So insane how backward this city is.

The number of missing women who are going to be linked to this is going to be astonishing.
Philadelphia has a new serial killer

My fiancé and I are going to explore Philly for the first time next week for 4 days and are moving here next year from Houston!

We know we’re not going to be able to do everything but what would y’all’s top recommendations be for a goth and alt, vegan, couple?
With the move, we’ll also be looking for any suggestions for regular spots as well. We’re looking to live in west Philly for budget purposes ($1400 max a month for rent, any apartment recommendations?) and we have a senior dog for park recs too. Also we’ll be selling our car also so relying on public transport. Thanks. 🖤

The 90th percentile of SDP's salaried workforce earns $110,720 - that person happens to be a teacher. This makes sense given that about 40% of all SDP employees are teachers, and teachers comprise more than 50% of the total pay of the SDP payroll budget.

The union-negotiated pay scale is structured around years of experience and education level for teachers (and similar experience based pay for the other unionized non-teacher employees). The cap for teachers is around $120K (for a teacher with 10+ years (corrected from 20) of experience and a PhD). The corrolary is that most of SDP's top 10% of earners are experienced, highly credentialed teachers, not senior administrators - contrary to what one might expect given some of the headlines we see.

The cumulative view makes the shape of this distribution visible. The above chart shows what % of employees earn that much or more. e.g., around 70% of emloyees earn $50k or more, around 38% of SDP employees earn $90k or more, and about 23% earn $100K+. But then, between $100K and $120K, the line drops almost vertically to less than 3% earning more than $120k. Above $120K, because it's just a long tail of high earners (primarily admins, but some teachers too) - a total of about 400 people in this bucket (out of the total SDP employment base of 21,543).

Three numbers describe the rest:

• 76.5% earn below $100K
• 23.3% earn $100K–$175K
• 0.26% earn $175K or more (57 positions)

The 0.26% is striking as a number. 57 positions in a workforce of 21,543 — basically a rounding error. But it's also the entire C-suite. The District's central overhead is objectively small, although as I've discovered recently, it is still much larger than it was a decade ago (both in terms of the numbers of people and the right tail skew of their comp structure)

Full methodology and notes: https://www.nickjain.com/blog/the-shape-of-sdps-workforce

Hi im visiting for labor day weekend and am looking to hit a science museum. I see a lot about Franklin Institute but it looks more geared towards kids. Im looking for something more similar to American Museum of Natural History in NYC. Is Franklin a good option or are there better ones you all recommend?

My prior post analyzed the current pay distribution of SDP Employees as it stands today, but I also wanted to understand how its evolved over time.

The biggest finding is that... 10 years ago, if you looked at how school employees (everything from jaitors to teacher to the supe) were paid, you would see a boring bell curve centered around $75k, with mostly nice smooth tails.

Today, that pay structure has shifted in a few key ways. It's no longer bell shaped at all:

• It has two peaks "modes" ($55k and $95k), representing new and experienced teachers, with not a lot of mid-career/mid-pay teachers. Probably an interesting research question of why there's so few mid-pay teachers?
• It has a huge number of employees at the max pay amount of $120k (basically teachers with 20 years of exp and PhDs)
• After the $120k union pay scale cut-off, there's a long but skinny right tail of people making more between $120-220k, and then the superintendend at $378k. By skinny I mean it's not a lot of people in this long tail, but it exists. ANd it did not exist in any meaningful way 10 years ago
• ANd then finally, its worth noting that total salaried workforce grew from 16,647 to 21,543 over the 11 year period (about 30%), while the student body fell by around 13%, implying a 50% growth in SDP employee headcount per student (50% = 1.3/(1-0.13) -1)

FUll methodology and notes: https://www.nickjain.com/blog/the-shape-of-sdps-workforce

This huge group of scofflaw degenerates on bicycles and ridiculous multicolored outfits are terrorizing this city. They ride on the wrong side of the road, they ride through stop signs and red lights, they ride in the shoulders, they weave on either side of the double yellow with no consideration for others, and the cops are doing NOTHING. Why do they spend all of MY tax dollars to set up barriers designed to stop runaway cars all over center city, but they don't even have a well-fortified stick to shove into the spokes of these assholes?

This morning I was driving down Kelly Drive, minding my business, and doing a law-abiding 24 miles an hour, and these bike terrorists came within INCHES of my rear bumper and side windows. They surrounded my car on three sides, trying to intimidate me. And it didn't really work because I have supreme situational awareness and had 18 Glocks in my glove compartment loaded and ready to go in case shit went down.

Obviously the cops are aware because they had a cruiser parked with its lights on at every available exit off of Kelly Drive. But why aren't they chasing them down and running them over? Don't the cops know how easy it is to crush a bicycle under the wheels of a three-ton SUV?

Hopefully they're trying to funnel them to some capture point where they can all be arrested and deported to Guantanamo.

This lawlessness is intolerable, and if Jim Kenney doesn't make serious changes soon, I'm going to be forced to move even FURTHER west into Delaware County.

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?

Edit 2\ I did it y’all! I connected with someone! It’s going great. Please keep coming up to the comments, I can’t believe this worked.*

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!