XPost: phl.politics, phl.media, pa.politics   
   From: artclemons@aolSPAM.com   
      
   NS wrote:   
      
   > You could be the poster child for what is wrong with Philadelphia:   
   > clueless and ignorant, living in past, in complete denial of reality.   
   > Are you in a fog? Philadelphia HAS declined under Street: residents,   
   > businesses, and jobs have continued to leave Philadelphia at alarming   
   > rates. Streets are dirtier, the Street administration is obviously   
   > corrupt, and people are FED UP!  They are fed up with lame excuses and   
   > spin.   
   >   
      
      
   Let's see, when I check the census data, the city's rate of population   
   decline seems to have slowed according to best estimate, it's still   
   declining, but big cities in the US with no land to expand do tend to   
   lose population, the cities that have grown like Phoenix and Houston to   
   name two have land to develop still or land to incorporate and add to   
   their population.   
      
   2nd, why the personal attack?   
      
   3rd, as for dirty streets, I don't see garbage stacking up for weeks,   
   and while some blocks don't get weekly cleaning, it probably isn't cost   
   effective for a city to clean every block regularly either.  You   
   apparently missed the Frank Rizzo years where some neighborhoods got   
   rat problems because there was no trash pickup for weeks at a time.   
      
   4th, I suspect as much as some folks on here love Sam Katz that he won't   
   be the breath of fresh air that people want.   
      
   5th, Uh care to comment on what's going on at the Parking Authority if   
   the city is so corrupt?   
      
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