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Philly, your top 311 request is "Miscellaneous." What is that?!

Your city's 311 service requests are wild.

Listen, Philly, I'm not even gonna hold you. You'd think with everything goin' on, the top 311 requests would be about potholes big enough to swallow a Honda Civic, or maybe, I dunno, people just throwin' their trash wherever. But nope. Turns out, the number one thing youse are callin' about is "Miscellaneous." Straight up, "Miscellaneous." What kinda jawn is that, or nah?

According to the latest civic data I got my hands on, "Miscellaneous" is the big boss of 311 calls. Not just a little bit, but like, by a lot. Makes you wonder what kinda random stuff folks are reporting that doesn't fit into any other category. Is it a squirrel wearing a tiny hat on the Wissahickon Trail? Someone complainin' about the wooder ice flavors at John's? We need answers, people! Also, the "Opioid Response Unit" showing up in the mix tells you a lot about where the city's focus needs to be, but that's another story.

That's the jawn, Philly — we don't do fake out here.

Kee Robinson-Moyer, MiTL Sports Desk, West Philly.

Yo, me and the crew chop it up 'bout this kinda stuff every single mornin' — peep us live at mornings.live.

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