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Philly cannot be in trouble. They just raised taxes to build two new stadiums to replace stadiums that they did not perform maintenance on for the past 20 years.
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And now the city may be sued for any money the Eagles cannot recoup through insurance, thanks to last night's debacle.
Although, maybe you can answer this, tw. WHO will own these stadiums? The city, or the Eagles and Phillies, respectively?
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Oh? You mean the new mayor is historically a power hungry, head bashing mentality?
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I don't mind John Street. He is able to cover where Rendell couldn't (e.g. the Unions, no SEPTA strike). The Daily News makes him out to be so shady though...and I'd wager it to be only half-true.
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Oh? That explains why all mass transit expansion plans have been quashed. The same city councilmen are also on the board of directors for the port AND for the Philadelphia Gasworks. Their appointees make plans and spend money on Septa. That explains why the region has no new transportation (highway) plans (I 95 and I-476 will remains crossing over each other without any connection; I-95 southbound will never connect to I-76 westbound; I-76 eastbound will still require getting off onto local roads where all that new stadium construction occurs to get on I-95; the bean counters cannot even propose a solution to the Schukyll Expressway). They region has negative growth compared to national averages. Even the so called high growth areas in Chester county don't even lead the state growth rates. The population is dropping and aging because young innovators must leave the state to find growth jobs.
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You meant 276, not 476, right tw?
Also, if I understand correctly, weren't there plans to build a "crosstown expressway", only to be stopped by local opposition (b/c it went through Southwest and West Philadelphia)? Not to mention, the whole fiasco with the building of the Blue Route.
My thoughts on SEPTA are mixed. SEPTA seems to have most of its transit routes where they are most used and needed--in lower income areas. The access is fairly good where I live, but it could be better. More and more people are latching on to public transit across the country...including here in the Philadelphia suburbs. But it doesn't seem to grow with the demand. Not to mention, SEPTA has the whole area on lockdown, other than PATCO and NJ Transit. The neighboring suburbs may wish to explore their own versions of mass transit.
Generally, suburbs seem to have a better head on their shoulders than their city, but it seems like everyone is on level footing here...along with the commonwealth.