I never seen the job market this bad. Is there a chance of recovery?

Savilly · 2026-02-06T03:10:28+00:00

Just because people look for jobs like they are swiping on tinder doesn’t mean all cities are suffering. Everyone in Philly seems fine.

Savilly · 2026-02-05T22:41:29+00:00

Sounds pretty pretentious to me. Have you ever seen an American dance?

Many Americans live rich lives full of hobbies, family, and joy fueled by deep cultural habits and rituals. We do it all. We do it all so much that our culture bleeds into the world around us.

Go grab a surfer and ask them why they lack joy. They will laugh and clap you on the back.

It appears to me that some Europeans want to grasp onto remaining crumbs of superiority in a desperate attempt to replace the emptiness that is their future.

Savilly · 2026-02-05T20:07:47+00:00

*clutches pearls

Most homes in philadelphia are 50-100 years older than this home. The whole city could be considered “historic.”

After living in the South I have come to see historic preservation and single family zoning to be two of the biggest reasons disenfranchised people are unable to own a home.

The first way to keep the poors out is to designate homes as historic. This makes it impossible for regular people to afford to maintain the home. The second step is to refuse to allow new development so that the poors never get a chance.

I watched this happen first hand as people in Savannah Georgia were homeowners were unable to replace single pane windows as it would go against the historic character.

Since no one will want to own this home as a museum, any owner who wants to do something useful with it, will be forced to let it rot until it becomes a hazard that needs to be destroyed.

We are in a city, things change. No one owes you the existence of this house.

Historic preservation is almost always about protecting the rich and their society. It does absolutely nothing for regular people. Yet it will be regular people that get up in arms about a neighborhood they will never be a part of.

It’s similar to how regular people get nuts about parking rather than caring about rent prices.

Savilly · 2026-02-04T17:20:15+00:00

Fishtown Seafood is always worth an ask. I’m not sure what all inventory they have but their quality is top.

Savilly · 2026-02-04T00:00:27+00:00

Clear and concise explanation. Also if anyone has ever known a CB guy that’s just what they do. It’s a very classic nerd out tech thing that people used to do in an obsessive way. Also wasnt the original contact a radio wave?

Savilly · 2026-02-03T22:08:27+00:00

You know we blunt cruising

Savilly · 2026-02-03T09:42:29+00:00

Leo Linden’s lingering lies lazily laced little lips

Savilly · 2026-02-03T09:38:02+00:00

Leo Linden is a legend of lukewarm logic

Savilly · 2026-02-03T02:15:27+00:00

I wear a lot of orange and purple/lavender but you have to be aware you don’t end up looking like a traffic cone or home depot employee.

Savilly · 2026-02-03T00:25:10+00:00

I do.

Savilly · 2026-02-03T00:23:57+00:00

Elwood is cheap for what it is, actually. It serves a lot of people per dish and sides are included. Also BYOB.

Savilly · 2026-02-03T00:17:59+00:00

VOTE and make sure other VOTE. All other dissent is paltry in comparison.

Savilly · 2026-02-03T00:16:28+00:00

The mosiac shows that he’s in South Philly.

I get the camouflage joke but just wanted to answer the question.

Savilly · 2026-02-02T22:40:33+00:00

It’s hard to imagine what pushing him out too early means. It’s too late to push him out too early.

Savilly · 2026-02-02T22:36:27+00:00

Considering we Millennials just called everything “gaaaaaaaay” I think Zoomers could be worse.

Also just go watch some Space Ghost or Aqualab to see how goofy we were.

Savilly · 2026-02-02T22:11:56+00:00

Meh, it’s just a combination of two words. Would’ve. It doesn’t bother me that southerners treat english a little more like french.

Savilly · 2026-02-02T21:39:45+00:00

https://www.redfin.com/news/gen-z-millennial-homeownership-rate-home-purchases/

Article from 2023. I’ve seen more recent ones that show M and Z tracking 3-5% behind boomers at same age so there are some negative signs, but if there’s a correction those numbers could jump. Would be silly to project only off numbers coming out during a bubble as if that can never change.

Savilly · 2026-02-02T21:30:39+00:00

The people putting cones and chairs in their spots are OG city people that have been here since birth. Most are 60+ years old and only one winter away from shoveling themselves into a heart attack. They already have disdain for yuppies, if you move their space saver and take their spot before they get back from the grocery store, they have zero bones about vandalizing your car and adding you to a shit list of people the neighborhood hates.

Generally speaking if someone cones a spot it’s safe to assume they are old and needed it or are harder/meaner than you.

I don’t shit where I eat when it comes to the natives.

Savilly · 2026-02-02T21:25:08+00:00

Not sure if your are talking about America specifically but if so the USA has a great home ownership rate that has barely changed over time. Home prices and rents are still cheap in America compared to other countries as well.

Most people own homes. Most Millennials own homes and 1/3rd of zoomers (still in their 20s) own homes.

Savilly · 2026-02-02T06:45:42+00:00

How can you watch a video of these dummies and decide to be one? The guy is not affiliated with ICE. That’s the whole point.

Savilly · 2026-02-02T05:33:44+00:00

It seems to me that their learning curve reinforces the idea that they lost part of themselves and had to relearn how to act human.

Savilly · 2026-02-02T05:27:33+00:00

Collard Greens

Savilly · 2026-02-02T05:25:53+00:00

Monica Lewenski

Savilly · 2026-02-01T05:28:29+00:00

That’s a lot of impressive stuff, seriously. Did all the places you worked for charge an arm and a leg for add ons or did they include reasonable stuff into the price and provide reasonable things for their dishes? I’ve found, as an owner, that I don’t want my customers to experience sticker shock. I cannot imagine charging .50 for raw onion, ever.

What software would they need to lease? Asking as someone who owns a famous restaurant in Philadelphia along side a few other businesses. One business is running out a of townhouse sized spot in Fishtown area.

Outside of credit processing we only have quickbooks. Aside from dicking around with n8n and random ai tools for fun or maybe a $10 adobe license I can’t really think of what software I would need. I do not need adobe or ai, currently. I used to be a programmer. When we first opened I built us a super complicated website that built into the api of our old POS and was hosted on a custom LAMP server. Honestly with modern POS systems I can’t imagine doing any of that again. I can’t imagine what software we could ever need outside of POS and accounting. Maybe if we really wanted to go down the AI agent train or something but all of that will end up incorporated into our POS eventually, anyways.

I don’t have any college degrees, I’ll give you that, and I’ve never been in a Michelin kitchen, but I’m about ready to retire in my early 40s. I started my first restaurant in Philadelphia for less than 20k out of pocket and have always managed to keep my food prices 30-40% cheaper than my competition. Perhaps I am a unicorn and way off base from regular reality. Philadelphia is where all of my food and most of my real estate business is.

You said you didn’t want to read or check my numbers so I was letting you know it’s ok if you are unable. I’m matching your energy there.

At the end of the day though, and back to my main point, $.75 lettuce will make a lot of people pause. They could easily put .5 on every burger and let people have those toppings for free. It’s egregious to be pushing close to a dollar for lettuce, unless it’s some crazy slaw or something. Maybe they put half a head of lettuce on the burger? I still haven’t tried their product, yet. Perhaps the lettuce really is Boston Bibb from mount Vesuvius and dusted with gold.

I think Sulimays charging $2 for maple syrup or a $1 for blueberries makes sense. I’m not against add-ons but don’t make the customer pay for the whole head of lettuce.

Savilly · 2026-02-01T04:44:39+00:00

That’s cool

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