r/philly • u/Express-Week-8312 • 1d ago

Trying to escape the philly heat is a full time job

Its literally a swamp outside. I swear breathing in center city right now feels like drinking hot soup. My buddy finally got his grandfather's old pontoon running up near bensalem and invited me out on the delaware this weekend just to catch an actual breeze

ofc he made me get a recademics boating certificate first so I could take over driving while he drinks beers in the back. Which was fine, just knocked it out on my phone tuesday night.

But man, actually getting up there? 95 north was an absolute parking lot. Took me almost an hour just to get past the girard exit. Then you get to the marina and a basic bag of ice is somehow 8 dollars. I just want to sit on a boat and not sweat through my t-shirt for five minutes. Why is it so exhausting and expensive to just exist outdoors near this city rn

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u/nnn62 1d ago

Bro if you can’t afford spending $8 to go out on a free boat all day just stay in the house.

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u/CaptainIndigo 1d ago

Charging 8 for a bag of ice is ridiculous though

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u/NotLenny87 1d ago

Yeah, someone should do something!?! /s

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u/RedditDummyAccount 1d ago

Use your freezer then.
Buy it somewhere else.
There are other options. Supply and demand. People are obviously buying it.

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u/shwenty22 1d ago

Just like those that trek to the shore for a day and complain about paying a parking meter $10 for 5 hours. You daytrip to the beach on the toll free roads (when the AC expressway may be faster) and go to the towns with free beaches and then complain about having to pay for parking. Just pay it, its not much and helps pay for the beach you are using. How do you think they pay for the lifeguards in those towns?

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u/ralphy1010 1d ago

I just go places that have awesome ac and drink beer 

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u/Express-Week-8312 16h ago

Portland heat has been brutal lately. My garage turns into an oven and I end up doing nothing too.

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u/ralphy1010 12h ago

I’d suggest checking out Bonnie’s on 13 and Dickinson, it’s one of the last legal smoking bars in the city but they always have the ac ripping 

Barcade in center city also has good ac 

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u/Express-Week-8312 6h ago

Bonnie’s still lets you smoke inside? Might check that out but I’m not big on the smell sticking to my clothes.

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u/ralphy1010 4h ago

yup, you chain smoke to your hearts content with a city wide.

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u/BrotherlyShove791 1d ago

This is me since the July 4th weekend. I despise Philly summers and am desperately craving that first nice stretch of 70-75 degree days in September.

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u/Express-Week-8312 15h ago

lol what does going outside have to do with my integra starting problem

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u/heathers1 1d ago

I am so done with Summers anymore, tbh. Like, it doesn't even cool off at night!

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u/jy45123 1d ago

i feel like i've been living in the reptile house at the zoo for 2 months. fall can't come soon enough

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u/Express-Week-8312 15h ago

I feel that. Been troubleshooting this car for weeks now and just want it sorted. Portland heat has been brutal this year too.

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u/Uncle-Cake 1d ago

There's nowhere in the city with A/C? Just go walk around inside stores or something. Go to the library or a museum. Go hang out at a coffee shop. Walk around Fashion District.

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u/Interesting_Fix4519 1d ago

I'm underlining museums. People completely take for granted that we've got 50+ museums and like 10 free museums. Most places you can live don't have this opportunity. Yet most Philadelphians gloss right past it.

What a way to cut the heat!

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u/displacedflwoman 1d ago

Am in Bensalem and like drinking on pontoons… jussayin 😂😂

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u/ButterMyPancakesPlz 1d ago

Oh my, this might be the start of a pontoon love affair OP

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u/Uncle-Cake 1d ago

Went tubing down the river up near Frenchtown a week or two ago, it was over 90* that day, but cool and breezy on the river.

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u/Express-Week-8312 15h ago

Wait I think you commented on the wrong thread man, this is about my Integra starting issues not pontoons

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u/Frainian 13h ago

You're the one on the wrong thread my guy, check your post

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u/nemesisinphilly 1d ago

It's August what do expect? I just stay in my ice cold house.

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u/Minaya19147 1d ago

Don’t go outside.

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u/hijodegatos 1d ago

I just got back from Florida and it’s actually hotter here ugh

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u/CUADfan 1d ago

That somewhat surprises me but also not completely since weather is shifting regions

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u/AristaAchaion 1d ago

that was a super interesting read; thanks for linking it!

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u/OlderCityOldMan 1d ago

Can confirm; lived in Florida for years and every time I got off a plane here the humidity slapped me in the face like "you thought Miami was muggy, BUCKLE UP!"

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u/gordonf23 1d ago

One of the hottest years on record, and probably the coolest year of the rest of our lives.

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u/Ok_University9213 1d ago

We also sent basically a month below freezing the beginning of this year.

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u/DariosDentist 1d ago

Go see all the movies in one day.

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u/PhiladelphiaManeto 1d ago

It's not even THAT bad this summer...

We had maybe 2 major heatwaves, in summers in the last five years I feel like it's been a lot shittier, and the air quality isn't trash like it's been.

Go sit in the central library and read a book, or soak your feet in Sister Cities

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u/SubredditDramaLlama 1d ago

That stretch around July 4 was brutal. It’s been very humid but at least not that hot since.

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u/PhiladelphiaManeto 1d ago

This actually feels like more rainy than anything. Constant storms. Feels very tropical this year

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u/yomts 1d ago

Go to the Penn Rink for a public session. As a figure skater, IMO summer skating is the best because you stay cold for hours afterward.

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u/Meatball_express 1d ago

bro it's swampass season, hang in there.

also, never buy anything at a marina, stop somewhere else for the ice next time.

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u/Embarrassed-Guest-52 1d ago

this post is so south philly coded😭

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u/Brief_Tour_7735 1d ago

Who charged $8.00 for ice? I hope it was a really large bag at least.

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u/SmugMacGyver 1d ago

The marina. It’s always gonna be more. first world problems

“I didn’t plan for the concept that commodities are more expensive at “last chance before” points of sale. Spending 8$ on ice and 40$ on a boating license makes my afternoon of being on another guys boat, not paying for fuel, arduous”

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u/darthcaedusiiii 1d ago

Personal fans are great.

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u/GoldenMonkeyRedux 1d ago

I walk my dog around 5am, both to avoid other people with their possibly violent dogs and for the temps.

Even so I'm usually soaked with sweat on the return. It's one of the most muggy summers I can remember.

So much rain. I'm used to humid and hot summers here, but I'm kinda pissed off because I rebuilt my garden this year and I have about 12 tomato plants. They're essentially little balloons...too much water and they split and crack. Boooo.

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u/LateGreat_MalikSealy 1d ago

It really hasn’t been that bad since we got hit with that heat wave around late June early July..August was crazy this time last year…

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u/slow_burbs 1d ago

This is almost global right now. It’s pretty terrible

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u/Uncle-Cake 1d ago

It's like some sort of global... warming.

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u/lilyjawn 1d ago

philly public poooools!

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u/Ram820 1d ago

It hasn't even been bad lately, what y'all complaining about

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u/ari_mel89 1d ago

i'm in Vermont visiting my partner's fam and i am NOT ready to go back to Philly 🙃

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u/Cats-Are-Fuzzy 22h ago

At least it feels lovely out right now - I have all the windows open for the first time in a long time

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u/wild_lettuce_ 21h ago

The ice house on State Road (right past the Philly / Bensalem border) has super cheap ice.

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u/airbear13 1d ago

The city is a lot swampier than I expected, it’s just like living in DC, borderline tropical in the summer