Moving to Philly in April, have a couple of questions about living in the city [View all]

[Heddi]

Hi!

so it looks like we'll be living in Manayunk, which is great and I love the little house we'll be renting.

I had heard (read) somewhere that trash & recycling pickup in the city of philadelphia was free, and paid for by the city wage tax. I have looked online and see nothing about rates for garbage pickup, so is this true?

Also, we'll be living in a rowhome and there's no access to the backyard from the front of the house, and there's no alley....what do I do with my trash cans on non-trash days? Do I keep them against the front of the house? Keep them in the back yard and haul them through the house on trash day?

Just some odd things that popped through my mind at 2am....

thanks!

hed

Oh...and what are the grocery store chains out there? In Seattle we have Safeway, Fred Meyer (like a grocery store & target & JC Penny combined...I love it!), QFC....but what places do people shop out there?