Lulz

With my last move I had some overlap (new lease started about 5 days before my old lease was up) and that worked out really well. I’ve had friends who had from a couple of days to a couple of weeks between leases and the one who didn’t have a SO/friends/parent in the burbs to stay with got an AirBnB for a few nights until he could officially move in.

It seems the Budd company isn't quite done at that location, at least the Budd name anyway. A company doing biomedical manufacturing is (will be?) operating there. Philly still makes things, just different things.

Technically fishtown is Port Richmond. They just renamed it 15 years ago so they could sell properties at higher value

If you're looking in Brewerytown I would rent first to see if you like it before you go and buy anything. It's "gentrifying" but still very rough around the edges. Crime is an issue and the area is resource starved - inconsistent trash pickup, no post office, lousy schools (if that matters), limited public trans

My wife and I moved there with the intention of buying and rented for 5 years. We watched the value disappear as prices rose and ended up moving after generally hating our experience in the neighborhood. So that would be my recommendation, try it before you buy it

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It's a dive bomber from WWII.
What's sick or nuts is how there were used.
With a dive bomber you put the plane in a dive, heading toward the target. (They have air brakes to slow the plane down, but it still is a crazy thing).
It turns out that the ballistics problem of aiming the bomb is much easier with dive bombing versus a plane dropping a bomb when flying level (Level bombing). Of course, it takes nerves of steel and titanium gonads to do a dive bombing attack.
Dive bombing was used mainly against shipping. Dive bombing was also used as a "mobile artillery" by the Germans with their (in)famous Stuka dive bomber (Ju 87). [wikipedia on Stuka] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Ju_87)
Other famous/infamous dive bombers were the US Douglas SBD Dauntless and Japanese Val (Aichi D3A).

How is the area at 5th and McKean? I’ve been living in Philly for about 5 years in Bella Vista and am looking to buy a house down there. Old posts suggest it is unsafe, wondering if it’s changed at all. Thank you!

YES!! tchotchkes, Lunar Inn, Richmond St Flea, etc. The problem is Port Richmond is so disconnected from the rest of the city right now that it's tempering its growth. A lot of the younger millennials and Gen Z who are being priced out of fishtown because they rent are moving to Port Richmond.

76 to City Line Ave is an absolute nightmare, I second avoiding this if at all possible.

It's a joke. Begging for water obviously being a horrendous situation to find yourself in while living in the richest country in the history of human civilization and using bottled water to cook pasta obviously not acceptable or comforting in anywa way shape or form.

The joke is provided context by the second sentence which states that these situations are in no way comparable (referencing the OG comment that Flint managed) because the water in West Philly is totally fine.

Thanks! Are there any areas in particular we should look in? Our budget for a house is up to $350-400k or so. On paper we like the Drexel Hill area as it seems like a nice area that also has some homes in our price range.

From u/VeryStab1eGenius, in response to a question about how Flint “managed”:

“To cook with bottled water.”

Literally you, on the same thread, when I called out that dude by stating that they did not “manage”:

“They begged for water. Once they got bottles, they easily cooked pasta”

Just own what you said.

I'm downplaying the Philadelphia incident because it's much less severe than Flint because West Philly's water was not effected in any way and you could literally go to a bar in West Philly, buy a sandwich, and fill up a jug in the bathroom

if you're looking to buy that is a great spot. you can still get a pretty good deal, and in 5 years it will be very expensive.

I usually shoot for a few days of overlap. Sometimes that’s hard to do and I end up with a few weeks of overlap.

You’re correct, you’re just the guy agreeing with that dude and downplaying the whole incident.

Really depends on your lifestyle and price range. This question is really open ended. Pretty much all of the nice parts (amenities, schools, SFH) of Montgomery/Delaware/Chester County are going to be expensive relative to most of Metro ATL except maybe Sandy Springs, Buckhead, etc. If you do decide to work in Bala I would prioritize access to route 30 over taking 76 to City Line Ave for your own sanity.

Nah it's not disposed of intentionally it's valuable stuff they made to sell. it was just cheaper to neglect the pipe for years.

lol that wasn't me

be better.

No hate, but you bidet folks proselytize more than the worst phish fans. Always finding reasons to bring it up and talking about how it ruined all other similar experiences for you. My sister and BIL installed a bidet 3 years ago and it comes up often. Im convinced! We will be installing one when we move to our new house next month

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If my lease at a new place starts the day after the lease at my current one ends what should I do in between? Or is the practice generally to get an earlier lease at the new one so there's some overlap

My favorite story on this topic is that when the sugar tax went into effect, my employer "made up for it" by increasing the price of a 12oz iced tea by $0.70 to offset the $0.18 tax.