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You're going way too deep, the real conservative strategy has been obvious for decades: attack education. If your voter base is stupid, it'll be easier to manipulate them. Conservatives now think the Statue of David is pornography, there's nothing they won't consider a danger to children (besides guns).

Kids at drag shows have never been a thing, outside of anecdotal cases. Anyone concerned about hypothetical kids at drag shows should be way more concerned with kids at church or with their elected officials.

I would say yes and no. Fishtown was already on the trajectory of taking off with Frankford hall, Johnny Brenda's and other establishments. It will be interesting once the construction takes off North of like palmer park on Frankford. Even further north of PBC it is becoming a nice little business corridor to Lehigh.

Yeah you’re right. I thought Frankford hall was after la colombe but it was before.

I'm in a particular season where I feel - just for now - that I can't give renters my full level of service. I pride myself on giving nothing but my absolute best, and while it pains me to say I can't take on renters for the time being, it pains me more to promise to help a renter, only to feel like I'm failing them.

All this to say: yes, in general. But not at this instant. I do have a few resources to point you toward, though. DM me!

Except that's never been a thing. If conservatives were actually about protecting children, they would stop going to church and we'd have strict gun control.

It's about inventing a boogyman. Your average conservative doesn't need much of a push to become a deranged homophobe, you literally just need to say "but the kids!" and they'll show you how they really feel. Just look at all of the nutjobs screaming in gay people's faces calling them pedophiles, just because they're gay. Like most topics, conservatives are more dangerous to the thing they're trying to "protect" than any fake news boogyman they've been told to hate.

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The local Proud Boys leader lived on Almond when the FBI came to take him away, I believe. Some of the things I’ve heard said over my fence are absolutely heinous. It’s less an “undercurrent” than it is something many in the neighborhood actively cultivate.

You mentioned the pro-cop businesses, and it’s hardly limited to Gaul. Look no further than Debbie’s, where I regularly see cop cars parked in the middle of the street with perfectly good spots to be had mere feet away to pick up their donuts or whatever mid-shift. Predictably gross. The same goes for plenty of other mainstays.

That being said, it is becoming more diverse and progressive and I love that places like the ones mentioned on Richmond are facilitating that transition (even if I don’t have any hopes that it’ll ever get rid of those vibes entirely).

Do you help with rentals too or only buying?

I think I may have just toured that house!

Closer to federal street is better from what I’ve heard. I don’t want to live in the area personally for other reasons, but I don’t think that immediate area is too bad at all

I’d rather have a smaller menu then shut down, a lot of restaurants make their profit on booze

Wasn’t Starr proposing Frankford Hall a true “planting the flag” moment as well?

Cool and interesting to know.

I’d say the domino is falling down in East Kensington as we speak!

That is 100% true, the Sunoco/Wawa on Allegheny is insane. I wonder why the spillover is worse given East Kensington and Port Richmond have the same CP (Squilla).

Fair enough, but is there enough stock available for every restaurant to purchase enough of it to run a kitchen? Delivered in time? What’s the cost? I don’t think it’s as simple as “you can buy stock”.

Fishtown/East Kensington has been an area that pretty much blended into one tbf, but Fishtown and Richmond have always been distinct from one another, even by ethnicity. Back in the day, Fishtown was mostly an Irish enclave while Port Richmond is the cultural center of Philly’s Polish activity. Still mostly holds true to this day.

A great point on the adaptive reuse.

Another thing I noticed is that the K&A spillover is much more prevalent in Port Richmond than in Fishtown or even East Kensington (which, by the way, IS the next "domino to fall" not Port Richmond). I lived pretty far away from the side of Port Richmond that borders Kensington and still thought it was bad. Nothing like a couple of dudes pushing around shopping carts full of scrap metal that says, "This neighborhood is a great place to buy a house!"

100% to everything you said. It’ll never be a “Fishtown” (and that’s perfectly fine too btw), it’s too much a family oriented community with “deep roots” that aren’t going anywhere, given how affordable the area is.

Another thing is the lack of potential for adaptive reuse in the neighborhood. There’s very few warehouses mixed into the neighborhoods since all the industrial areas were on the river stemming from the train viaduct. You have to follow the viaduct north of Aramingo/the black bridge for the larger developmental opportunities, but at that point you’re a little too close to K&S/K&A for any true revitalization/reuse to occur at the present moment. Interesting to see how it unfolds in a decade or so…

Gotcha.

Only occasionally crowded. Most of the time we can find a table. Staff is wonderful. Lot of regular customers.

Technically that was only true prior to 1854 and even then there were distinct neighborhoods in Kensington.

Moving to Philly from out of state. I have an unusual request I will be moving my belongings and then traveling for a while. I am looking for someone to take care of my house plants in the interim. I have ~20, the biggest is a 5' fiddle leaf fig and the others are all small. Does anyone have advice? Thanks

I miss living by Ten Stone so much. It hits a nice medium where it is nicer than a dive bar, but still a cozy, not a pretentious joint.

Agreed, I’m sure the trump flags and republican headquarters on Lehigh/Thompson scare away some much needed young couples and families. It’s mostly been fine, just get stared at quite a bit. It is slowly getting more diverse thankfully.

That area desperately needs a good byob Italian spot.