Recent comments in /f/philadelphia

Complete-Matter-3130 t1_j9ik9pn wrote

Reply to A small miracle just occurred: a mechanical street sweeper drove down Girard Ave in Brewerytown, sweeping the street by RoverTheMonster

why do people care about this so much? boston had it and you just ended up with about 5 parking tickets a year if you were a resident because its infrequent enough to forget but frequent enough to fuck you regularly.

my block looks like its trash day on trash day and then just looks normal...

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pianomanzano t1_j9idux7 wrote

Reply to Daycares in South Philly/CC? by lm2bofbb

Congrats! Hopefully you’re getting some great quality time with your new baby. I have a 2 year old and a 7 month old and the time flies, it felt like we just brought home our first one from the hospital.

We used the keystone stars database for an objective way to find programs that we liked that also had availability. Personally, find it difficult to take FB, Google, etc reviews of places. This database has several metrics to assess programs. From there, we contacted schools/daycares to setup appointments and tours and joined waitlists for the ones we liked.

We have our older one in a toddler program at the Aspen Grove school on 16th and Christian. I know they take newborns there and they just increased capacity/caregivers to take on more newborns. Wherever you go, start searching/applying now! We were on a waitlist for our older one for the longest time at several places before there was an opening in the current program.

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harbison215 t1_j9i5vik wrote

Reply to comment by starboardbaby in Pizza Jawn’s owners are buying a Manayunk bar, which will be called Bar Jawn by Brahette

I was born and raised in philly in 1983, originally juniata Frankford and then far northeast. Spent a lot of time in other neighborhoods. The word obviously existed and still exists in the Philadelphia lexicon, but it certainly isn’t used enough in any real sense to be considered some gem of local vocabulary. It’s hardly used seriously outside of the deep inner city. That’s why someone using it in this way has most of the responses here as “cringe.”

You were born and raised here, so you recognize how it’s use has become somewhat unorganic, especially in this context.

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starboardbaby t1_j9i5iit wrote

Reply to comment by harbison215 in Pizza Jawn’s owners are buying a Manayunk bar, which will be called Bar Jawn by Brahette

I’m born and raised in Philly, still live here and go to Temple, and I did hear jawn organically used among (white) native Philadelphians growing up. I was in high school when jawn started really being co-opted by wannabes/transplants/businesses so it stopped being cool with natives then. When my parents were kids in Philly growing up they used jawn but not as frequently as you’d think

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William_d7 t1_j9i5f9l wrote

Reply to comment by DonQOnIce in 81 Short Term Rental Units to Replace Parking Lot in Chinatown by ColdJay64

What will incentivize a person, their spouse, two kids, and their A-Ma to bike or take public transit to Chinatown to have lunch and then bring home groceries? Nothing.

That’s the clientele Chinatown is losing to places with better parking situations and when business owners say as much, their concerns are disbelieved or shrugged off.

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project199x t1_j9i44lz wrote

Reply to comment by thirst_annihilator in Pizza Jawn’s owners are buying a Manayunk bar, which will be called Bar Jawn by Brahette

People have been saying jawn since the dawn of time in urban communities. So "jawn" is not dead.

But the people who are using it suburban white folk are forcing and using the term incorrectly where it's just becoming cringe!

LIKE YOU CANT USE A NOUN WITH A FUCKIN NOUN. TF IS A BAR JAWN AND A PIZZA JAWN?! FFS!!

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