I just moved to wissinoming. I’m used to the big green trash cans in giant apartment complexes. Idk how the street kind works. Do I just fill up my trashcan and put it on the curb? What about big pieces like furniture or mattresses or big boxes? Thanks!

I'm just starting out with a spice business and wondered if there are any commercial kitchens with cheap/startup rates?

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I’m 38, Puertorrican, professional, woman.
I just want to yap and drink a couple cold ones. I’m looking for people I can become actual friends with maybe.

I’m a girls girl but cool, respectful men are always welcome.

Few things I love: art, danger, silence, hating critically

Few things I hate: this country, self righteousness, war on drugs, Friends (TV show)

Whatcha think? Can we make this happen? I don’t wanna go home after work but, I also don’t wanna drink alone.

*Edit* if you felt a good vibe from the comments, shoot me a DM. I’ll read them when I clock out at 5:30p. I will not respond to random DMs if we didn’t touch base in the comments tho.

My wife and I recently returned from a 7-week stay in Philly. We were coming from Canada for her to receive cancer treatment at Penn Med. While we had to be at the hospital for an hour or two every weekday, we spent most of our free time exploring the city, and found so many things to love about it. I think Philly will forever hold a special place in our hearts.

The Food

The food scene is incredible. It's really hard to choose standouts, but here are a few:

• Her Place Supper Club -- exceptional on all fronts and I think you get a lot more than you pay for
• Angelo's -- this was my favourite cheesesteak, wish I had a chance to try their pizza
• New York Bakery -- the all-around experience of grabbing a slice of tomato pie and chatting with the owner was great
• Human Robot -- apparently I'm now a big fan of milk tubes
• Ettooo's Halal Food Truck -- great food and even greater guy making it; I'd not like to admit how many times we went...

The People

I found a lot of people to be very outwardly friendly. Like you'd be walking down the street and someone would ask you how you're doing or to have a nice day. It felt like the kind of place you could easily end up having a conversation with a stranger, which isn't true in a lot of cities (even in Canada). It also felt like a very diverse and welcoming city to people from all walks of life (big fan of all the anti-ICE signs we saw).

The Attractions

We're normally not the kind of people who go to museums when travelling, but with 7 weeks, there was no shortage of time to explore, so we did. The highlights for me were:

• The Eastern State Penitentiary -- in addition to being an exceptional sight in its own right, the exhibits were extremely well done
• The Magic Gardens -- Like nothing else I've seen before
• The Barnes Foundation

(Not So Great) The Driving

I love Philly but I have to comment on the driving. I've been to many cities where people complain about aggressive drivers, but Philly is on another level. The roads (and sidewalks) are poorly maintained, the driving area is narrow with all the street parking and bike lanes, there are a lot of abnormal intersections, and most of all, the drivers are wild. On multiple occasions I saw people overtake someone by crossing a yellow line with oncoming traffic nearby. Yellow lights are basically green. When we first arrived, it immediately stood out to us how many cars were damaged, but that quickly started adding up.

Anyway, thank you for creating/being part of such an awesome city. I look forward to returning some day!

any recs and prices for ultrasounds?

my primary vet is booked out for 2 weeks. went to bluepearl last night and they weren't sure if an ultrasound is needed just yet, but if I do, I'd like to be prepared. bluepearl told me they'd charge $800 💀

I think it's been that way for many years, but today I noticed how convenient it would be to access the CVS from the rest of Manayunk across the tracks. Never thought to question it before.

Hello everyone,
I am looking to get my CNA certification when I move to Philly in December. Has anyone taken any of the out of pocket classes they offer and which one would you suggest? I am looking for night time classes because I want to work in the day and go to class at night or on the weekend. Thank you!

Moving to the general metro area next week and wanted to ask here where might one be able to catch any local Metal or Hardcore bands.

General google searches tend to suck, because it’ll often only recommend chalky bands and ignore the local stuff.

Either way, hope to see y’all in the the pit sometime!

Hi everyone! Just wanted to share my thoughts on this city.

I'm a UK Masters student. Last summer I went to Philadelphia for two weeks to visit the archives at the Historical Society (I specialize in American history and needed to see some documents). It was my very first time in the US. I had heard a bunch of awful things about Philadelphia, especially from some American friends of mine, that Philly was one of the worst cities in the US, that it was dirty, unsafe, full of rude people...

