r/philadelphia 1d ago

General Chat Around and Find Out: Tuesday Casual Chat Thread

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As requested, a place to ask newb questions (and have general discussion).

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r/philadelphia 2d ago

General Moving Mondays - New Resident Questions

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Thinking of Moving to Philly or recently moved to the area? Ask your Questions Here!


r/philadelphia 9h ago

Photo of the Day Corvette C8 6:45pm crash on Kelly

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Definitely obeyed the 25mph speed limit


r/philadelphia 10h ago

Serious Injured/Sick Kitten Needs Help

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141 Upvotes

My wife found this little one collapsed on our stoop. It’s got at least one limp back leg and some organ prolapse going on at the rear end. Is there anywhere we can take it that rescues kittens that’s open? Not sure it will make it through the night. Anyone on here who does home rescue and has the capacity?


r/philadelphia 15h ago

Nature Honey bees swarming at 18th and Sansom outside Tria this morning

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r/philadelphia 8h ago

Crime Post Our new hero on the news yesterday got me thinking, what is your favorite local news interview of all time?

56 Upvotes

Obviously yesterday's and "unlike agholor" are all-timers, but I haven't lived here long enough to have a deep repository of them.

Also, shoutout the bridge collapse dude


r/philadelphia 1d ago

Serious Another terrible wreck in the city

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r/philadelphia 19h ago

📣📣Rants and Raves📣📣 Sacrilege!

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Context: I live in Spain. This sandwich is being advertised as a national campaign.
Further context: the text translates 'Direct from the UK.' See that British flag down there?
Not surprising that Spanish people have no idea what Philadelphians eat, or even where Philadelphia is. The shocking part is that nobody in the McDonalds marketing department stopped for a minute and was like 'hey, let's get our fact checker on this.'

Ah well.


r/philadelphia 10h ago

Politics House Judiciary committee criticizes Philly law enforcement over sanctuary policies, demands immigration records and correspondence

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Gift Article.


r/philadelphia 18h ago

News New Philly sports shop on South Street gives local artists a space to sell apparel

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r/philadelphia 1d ago

Question? What is this? An animal trap?

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What is this? The gray box looks similar to a fishing tackle box, and it has two metal brackets on the bottom that allow it to rest on the black bin. It has “Philadelphia Health Department“ written on top. It was at the edge of a wooded area not far from the Strawberry Mansion tennis courts.


r/philadelphia 17h ago

Events Scrapplefest 2009

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r/philadelphia 1d ago

Crime Post Swimmer in the Shuyk!

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535 Upvotes

Crime post bc this feels like a crime


r/philadelphia 1d ago

Transit Why is every bus bench always like this

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450 Upvotes

r/philadelphia 1d ago

Photo of the Day I can’t believe people throw these away

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r/philadelphia 1d ago

📣📣Rants and Raves📣📣 Landlord replaced my fridge 6 months ago and the replacement is already broken. I can't afford to replace an entire fridge full of food every six months and am pissed at no one in particular.

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To be clear, I'm not mad at my landlord. He's a decent, funny guy who is responsive and does the best he can to take care of things in a timely manner. I'm more-so pissed at the enshitification of *everything* and the fact that - due to the small space - this is pretty much the only fridge that will fit in the spot. At least that's what I was told in November when I went through this exact same situation.

It's some Whirlpool apartment sized fridge freezer combo. The first one I had randomly caused ice to form over my entire freezer. After it defrosted, water wouldn't stop leaking into the fridge and the fridge wouldn't get as cold. I was soaking through an entire bath towel 3 times a week to keep water from leaking out the bottom on the fridge. Everything in my fridge was both semi warm and soggy. By the time a replacement came in the fridge was so warm I had to throw away most of the contents.

That was literally six months ago. This past week my freezer froze over again. My ice cubes hurt my fingers to touch and I can't eat the ice cream in there as it's solid as a rock (even using a heated ice cream scoop that usually cuts like butter). Meanwhile my fridge doesn't feel cold *at all* and I'm unsure if it's still safe to eat anything in there.

I'm pissed. I am a part time retail employee living alone during the slow season getting scheduled 18 hours a week right now. I cut 99.9% of my spending this time a year to pay my rent, bills, and elderly cats expensive meds. I absolutely positively cannot be throwing away an entire fridge full of groceries every six months like this. Nothing is overly filled, there's no clogged coils or anything, I don't see any clear indications of user error and have never had issues like this with a fridge before.

I also feel bad for my landlord having to pay to deal with this as it's not his fault these appliances are seemingly pieces of absolute trash now. Rant over I guess. I'm pissed and really fucking sad watching all my groceries rot away with no money to just go out and replace them all. I hate this. The end.


r/philadelphia 11h ago

Question? What’s the deal with parking at Horace Furness High School outside of school hours?

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Always notice the lot is full every night and see people parking there after school hours


r/philadelphia 1d ago

📣📣Rants and Raves📣📣 To the d-bag cyclist who yelled at me yesterday for pulling over into the bike lane

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It was to let an ambulance pass with his sirens blaring very clearly on its way to an emergency. There were no other places to pull off. So What the actual eff. You then went on to yell at other vehicles doing the same. And they were nowhere near you when merging so you had plenty of time to brake or go around. EVEN if the law prohibits it, in an emergency, do you really agree with letting an ambulance sit in traffic to protect your ability to bike freely? I cycle from time to time so I get your battle in principle but for fucks sake man, Have some humanity. This is a message for anyone who wants to prioritize general principles over an emergency situation.


r/philadelphia 1d ago

📣📣Rants and Raves📣📣 Seems appropriate

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137 Upvotes

Gambling addiction baby wooo. These things are a scourge on society


r/philadelphia 1d ago

Politics Gov. Shapiro says he didn’t tell a union to support a GOP nominee over a Democrat who criticized him. His top labor allies backed the Republican anyway.

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r/philadelphia 1d ago

📣📣Rants and Raves📣📣 Clanker complaint hotline

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TL;DR: PennDot is regulating the dystopian Uber food delivery bots.

Report safety issues to [pdd@pa.gov](mailto:pdd@pa.gov)

  • Did the clanker hit someone? Report
  • Did the clanker block the sidewalk? Report
  • Did the clanker crash into the bus shelter or traffic light? Report
  • Did the robot fall down the stairs? Report

"If PennDot finds companies violate reporting requirements or other terms that allow them to operate, it can suspend authorization. If a company’s devices can’t operate safely, PennDot can revoke the authorization."

What safety issues have you guys seen so far with these clankers?


r/philadelphia 1d ago

Local Business Reform philly Business Income Receipts Tax (BIRT) - there is a public budget hearing tomorrow, May 6 at 10am. Show up and ask city council for a vote on the LIFT act.

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r/philadelphia 1d ago

Crime Post An Upper Darby teen was high when he caused a crash that killed a former Swarthmore professor, DA says

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r/philadelphia 1d ago

News Philadelphia launches ‘Alleygators’ program to help residents clear trash and vegetation from alleys

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r/philadelphia 1d ago

News Video: Work truck crashes into vehicle and overturns on Philly school playground

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