local philadelphia things that vex me:
a large part of philadelphia intâl is in delco for no fucking reason; give that shit to philly dammit weâre the ones itâs for nobody flies into philadelphia international airport to go to fucking ridley park
pettyâs island is owned by new jersey WHEN IT IS PHILADELPHIA SOIL GODDAMMIT
everyone agrees that the roosevelt boulevard subway is something we should build, and everyone wants to build it, but the city isnât willing to fund it
the northeast chronically neglected by the city government in general even though if we were our own separate city weâd be bigger than pittsburgh
still super salty about all the skyscraper proposals that got killed by the housing bubble popping
thereâs a solid seventeen fucking blocks on roosevelt boulevard, all right next to each other, that are devoid of all human life because apparently there might be a sinkhole
people used to be able to swim and fish in pennypack creek but now itâs toxic sludge
my neighborhood tried to secede from the city in the 90s
everyone ignores the S.S. United States and USS Olympia gradually corroding into the delaware river and itâs just really fucking sad
thereâs a community of midgets living behind a hospital in ridley park with really tiny houses and itâs kinda unnerving; they also throw rocks at you if you visit. fucking dipshits.
the feds shut down the navy yardâs operations except to maintain their ghost fleet and iâll never forgive them
never forget the american commerce center :(
tearing down a world war ii tank factory that could withstand an atomic bomb to build a hospital. like, yeah, the hospital was a good idea and pretty looking, but couldnât you have like, built it somewhere else? or maybe- get this- on top of the factory? itâd have been strong enough to hold it, and you couldâve used it as a pre-built parking garage or something too. win-win. but noooo, tear down the historical building.
john g. johnson and alexander calder never got their art galleries on the parkway
everything about the convention center tbh; itâs fugly, destroyed a shitload of beautiful buildings, and the one beautiful building that survived their swathe of destruction is now vacant instead of being used as like a hotel or something
not finishing woodhaven road after fifty fucking years; itâs supposed to be a highway goddammit but noooo, now we got all this traffic backed up to hell and back on byberry road because they refuse to finish it
fucking NIMBYs ruining everything for everyone in general
why are we building a second casino in the first place? sugarhouse isnât even done their shit, and us building a second casino is just going to make atlantic city sink even further down the shitter
we have all of these âmaster plansâ but half of them never come to fruition and itâs just very annoying getting our hopes up for nothing
no goddamn respect for james forten
this city has so many vacant lots we actually had to establish a âland bankâ to keep track of them all
the zoo letting people name their gorilla via social media was just an incredibly fucking stupid idea
we sold an aircraft carrier mothballed at the navy yard to a scrapyard for a fucking penny
goddamn hipster trash ruining the city
the national guard shutting down horsham angb and giving up their A-10 squadron
pennâs landing being cursed for all eternity from development
having our northern border follow the poquessing creek instead of the neshaminy; câmon guys, we all know trevose, feasterville, and bensalem are basically part of philly
trenton isnât considered part of our metropolitan area even though itâs far closer to us than it is to new york
really that entire area between chestnut hill and somerton not being a part of philly
camdenâs waterfront sucking just as much ass as ours
just literally AAAAAAAAAAAAARGH
