Recent comments in /f/philadelphia

Inevitable-Place9950 t1_j9p4pc8 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Striking Temple University graduate students overwhelming vote down proposed contract by diatriose

Yes. It’s disrespectful to all the people who are working full-time at schools for lower pay rates and no tuition benefits and to people working in essential jobs barely above minimum wage to treat their plights as comparable to students getting free tuition in addition to a stipend of at least $25 an hour for part-time work. They’ve opted to work part-time to be full-time students, like thousands of undergrads do who do not get paid a higher rate for that decision. They also have the option to find full-time work and go to school part-time, or work part-time elsewhere while studying full-time. The financial outlook of those options aren’t great either for most fields.

Two things can be true: the students are justified in asking for better compensation and they’re in a much better position than people who are living in or near poverty.

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shapu t1_j9p4a0g wrote

Reply to comment by barrygurnsberg in Why does cell phone lot exist at airport by LP788

I believe you, but I've also not seen that happen often. Apparently OP hasn't either.

We're all coming at this from an anecdotal perspective, of course, but my gut feeling is that i would be shocked if the enforcement is any better at PHL than anywhere else outside of center city.

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JBizznass t1_j9p2qv9 wrote

Reply to comment by ItsAlwaysSmokyInReno in Haddonfield's affordable housing program: 1,000+ applications for 3 units by RoughRhinos

Isn’t the solution more public transit for everyone, not reallocation of public transit to serve a different limited population? I for one would love to see more money responsibly spent on public transportation so that even more people could have access. Higher state gas tax to fund it? Sounds good to me. Or something like NY where if you own a business in a county services by public transit there is a yearly public transit tax. Also a great idea (and something I would have to pay). Why focus on taking away instead of adding on? Especially for something like public transit that is truly beneficial to everyone (even if you don’t take it) in many ways.

Furthermore, not everyone who lives in the burbs is rich. Those same lines that service wealthier burbs also service less well to do areas like norristown, Camden, and lots of working class Delco neighborhoods. They also take workers to their jobs in those wealthier neighborhoods that otherwise wouldn’t have access to those jobs.

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rovinchick t1_j9p05hj wrote

Reply to comment by AbsentEmpire in Every year, there are more applicants to Philly charters than seats. But demand is still lower than before the pandemic. by AbsentEmpire

Having worked a white collar job for the city with a residency requirement, I can say that the majority of my coworkers applied to charter schools for their kids. If they didn't get in, they sent their kids to private/parochial schools. All that to say some people stay in the city because of their jobs or because they don't have enough saved to make a move to the burbs, and especially in the Northeast, many stay because they have family roots and neighborhood connections, often spanning generations, that they cherish.

I don't think charters keep as many people in the city as they just offer an alternative to families that would otherwise send their kids to private schools. I also think the demand is lower post pandemic because many switched to Catholic schools that were open for in person instruction and never switched back.

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