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matteroffactt t1_jdzsr6q wrote

Reply to Wtf level car insurance rates in Fishtown by gryklin

My model Y insurance quotes have been bonkers also. Switched from progressive to AmFam via Costco and saved literally 50%. If you are a Costco member I definitely suggest checking out Connect by American Family. They appear specifically to have competitive rates for Teslas.

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persolb t1_jdzsezh wrote

Reply to comment by the_sun_and_the_moon in 108-Unit, Mixed-Use Building Planned in Olde Kensington by Dryheavemorning

Anybody have a good reason for that ‘height max is 350” of floor area’? (also… units?)

Best I can assume is some assumption about blocking out the light of neighboring units…. But we have electricity now. Alternatively, you could just tax a building over that amount and distribute it to the neighbors on the east, north and west of the building.

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meeemawww t1_jdzriwq wrote

Reply to Mad about book bans in school libraries? Philadelphia has a solution - no libraries at all! Only 7/217 schools have libraries for their kids. by youngbuck215

This sucks. A big part of the problem though is that librarians, like teachers, are woefully underpaid. I have my masters in library science, a degree I had to take out copious student loans to get. When I realized during the program that even librarians at city libraries often make less than 40-50k a year, I was shocked. Yes, that’s more than a lot of people in this city make, and maybe you all will rag on me for this, but most people with masters degrees want to make more money than that. I would love to be a school librarian and help with literacy and information programs across this city, but I can’t afford to.

There are so many larger issues at play here just within the library science field regarding representation and gatekeeping and wage inequity…all of which is to say I am saddened but not surprised by this statistic. And I wish I could help somehow but I can’t because capitalism.

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Ng3me t1_jdzqtco wrote

Reply to Mad about book bans in school libraries? Philadelphia has a solution - no libraries at all! Only 7/217 schools have libraries for their kids. by youngbuck215

Every time there’s a school funding post some doofus chimes in with “money isn’t actually that important blah blah.” And they somehow aren’t downvoted into oblivion. It’s telling how many reactions to this post are “No way! How could a school not have a library?!” What do you think these funding posts are about?

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Zhuul t1_jdzqop7 wrote

Reply to Wtf level car insurance rates in Fishtown by gryklin

Honestly shop around, I’m in Jerz but eons ago I was paying something like $200/mo for minimum liability, that went down to $80/mo for way better coverage when I switched to Progressive.

I don’t know, man. Insurance is stupid.

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Fattom23 OP t1_jdzqe8s wrote

Reply to comment by Brraaap in Which city agencies are responsible for crosswalks? by Fattom23

So every time a piece of infrastructure or bollard or barricade goes up, it was explicitly authorized by council? That seems inefficient.

In terms of reporting, that's a losing game. Saturday, two cops directing traffic there just watched someone park in the crosswalk. As long as it's physically possible to put a car there, someone will. And PPD wouldn't have time, even if they cared.

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Kinkyregae t1_jdzqbcu wrote

Reply to comment by MaimedJester in Mad about book bans in school libraries? Philadelphia has a solution - no libraries at all! Only 7/217 schools have libraries for their kids. by youngbuck215

I worked in a charter school in south Philly. 1000% shady shit going on with funding.

Regardless of the money, we were cheating tests and bending rules to make our school scores look way better than they actually were.

When public schools die, so to will the middle class.

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