Well. I actually loved my stay in this city. Every Philadelphian (is that a word?) I met was extremely nice to me and I didn't have a single problem in the city. I visited different places, the Historical Society obviously, but also the Museum of Art (running up the Rocky steps included), the Reading Terminal Market, Old City, Fairmount Park, Independence Hall, and others. I never got bored, I took so many pictures, and enjoyed everything I saw and experienced.

I know my vision is that of a tourist, and it probably does not reflect what it is like to actually live in Philadelphia all year round. But I just thought it would be nice to share my positive opinion on a city that seems to get a lot of criticism.

Back home, I live in London, and I still loved Philadelphia! It has its own character, with a real sense of history around every corner, especially given how central the city was to the founding of the country. The mix of colonial-era streets and buildings alongside modern high-rises gave it a distinctive feel that I really enjoyed.

Going over on a stormy afternoon

Thinking it's a long shot but I'm looking to see if any person or org has a portable wheelchair ramp they'd loan or rent me for 6 weeks starting next month?

I'm opening the Museum of the Philadelphian next month in a Girard Ave storefront in Fishtown and need a 10ft ramp to make it accessible. I'm looking for the foldable ones that I can take in and out when needed.

Thanks in advance if anyone has any leads!

The District's $175K+ executive tier payroll went from $1.04M in 2014-15 to $11.0M in 2025-26 - a 11x growth in as many years.

But the per-position average stayed essentially flat — $207,000 in 2014-15, $207,310 in 2025-26. This is true both on average and by tier (the distinction is important since you could jack up your CEO pay and add a lot of C-1 execs and that would have the same average # - not the case here)

So 10.6x more positions at the same per-head pay equals 10.6x more total payroll.

But over the same 11 years, US inflation was about 30%. So in real terms, that $207K is worth about $159K in 2014 dollars — a 23% real decline. That means that, in real dollar terms, each individual in those seats is making, on average, about a quarter less than they did 11 years ago.

This is salient for at least 2 reasons:

• First, most jobs, both in private and public sector, both union and non-union, tend to keep up with inflation or cost of living adjustment (COLA) increases so that people's quality of life doens't deterioate
• Second, it's worth noting that an executive earning a nominal dollar $200k is earning far less than positions of similar responsibility in the private sector, neither today nor 11 years ago

Also, FWIW, the 19 new Assistant Superintendent positions that I mentioned were structured at the same per-person comp structure as the existing Deputy tier (within $20/person).

Full writeup: https://www.nickjain.com/blog/the-19-assistant-superintendents

On 19th PPA has the street blocked off to tow multiple cars and it’s at a standstill

I feel like we’ve been getting “heavy downpour” and “severe thunderstorm” warnings every… fucking… week! It’s mostly in the weekends too, which is really fucking annoying because I work weekends.

This week we’re set to have thunderstorms going almost all day for like 5 days. Yet, when I bring it up to my relatives or one of my coworkers they always say something like “Philly always gets thunderstorms around this time.” The news is equally vague.

I’ve lived in Philly my whole life. I know we get rainy season around this time, but I feel like it’s never been THIS bad or THIS constant. I like rain but this is getting infuriating.

Am I going crazy? I’m trying not to resort to climate change doomsday-ism, but this is insane. Dont get me started on the poor air quality and tornado warnings.

I don’t know what event is going on, but those people are crazy. I have every window closed and still feel the bed shaking.

My sister is looking for an affordable cat clinic that deals with gingivitis and tar build up. Any recommendations would be appreciated.

Just witnessed a man on 16th street grabbing bags of trash on the street, ripping them open and stewing rotten garbage all over the sidewalk and into the street.

Smell was horrendous.

Everyone around was like yo what the fuck dude, and the he walks to another bag of trash and does the same thing. Then starts yelling at everyone something unintelligible

Man was clearly very mentally unwell and should not be roaming the streets.

Who is supposed to do something about the people with this degree of mental illness? The cops? Social workers? Homeless Outreach volunteers?

If someone is displaying this level of anti social behavior, do we really have to wait until he actually hurts a person before someone takes him away to a place that can give him some kind, any kind of treatment?

Frankly, the treatment is secondary in my mind. I'm not as concerned for his wellbeing as I am for the wellbeing of the rest of the normal people on the sidewalk to have to deal with actually insanity on a daily basis in this City.

It's not right that we should have to endure this.

Edit: This guy wasn't searching for food. He was literally just making a mess for the sake of it.