread of UC spillover to 52nd st. Also a good deal is the 5th-7th st corridor in South Philly since it's surrounded by improving areas and is only a matter of time.

[cpomp]

Originally Posted by Shizzles

Point Breeze and Mantua would fight any widespread gentrification tooth and nail. The recent crime reports show South Philly west of Broad having a very bad year. Port Richmond is actually in decline as South Kensington moves up and up more and more people are being priced out and moving to the still stable parts of Port Richmond. East Mt Airy is more of a possibility than Germantown. Gentrification will not be coming to the Northeast pretty much ever. It has boring housing stock and really isn't that walkable or have many establishments younger people would want to go to.

Personally, South Kensington is your best bet, followed by the spread of UC spillover to 52nd st. Also a good deal is the 5th-7th st corridor in South Philly since it's surrounded by improving areas and is only a matter of time.

Point Breeze is a losing battle for the anti-gentrification people. Mantua should be interesting over the next decade. And I don't think Port Richmond is declining.

[thedirtypirate]

Originally Posted by cpomp

Point Breeze is a losing battle for the anti-gentrification people. Mantua should be interesting over the next decade. And I don't think Port Richmond is declining.

The number of junkies in Port Richmond is on the decline ha. Out of all the areas in our city that neighborhood is not one I would say in the "decline". Now neighborhoods to the north of there are a different story in my opinion but that isn't really anything new

[otters21]

Originally Posted by cpomp

Point Breeze is a losing battle for the anti-gentrification people. Mantua should be interesting over the next decade. And I don't think Port Richmond is declining.

Yes I agree that Port Richmond east of Aramingo is NOT declining .In fact professionals, young people and artsy types from Fishtown and No Libs are moving in there as those two areas keep getting more and more pricey. West of Aramingo ,however is a whole different story .

[Pennsport]

Originally Posted by Shizzles

Point Breeze and Mantua would fight any widespread gentrification tooth and nail. The recent crime reports show South Philly west of Broad having a very bad year. Port Richmond is actually in decline as South Kensington moves up and up more and more people are being priced out and moving to the still stable parts of Port Richmond. East Mt Airy is more of a possibility than Germantown. Gentrification will not be coming to the Northeast pretty much ever. It has boring housing stock and really isn't that walkable or have many establishments younger people would want to go to.

Personally, South Kensington is your best bet, followed by the spread of UC spillover to 52nd st. Also a good deal is the 5th-7th st corridor in South Philly since it's surrounded by improving areas and is only a matter of time.

No, point breeze is only a matter of time. New development there daily, although you're correct, it's an annoying battle with idiots who refuse to want any kind of progress to happen. Police reports can be misleading as sometimes more crimes simply mean more people to victimize. As more and more wealthy individuals move into the area, you're going to have an increase in break-ins, vandalism, petty theft, etc..., but it's only temporary until the whole area flips over the scumbags move on.

Agreed that the NE is totally f'ed. It's a shame, but is what it is.

In 15 years, the new boundaries of the city will be Snyder to Lehigh. Now if we could just get one more big company (Comcast-like) to headquarter downtown, this city would be fail-proof. Exciting time to be a Philadelphian!

[kyb01]

Originally Posted by Pennsport

No, point breeze is only a matter of time. New development there daily, although you're correct, it's an annoying battle with idiots who refuse to want any kind of progress to happen. Police reports can be misleading as sometimes more crimes simply mean more people to victimize. As more and more wealthy individuals move into the area, you're going to have an increase in break-ins, vandalism, petty theft, etc..., but it's only temporary until the whole area flips over the scumbags move on.

Agreed that the NE is totally f'ed. It's a shame, but is what it is.

In 15 years, the new boundaries of the city will be Snyder to Lehigh. Now if we could just get one more big company (Comcast-like) to headquarter downtown, this city would be fail-proof. Exciting time to be a Philadelphian!

Granted it's in Pennypack Park but I've been to shows at the Ed Kelly Amphitheater and I didn't feel like I was somewhere that was "totally f'ed".

[Pennsport]

Originally Posted by kyb01

Granted it's in Pennypack Park but I've been to shows at the Ed Kelly Amphitheater and I didn't feel like I was somewhere that was "totally f'ed".

I meant in progression. NE is only going to continue to decline (as it has been doing for years now) in safety, resident income and ultimately property value. Of course there will still be very acceptable sections for decades to come, but unless we get some crazy high speed line directly from the NE to NYC or Philly, the NE's height of prominence is most certainly behind it.

[rotodome]

When was the Northeast a place of prominence? The NE was basically a middle class haven. And if gentrification runs its course in the city...it may well end up being that again.