I hear what you are saying but you are missing my point. When there was no paid
parking on my block, people who didn't want to pay to park by the bw used my
block thus forcing us residents to park a block or more away from our homes.
Now, these same people are avoiding the new pay parking spaces, and using
Bergh, which is where I now want to park because I'm not going to buy a permit
to park on an empty street. I only have my choice of spots if I'm willing to
pay $30, despite the fact that none of those spots are being used. After living
here for 6 years, I know the summer parking routine quite well, and the
scenerio I described is exactly what has happened, that was my point. I don't
see it changing, and I think it was a mistake to over-estimate the potential
for paid parking west of Kingsley.
As for security at my home, it's absurd to consider that I now need to pay $30
to park in a spot visible from my home (or in front of my home) when the entire
street is empty virtually all of the time.
And what's up with an empty sign pole now sitting there for nearly 3 weeks?
I'm not trying to be annoying or frustrate you or anybody, I'm just stating my
observations.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dfsavgny" <dfsavgny@...> wrote:
>
> Believe me I am no picking on you but WTF? You don't like it when visitors
> park by your house and take up all the spots and also don't like it when they
> made the spots metered? Seems like it worked out for you and now you have
> your choice of spots. What is the right amount of cars parked on your block?
> Sounds like a Goldilocks syndrome. I noticed the beach was not that crowded
> last weekend. Give it a chance. The only way you can be happy is if we make
> resident only parking with free permits to residents? I can't see what else
> would solve your problem.
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Hinge" <hinge98@> wrote:
> >
> > If you go down to the 200 block of 1st Ave any day this week and last
> > weekend, what you'll now see is a block of empty, unused parking spaces.
> > And on Sat and Sunday, my predictions were 100% correct. All the 1st Ave.
> > spaces were empty and available, and Bergh was packed wall to wall from AP
> > Ave to 3rd Ave.
> > Meanwhile, the city put a sign pole up 2 weeks ago on the curb in front of
> > my house, and for 2 weeks it stands there without a sign.
> > I'd love to know how much the meter on my block costs, and I bet it will
> > never be paid off based on what my neighbors and I are observing.
> > Another big problem is that I now live on a block that doesn't have cars
> > parked in front of the only 3 houses on the block, making our homes appear
> > to be unoccupied at night. This would help explain the increase of seeing
> > the APPD trying to track down criminals that have been seen around my home.
> > This has now been repeated 3 times in the past 2 weeks.
> > So, why should I pay $30 to have my choice of 100 empty parking spaces that
> > will stay that way for a vast majority of the year? The only time I think
> > we'll ever see people paying for these new spaces is during the handful of
> > Stone Pony summer stage shows.
> > Complete fail in my opinion.
> >
>
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