If you could live in any neighborhood... (credit, house)

[kyb01]

Originally Posted by 2002 Subaru

Yeah, because traffic is always a good selling point. Did I mention how much litter and noise the Amazon employees are contributing to the neighborhood? Not to mention the parking spots they're taking up ... Plus, there's already been at least two violent crimes involving said employees. I wish I could leave yesterday. There are no positives to Amazon being here.

Well, we are getting beyond the thread title... but historically the river ward neighborhoods were "born" because of all the factories. Stuff you know, of course.

There was this revolutionary idea, which it was, of creating single houses for working class people who could walk or ride a trolley or the El to their jobs right there in those neighborhoods. Few had cars of course.

Tacony was a "company town" created by Disston Saw, for ex. The huge PhilcoFord plant in Kensington obviously impacted everything nearby...not just the jobs they created. The first full time job interview I had was at PhilcoFord in 1970.

So some of what I'm hearing from you is you don't like the idea of how a 21st Century company( a new kind of "factory")is changing your way of life too much and too quickly. I do understand that that is troubling you though.

Noise? Probably a lot worse when things were actually being made in the river wards. Certainly polution was a lot worse.

If Amazon HQ2 happens who knows how it would impact where you are right now?

Getting kinda back to the thread. There's a listing on trulia in Port R. for 300k. Others for 200k as a comparison to Bridesburg.

[MarketStEl]

Originally Posted by kyb01

So some of what I'm hearing from you is you don't like the idea of how a 21st Century company( a new kind of "factory")is changing your way of life too much and too quickly. I do understand that that is troubling you though.

There is a class of people, all of them older (so far), who I describe as "Trapped in a World They Never Made."

My ex is one of these people; the chairman emeritus of Metrocorp is another.

They often comment on how we darker-hued sorts are ruining everything. (I'm sure some of you have read such comments from the chairman emeritus of Metrocorp on the first inside page of every issue of Philadelphia magazine.)

But I'll wager that there are examples of these among younger generations too.

And I'll allow that an uptick in crime in an area that has experienced little of it is unsettling no matter what class or color you are. Consider how the residents of Cedarbrook (um, upper East Mount Airy, thank you) reacted to a cluster of murders that took place there this past spring. The difference is, at least from what I can tell, no one in that latter neighborhood is talking about pulling up stakes yet.

[2002 Subaru]

Originally Posted by kyb01

Well, we are getting beyond the thread title... but historically the river ward neighborhoods were "born" because of all the factories. Stuff you know, of course.

There was this revolutionary idea, which it was, of creating single houses for working class people who could walk or ride a trolley or the El to their jobs right there in those neighborhoods. Few had cars of course.

Tacony was a "company town" created by Disston Saw, for ex. The huge PhilcoFord plant in Kensington obviously impacted everything nearby...not just the jobs they created. The first full time job interview I had was at PhilcoFord in 1970.

So some of what I'm hearing from you is you don't like the idea of how a 21st Century company( a new kind of "factory")is changing your way of life too much and too quickly. I do understand that that is troubling you though.

Noise? Probably a lot worse when things were actually being made in the river wards. Certainly polution was a lot worse.

If Amazon HQ2 happens who knows how it would impact where you are right now?

Getting kinda back to the thread. There's a listing on trulia in Port R. for 300k. Others for 200k as a comparison to Bridesburg.

What's the point here, kyb01? This post isn't making me feel any better about the negatives brought into the neighborhood from the bus companies and Amazon. The PPA lot isn't helping, either.

[2002 Subaru]

Originally Posted by MarketStEl

There is a class of people, all of them older (so far), who I describe as "Trapped in a World They Never Made."

My ex is one of these people; the chairman emeritus of Metrocorp is another.

They often comment on how we darker-hued sorts are ruining everything. (I'm sure some of you have read such comments from the chairman emeritus of Metrocorp on the first inside page of every issue of Philadelphia magazine.)

But I'll wager that there are examples of these among younger generations too.

And I'll allow that an uptick in crime in an area that has experienced little of it is unsettling no matter what class or color you are. Consider how the residents of Cedarbrook (um, upper East Mount Airy, thank you) reacted to a cluster of murders that took place there this past spring. The difference is, at least from what I can tell, no one in that latter neighborhood is talking about pulling up stakes yet.

It's not always about race, MarketStEl ... Do yourself a favor and move past that type of thinking, you're better than that.

[Warszawa]

I would love to live in Queen Village or Passyunk Square

[AJNEOA]

I would stay in my current hood, Passyunk Square. But that's largely because Queen Village and Bella Vista don't have a subway line close enough for my liking. And I love Center City, but again, I want close access to a rail line. If that's the case, I'm stuck near Market or Broad in Center City, and those would not be places I'd want to live necessarily.

Actually, I take that back. I would live someplace on this block:

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9471...7i13312!8i6656

[LibraGirl123]

Originally Posted by LibraGirl123

East Passyunk...

Oooops! I'd like to update my answer to Passyunk Square. My youngest son's first apartment was at 8th and Tasker, and I became very fond of the neighborhood when he lived there. Quite walkable, close to the Broad St. line, lots of great restaurants and stores.

[AJNEOA]

Originally Posted by LibraGirl123

Oooops! I'd like to update my answer to Passyunk Square. My youngest son's first apartment was at 8th and Tasker, and I became very fond of the neighborhood when he lived there. Quite walkable, close to the Broad St. line, lots of great restaurants and stores.

It is a really great neighborhood. It has everything you could ever need within its bounds PLUS a good rail line. My commute for the last three years has been so consistent and easy. Only one time can I remember where the BSL had an issue/delay, and I decided to walk home.

The other benefit is that there are no colleges nearby AND the tourists we get are not too many in number nor are they the clueless tourists. The biggest drawback to the neighborhood IMO, is the lack of park space and the distance from either river.

[chessimprov]

Originally Posted by kyb01

Is there any new construction going on in Girard Estates? I don't think so.

Not that I know of either.

[Wisertime]

Chestnut Hill, Fitler Square or Society Hill.