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> Parker has also made clear she wants the city’s return-to-office plan to be a model for private-sector employers, part of her effort to make a more economical
by otter-in-a-suit 2y ago
> Parker has also made clear she wants the city’s return-to-office plan to be a model for private-sector employers, part of her effort to make a more economically vibrant Philadelphia.
At least they're being honest (as honest as a politician can be, I suppose) about what this is really about - a stimulus package for downtown businesses and landlords.
For an additional layer of irony, apparently she said during her campaign, quote "I'm uniquely prepared to make the city the safest, cleanest, greenest big city in the nation with access to economic opportunity for all". I fail to see how forcing people to commute (public transport or not) achieves anything but the opposite, but perhaps I just don't see the genius in that.
- RestlessMind 2y ago"Greenest" should be fairly obvious, no? Dense cities have the lowest carbon footprint per capita. See the chart in this article: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/its-not-just-cities-suburbs-and-exurbs-need-to-adopt-and-implement-climate-plans-too/ https://www.brookings.edu/articles/its-not-just-cities-subur... And while commuting might account for some fraction of the added footprint, larger houses mean more heating/cooling and larger sprawl means someone is driving to deliver daily essentials (grocery, gas, medicines, teaching, cleaners etc).
- tivert 2y ago> "Greenest" should be fairly obvious, no? Dense cities have the lowest carbon footprint per capita. Who cares? In the real world, the sprawl already exists. Forcing RTO re-introduces commuting that had been eliminated; it's not green at all.
- chucksta 2y agoThey also need to keep the cities wage tax up its a huge source of income for Philly https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/10-cities-with-the-highest-tax-rates https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/10-cities-with-the-highest-t... (Its #2)