Post by meshaliuknits on Mar 13, 2018 17:34:48 GMT -5
Every time y'all start talking about shoveling snow it reinforces my decision to never live north or east of my current location as an excellent life choice.
Well I have a car shovel but I’m not shoveling random people’s sidewalks with it! I’m digging out my car and sticking a lawn chair in that hard earned spot! #dibsisreal
Stealing someones dug out spot that is being held by a broken umbrella or random piece of trash is a good way to get your tires slashed. The last storm we had, reports of damaged vehicles were insane. I imagine once the snow stops later tonight, and people are able to shovel out their cars, we will hear more stories.
I'm always so happy to have indoor garage parking on these days.
#dontfuckwithspotsavers
That's a whole OTHER 12 pager. Last time we did this I had a whole quasi scientific hypothesis on the prevelance of dibs and made a scatter plot of city density vs annual snowfall to test it...
Well I have a car shovel but I’m not shoveling random people’s sidewalks with it! I’m digging out my car and sticking a lawn chair in that hard earned spot! #dibsisreal
Stealing someones dug out spot that is being held by a broken umbrella or random piece of trash is a good way to get your tires slashed. The last storm we had, reports of damaged vehicles were insane. I imagine once the snow stops later tonight, and people are able to shovel out their cars, we will hear more stories.
I'm always so happy to have indoor garage parking on these days.
#dontfuckwithspotsavers
Lol I would never slash tires but I would walk by repeatedly and give dirty looks. Which is my equivalent of tire slashing!
I have a garage but the alleys here can be worse than the streets! They never get plowed
Stealing someones dug out spot that is being held by a broken umbrella or random piece of trash is a good way to get your tires slashed. The last storm we had, reports of damaged vehicles were insane. I imagine once the snow stops later tonight, and people are able to shovel out their cars, we will hear more stories.
I'm always so happy to have indoor garage parking on these days.
#dontfuckwithspotsavers
That's a whole OTHER 12 pager. Last time we did this I had a whole quasi scientific hypothesis on the prevelance of dibs and made a scatter plot of city density vs annual snowfall to test it...
This is fantastic. Apparently there was some sort of push to not allow dibs in Chicago recently - like the year I moved here. The entire city laughed and KOKOed.
Every time y'all start talking about shoveling snow it reinforces my decision to never live north or east of my current location as an excellent life choice.
Lol, yes. We've had some extraordinarily snowy winters lately and have shoveled our sidewalk 2-3 times in 5 years of home ownership. Which is 2-3 more times than most of our neighbors have. The only reason we even own a snow shovel is because we used to live in Wisconsin.
Well I have a car shovel but I’m not shoveling random people’s sidewalks with it! I’m digging out my car and sticking a lawn chair in that hard earned spot! #dibsisreal
Stealing someones dug out spot that is being held by a broken umbrella or random piece of trash is a good way to get your tires slashed. The last storm we had, reports of damaged vehicles were insane. I imagine once the snow stops later tonight, and people are able to shovel out their cars, we will hear more stories.
I'm always so happy to have indoor garage parking on these days.
"Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
Stealing someones dug out spot that is being held by a broken umbrella or random piece of trash is a good way to get your tires slashed. The last storm we had, reports of damaged vehicles were insane. I imagine once the snow stops later tonight, and people are able to shovel out their cars, we will hear more stories.
I'm always so happy to have indoor garage parking on these days.
#dontfuckwithspotsavers
Philly PD social media is on this:
They can't even stop people from double parking. They think they're going to stop the south Philly snow chair? Ha.
This parking spot biz is not a problem where I'm from. Here, we'll walk miles to a destination if it means finding a parking spot in the shade during the summer.
This parking spot biz is not a problem where I'm from. Here, we'll walk miles to a destination if it means finding a parking spot in the shade during the summer.
But do you use a sidewalk for all of this walking?
This parking spot biz is not a problem where I'm from. Here, we'll walk miles to a destination if it means finding a parking spot in the shade during the summer.
But do you use a sidewalk for all of this walking?
Nah. Just straight through the parking lot. lol!
Austin is striving to be more pedestrian friendly, though. More sidewalks in more neighborhoods.
Post by alleinesein on Mar 14, 2018 2:21:42 GMT -5
Without! Where I live there aren't many sidewalks and if landowners were forced by the county to put in sidewalks on their private streets there would probably be a few guns waved around in the air. We have a ton of NM/privately owned streets and most of them just have a dirt shoulder where a traditional sidewalk would be. The shoulder provides extra parking because there is no parking at all on the main roads in the neighborhood.
