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Philly's 311 is flooded with "Maintenance Complaint" calls. What's up with that?

Your Philly jawn 311 requests are wild

Listen, youse ever call 311 and wonder if that jawn even does anything? I'm not even gonna hold you, I felt that way sometimes. But we just got the latest report on what folks are actually hitting up 311 for, and it's a whole lot of "Maintenance Complaint." Like, that's not just the top request, that's four of the top five!

### What's Up With All the Maintenance?

It's clear as day: Philly residents are calling about maintenance. That's the main jawn, plain and simple. We're not talking about fancy development projects or big zoning changes this week, 'cause that data is N/A. We're talking about the everyday stuff that makes your block feel like home, or not. The city's getting flooded with these calls, and that tells you a whole lot about what's on people's minds when they look around their neighborhood.

It makes you think, what exactly are these "Maintenance Complaint" calls about? Is it potholes? Streetlights out? Vacant lots that need cleaning up? Whatever it is, it's gotta be the little things that pile up and make you pick up that phone. We gotta keep an eye on how the city addresses this tidal wave of maintenance issues, or nah?

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

Me and the whole squad break down all this Philly jawn every morning—check us live at mornings.live.

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