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to save or not to save (a parking spot)?
After a big snow, typically I'm not one to save the parking space after digging out. In fact, I don't think I've ever done that. But, Kat informed me we may get 12 more inches of snow Wednesday. With freezing temperatures keeping the current snow fall in place, I'm debating whether to try to save my parking spot after I pull out my car. Probably won't but will wish I had.
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Hmm... Interesting. Check
Hmm... Interesting. Check out this photo blog... http://www.sNOwParking.com. If you have any street 'spot saver' photos you'd like to have them post, you can send them to SnowParking [at] gmail [dot] com.
If i dig out i KNOW im gonna
If i dig out i KNOW im gonna have my spot back even if i gotta move the $@(*@&# car myself . And if i can not get my cuz to get here to tow it the car will be BURIED in snow and ice .
i'm more for the argument
i'm more for the argument that your block as a group should agree to shovel or get the spots on their block shoveled. if this happened everywhere there would be no need to save the spot you shoveled because they'd all be shoveled. but i guess the likelihood of that happening is about the same likelihood as people not saving their spots anymore. vicious cycle really...
15s (or even 30s if you want
15s (or even 30s if you want to take about the longest blocks like montgomery between belgrade and thompson) is going to be a fraction of the actual time to respond by the ambulance. going ahead and talk about the illegality or selfishness, but trying to pretend its some big safety issue comes off as unserious.
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With the ice on the roads?
With the ice on the roads? I wont get to the end of the block in 15 seconds. Plus if you were the one that was hurt, wouldn't you want the ambulance to get there 15 seconds earlier?
Maybe I sound like a jerk, but Im just pointing out it could be a safety issue.
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im cool with your position
im cool with your position that no one should ever save a spot, but is 'you might have to turn down the next street to let an ambulance through' really something any of us should be worried about? none of the blocks in the neighborhood are particularly long, it would take what... 15s to drive to end of any block?
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It's interesting watching the evolution of their targets of hate go from black people to "hipsters," both of which are seen as diseases in the urban body.
~Duncan Black, on philly.com commenters.
I say no to saving spots.
I say no to saving spots. While most of Fishtown is residential, the streets, while you may think belong to you, don't, they are for the public. Its a matter of safety, respect, and for the better of society IMHO. See im a believer if we all do our part we can get ahead. Its only when people stop thinking for the greater good, and start thinking for themselves when we start to break down progress.
Think of it this way, you're driving and an ambulance wants to get past you, you see a good spot to pull over, but there's a CHAIR THERE! Now you can't let the ambulance past, so you have to continue driving with the sirens behind you while you look for the next place to turn.
JUST STOP BEING LAZY, DIg your Space and move on. Its ILLEGAL, SELFISH and FRUSTRATING.
I say we also take back our streets. If you see someone reserving a spot, take it back. Its illegal, and maybe people will stop doing the practice.
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the north end italians fared
the north end italians fared a lot better than the west end italians!
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codergrrl wrote:brooke
Lot's of similarities, yes, although when I lived in Boston years ago it was even more deeply Irish than here---pretty much nothing but. That has likely changed somewhat since then.
I lived in the North End at the time---back when it was still pretty much an Italian hood just starting to gentrify. Today, it's obscenely expensive but back then there was still a good mix of incomes. Love it here but I gotta say that was the single coolest neighborhood I ever called home. I miss Boston sometimes---but definitely not the cost of living!
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