Don't blame just street. Some of the worst Harrisburg offenders to Philadelphia are the Philadelphia delegation themselves.

If people really cared about how Harrisburg thought about us, they would stop repeatedly voting for the same reps we send to them.

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Last week I had to file a complaint to CLIP about a mountain of trash and debris that was left by............CLIP. They came out to clean up a vacant property, the yard, cut the grass etc and left behind a huge pile of trash that sat there for about 5 days with a couple days of rain, including at least one heavy downpour during the time it sat there. I think the underlying point is the mindest of most of our residents(and city employees) dont give a damn.

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Actually, there are cities all around the nation where the schools are better, the murder rate is much lower and the streets aren't trashed.

I don't see how fixing any one of those would hurt fixing the others.

I think this is part of Nutter's point too about the "inferiority complex". We need to hold others accountable for their actions and I get the sense that, historically, Philadelphians don't do this. Yes, sometimes that means going to the trouble of picking up the phone (sometimes numerous times) and making calls even though the "offender" (be it individual, group, agency, etc.) should have taken care of it in the first place. My hope is that once enough people send the message that they are paying attention and aren't going to let it go, the situation you describe is less likely to occur. I've seen it on my own block--things improve when it's clear that the people affected aren't going going to tolerate any nonsense. We need to raise the bar and know that we're worth the effort. I feel really confident in Nutter's ability to raise the bar, but of course lasting change will be years in the making.

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The problems are not mutually exclusive.

Furthermore, we now have a fair body of evidence that backs up the famous "broken window theory" first put forth by ex-Harvard, now-UCLA political scientist James Q. Wilson.

1) unless the climate changes in Harrisburg, some of the most important steps we can take to do this are beyond our power.
2) Former Superintendent Paul Vallas has been doing this, and as far as I can tell, his successor intends to continue shrinking the size and increasing the number of Philadelphia high schools.
3) Both mayoral candidates have pledged to make this a top priority. What Nutter told the AP reporter doesn't change that.

You're out of work and need a job right away.

Do you not cut your hair and keep yourself and your clothes clean because you haven't gotten a job? If you do, the chances of your getting the job soon go down dramatically.

Think of the streets as our municipal dress and grooming.

This is not an either/or proposition. It's a both/and.

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It is true. Many people will modify thier behavior to the environmnent. Not all... some people are just filthy slobs but many people will respond to a cleaner environmet.

This is why the clean and green programs worked. People are less likely to short dump on a piece of land that looks cared for and is mowed and has trees rather than on an overgrown lot full of debris. Likewise if a street is full of litter an individual will be more likely to drop that chip bag. If all the other buildings in a neighborhood are run down why fix yours.

Beautiful analogy!