RE: [UC] Re: Parking rage (and non-walk shoveling slackers)

[Julia Crane]

We also have a Residential Parking Permit.  It however does not guarantee a parking spot in front of your house.  It only signifies to the parking authority not to ticket your car if it’s parked outside of permitted hours.    I’m sure on street parking has been a problem ever since cars.  It’s a city and suburban issue (in towns like Upper Darby and Lansdowne).  People seem to be very willing to jump into an available spot, especially during inclement weather, whether they’ve shoveled out that spot or not.  Selfish?  Yes, but is it really worth rage?   The old adage “what goes around-comes around” is in force.  There will probably be sometime in your life when you have to park in a spot you didn’t shovel for whatever reason.        From: owner-univcity@list.purple.com [mailto:owner-univcity@list.purple.com] On Behalf Of Robin Gresham-Chin Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 10:37 AM To: univcity@list.purple.com Subject: Re: [UC] Re: Parking rage (and non-walk shoveling slackers)   OK, I wanted to stay out of this but... There are often good reasons for people needing to save parking after a large snow storm. My husband cleaned out my spot. I am unable to. Here is my dilemma. I qualify as handicapped and could have a spot permanently saved for me but out of interest for my neighbors I have chosen not to. We already have one handicap parking space on the block and I know of at least one other person on the block who would qualify. If we all had spaces set aside it would be difficult for others to find a space at all. No one on my block has criticized me for holding my spot during this weather, my neighbors watch me take five minutes to climb the stairs to my house, they understand the situation. I don't know about other blocks but I watch at least three people a day park on our block and walk to the trolly. I assume they are avoiding paying for center city parking and consider West of 40th a secure place to leave their cars. Parking is really tight here and I feel saving my spot for a week instead of year round is better for all of us. So I suggest that we try to think of this block by block. I am sure there are selfish people out there but there are also many like BA Showell and me who are struggling with more than the weather. Robin On Thursday, February 3, 2005, at 07:09 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I find this an interesting topic, especially reading the various opinions about parking. If it is rage, then consider me one of those. As a "senior citizen" who needs to drive (can't ride SEPTA  very often because of medical reasons), and as one who pays to park IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, (Residential Permit Parking--car must be registered to that address) I would be more than furious if someone took my parking spot! (someone did Saturday night, a neighbor's guest, there for a party, and I very politely asked her to move her car , Jersey Tags/Driver. She did, with no hesitation, since she was leaving anyway. I would be interested in knowing why some of you think it is O.K. to park in a spot someone else has dug out? You can't be that "crass". And to think there are "braggers" that delight in destroying someone else's property.....shame, shame...."what is this world coming to?"