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A galvanized group of Society Hill residents secured over $35,000 to hire a private security guard to patrol a swath of the neighborhood from 7:30 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. on weekends during the summer.Society Hill is one of the city’s wealthiest neighborhoods, a historic enclave wedged between Old City and South Street.
The goal is to prevent violent crime, deter homelessness, drug use, and petty theft that residents said are plaguing the neighborhood.: “In Society Hill, there’s always been a sense that there’s been this kind of imaginary gate around it. There’s almost like this feel of a gated community, but it’s not,” said Joe Dain, 50, cofounder of the Delancey Square Town Watch.Not everyone is on board.
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