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[deleted] t1_j3ekjhn wrote

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Ng3me t1_j3elrxd wrote

Yeah the Vikings won and there’s a tradition of the losing brigades serenading the winners. The Vikings usually win and most years it’s a calmer thing focused more on the performances but this year was a complete shit show. Assholes pissing all over the neighborhood. Fuck the Mummers.

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[deleted] t1_j3enngo wrote

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Ng3me t1_j3eqsro wrote

Sips, Dinner en Blanc, Naked Bike Ride, and MIA are not for me but fine. Grown men pissing on my block is less fine. The Vikings celebration is usually decent but this year was a disaster.

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292ll t1_j3gn2td wrote

It’s also interesting that the Mummers, Dinner en Blanc, and the Naked Bike Ride each have entirely different groups of people.

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crispydukes t1_j3lyo3h wrote

>The problem with the mummers is half the comic brigades shit all over the lawlessness in Philly and then get drunk in public and piss in the streets.

You didn't see the pickup truck with the "thin blue line" flag and Punisher stickers going 80 across the Ben Franklin Bridge?

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pasnow t1_j3hmksf wrote

shutting down of MLK Drive on weekends for bikers/runners still ok?

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Bikrdude t1_j3jbfxj wrote

Should never have reopened. Philly fitness went up 50% when it was closed

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jedilips t1_j3gz5vy wrote

> This sub really hates people having fun lol

It's more about hating things that are major intrusions into other peoples' lives. All of these events are huge headaches for people who don't want to deal with them and are hard to ignore.

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afdc92 t1_j3hv7hy wrote

I don’t see any of these as major intrusions except for MIA and that’s only because I live a couple blocks from the art museum, and really the most annoying thing about it is that the parkway is blocked and it’s harder to get into Center City. I do think there’s a difference when there’s a lot of drunken debauchery happening (people urinating and throwing up in public, fights breaking out, anything that puts the public in danger like the ATV and dirt bike riders that don’t pay attention to road rules and are loud AF at all hours). I used to live above a bar and I detested St. Patrick’s Day when the Erin Express would come through and bring loads of loud, drunken idiots and I can see how people who live along the Mummers parade route would get pissed for the same reason.

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CerealJello t1_j3grmvp wrote

I think it's been calmer the last few years because of covid. I recall them winning around 2017 or 2018 and it was about on this level.

At least they brought in street sweepers around 8PM right after they wrapped up. They had a crew out there cleaning for a few hours.

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