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Re:Philly Wisper by youdontknowtho on Monday June 10, 2019 @09:54AM (#20146732)
"East Kensington start-up"...I thought that was code for "crack house" or "junky graveyard".

I kid, I kid. Best of luck to them. That area could really use some success stories.

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Re:Philly Wisper by JimiofEden on Monday June 10, 2019 @10:52AM (#20147268)
About 10-20 years ago, you'd be completely correct.

But that area has underwent some of the craziest transformations I've seen in a long time recently. Not exactly gentrified, but certainly more accepting of literally everyone.

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Re:Philly Wisper by peterwwillis on Monday June 10, 2019 @03:16PM (#20149816)
Nobody pays a mil-plus for a building of 3-story condos on a former crack block unless it's gentrified. Northeast Philly is the new Williamsburg.
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Re:Philly Wisper by sman393 on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @10:22AM (#20155641)
"Northeast Philly is the new Williamsburg"

That's a bit of a stretch...

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