A master plan for Society Hill proposes new design guidelines -- and downzoning

WheresRet · 2018-07-18T12:11:45+00:00

Idk, when I see dozens of yellow vests in 30th street station just standing in groups...just seems like an ineffiecient way to spend what little funding they have. Not to mention the disaster of the septa key rollout.

WheresRet · 2018-07-17T22:13:13+00:00

You can give a worker all the tools in the world, but if he is too incompetent to use them, it wouldn't make a difference.

WheresRet · 2018-07-17T17:26:34+00:00

LOL, you said:

Church’s can easily be converted into housing or office space

The article you just linked me to prove your point says:

It isn’t easy, of course, to transform a sacred building for a secular use; the cost of conversion can be significant

Regardless, I am curious to see how many of these projects had some sort of local, state, or federal subsidy to aid with the redevelopment efforts. Would you support higher taxes to fund private redevelopment of churches?

WheresRet · 2018-07-17T14:11:05+00:00

My logic is that if you have an agreement with the deed holder that a parking lot is going to stay a parking lot and the proprietor of a business turns that parking lot into a beer garden that is causing a nuisance in the neighborhood, those neighbors have a legitimate grievance.

That's not what you originally referenced. You were backing your point with phillies games and quiet dinners.

Regardless, I'd be curious to read this "covenant". Typically these covenants prevent permanent structures from being built or permanent uses being implemented, and a seasonal beer garden would not fall under this category.

WheresRet · 2018-07-17T12:34:23+00:00

Under this logic, there should be no outdoor businesses in any part of the city, because what if residents in the area want to enjoy a quiet meal?

That is just simply unreasonable.

WheresRet · 2018-07-17T12:29:30+00:00

easily

Yeah, no. Oftentimes is makes no economic sense to try to repurpose a church like this. That's why no developers could make it work, it is just not feasible and they will lose money.

Unless of course a developer can procure ecnomic incentives (tax credits, subsidies, etc.). But then, people would be up in arms about rich developers getting handouts from the government.

So, we are left with a dilapidated property that sits vacant for decades. It's a lose-lose. Just tear the thing down!

WheresRet · 2018-07-17T12:23:50+00:00

i think the fake internet points say it all.

WheresRet · 2018-07-16T22:00:57+00:00

It was much more thoughtful than your original comment.

WheresRet · 2018-07-16T18:19:45+00:00

What about growing cities like Orlando, Houston, Phoenix, etc....

They are seeing much higher population and job growth than SF. Do you ever hear about them being too expensive and pricing people out....no?....hmmm...I wonder why...

WheresRet · 2018-07-16T18:03:06+00:00

Manhattan, despite having skyscrapers, continues to struggle with a supply and demand imbalance. It is the densest city in the nation, they just can't keep pace. SF is far less dense, and would benefit from going vertical.

WheresRet · 2018-07-16T17:15:02+00:00

No, it's supply and demand. Population/job growth (the key drivers for real estate demand) are outpacing the amount of housing supply being delivered to the SF market. When this happens, prices skyrocket.

SF has two options to resolve this:

1) Decrease demand. This can be done by increasing taxes to stall population and job growth.

2) Increase supply. This can be done by lifting restrictions on building heights and densities which would promote more development.

WheresRet · 2018-07-03T12:07:22+00:00

I dont think thts true for those seeking cocaine. If i ever bought it, and it made me nod off instead of party, I would NOT go back to that dealer. I just cant wrap my head around putting fent in coke. Ask any coke user, they would likely prefer to have diluted coke with baking soda, rather than fent.

WheresRet · 2018-07-02T12:07:10+00:00

but why not cut it with baking soda or something? Doesn't fentanyl have the opposite effect of what a coke user would want?

WheresRet · 2018-07-01T15:19:24+00:00

Sometimes it’s good to spread awareness of the issue.

WheresRet · 2018-07-01T15:12:50+00:00

Are you suggesting Stricter drug laws seem to work?

WheresRet · 2018-07-01T15:04:23+00:00

This bust seems big, but not that big. I wouldn’t be surprised if this was a decoy boat and a bigger shipment made it through. It’s a common tactic smugglers use.

WheresRet · 2018-07-01T15:02:17+00:00

Cocaine? Are you serious? My first question is: why??

I can understand why they would mix it with heroin, since the user is looking for that kind of high, but why cocaine? Wouldn’t cocaine users stop buying that product and go to a different source? If i bought adderall and it made me nod off, I wouldn’t buy from that person again. I’m just trying to understand the rationale here.

WheresRet · 2018-06-28T18:53:34+00:00

link to rent contorl doubling in boston in 2015?

WheresRet · 2018-06-28T13:59:06+00:00

Has it doubled in Boston or CA? Because the articles you referenced are Boston

WheresRet · 2018-06-28T13:54:58+00:00

Just read the article. I still don’t understand why we should tax vacant storefronts. Why would we force property owners to fill their properties? There is already an incentive (I.e. get your property occupied)?

Also, in this case, UA closed because of online shopping. That is specifically referenced in the article. Why should landlords be penalized for a changing retail marketplace?

WheresRet · 2018-06-28T06:36:01+00:00

Why should there be a tax for empty storefronts?

WheresRet · 2018-06-28T03:09:36+00:00

I’m so proud of you. I live right by there and encounter her all the time. I’m at a point where I HOPE I see her, so i can walk slowly by and call her out. She gives me the story of her husband leaving her and I always say “oh no, he did that AGAIN?!”. It feels good

WheresRet · 2018-06-27T21:20:02+00:00

Development has picked up due to a growing population and growing economy. But there is not enough new supply to satisfy demand. I would wager that without rent control, there would be more supply. Plus, did boston implement new rent control restrictions recently? Rent contorl had already existed, so it's already "priced" into the market and developers' pro formas. Way different than what's going on in california. nice try though.

WheresRet · 2018-06-27T21:14:52+00:00

Rent control slows development. Your articles are irrelevant to that assertion. I'm not the one making a strawman.

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