But do you use a sidewalk for all of this walking?
Nah. Just straight through the parking lot. lol!
Austin is striving to be more pedestrian friendly, though. More sidewalks in more neighborhoods.
They'll have to do something about the heat first! My first apartment near the Arboretum was just a mile from the grocery, so I decided to walk one day. Yes, the lack of sidewalks en route was a total PitA, but I nearly collapsed from heat stroke. It was a dumb move.
Years later (and at cooler times of the year), I was living a few miles from work and sharing a car with my XH. If we left work at different times, I'd sometimes try to walk (along 620! This was so long ago that this wasn't a completely batshit idea!) but the driveway out of the office complex was long enough that a colleague would always pass by and offer a ride, since they knew I lived close by. (It eventually reached the point where I'd start walking with the intention of hitching a ride with a coworker!)
But in all seriousness, Austin really does need to step up the sidewalk situation in a lot of places!
Stealing someones dug out spot that is being held by a broken umbrella or random piece of trash is a good way to get your tires slashed. The last storm we had, reports of damaged vehicles were insane. I imagine once the snow stops later tonight, and people are able to shovel out their cars, we will hear more stories.
I'm always so happy to have indoor garage parking on these days.
#dontfuckwithspotsavers
Philly PD social media is on this:
But then everyone in South Philly got really mad and just KOKOed.
wawa speaking of double parking, there's a weird phenomenon of people double parking next to open spots. Like parallel parking is just too difficult when you're only gonna be a minute.
Also, I went to a taco place on Broad a little north of South Street last weekend and was driving, and found parking on 13th. My husband said, "Oh, yeah, you can usually find parking around there." I said, "That is not true, but if I was further south on Broad, I could just park in the median."
Austin is striving to be more pedestrian friendly, though. More sidewalks in more neighborhoods.
They'll have to do something about the heat first! My first apartment near the Arboretum was just a mile from the grocery, so I decided to walk one day. Yes, the lack of sidewalks en route was a total PitA, but I nearly collapsed from heat stroke. It was a dumb move.
Years later (and at cooler times of the year), I was living a few miles from work and sharing a car with my XH. If we left work at different times, I'd sometimes try to walk (along 620! This was so long ago that this wasn't a completely batshit idea!) but the driveway out of the office complex was long enough that a colleague would always pass by and offer a ride, since they knew I lived close by. (It eventually reached the point where I'd start walking with the intention of hitching a ride with a coworker!)
But in all seriousness, Austin really does need to step up the sidewalk situation in a lot of places!
You are for sure making up for the heat with where you live now!
I had the same issues in LA. There are plenty of sidewalks - heat-baked, non-shaded sidewalks, especially in the Valley, where everyone seems to drive.
H and I were talking about our days over dinner last night, and I said, "Oh, thanks to your discussion with your coworkers, I started an eight-page thread on the lady internet about sidewalks." He was impressed.
Austin is striving to be more pedestrian friendly, though. More sidewalks in more neighborhoods.
They'll have to do something about the heat first! My first apartment near the Arboretum was just a mile from the grocery, so I decided to walk one day. Yes, the lack of sidewalks en route was a total PitA, but I nearly collapsed from heat stroke. It was a dumb move.
Years later (and at cooler times of the year), I was living a few miles from work and sharing a car with my XH. If we left work at different times, I'd sometimes try to walk (along 620! This was so long ago that this wasn't a completely batshit idea!) but the driveway out of the office complex was long enough that a colleague would always pass by and offer a ride, since they knew I lived close by. (It eventually reached the point where I'd start walking with the intention of hitching a ride with a coworker!)
But in all seriousness, Austin really does need to step up the sidewalk situation in a lot of places!
I grew up in Fresno, where this was an actual thing we did in science class
Even with the heat, we walked. We walked right across the street to the 7-11 for a slurpee big enough to float in. lol Fresno is part of the reason for my North/East rule.
But then everyone in South Philly got really mad and just KOKOed.
wawa speaking of double parking, there's a weird phenomenon of people double parking next to open spots. Like parallel parking is just too difficult when you're only gonna be a minute.
Also, I went to a taco place on Broad a little north of South Street last weekend and was driving, and found parking on 13th. My husband said, "Oh, yeah, you can usually find parking around there." I said, "That is not true, but if I was further south on Broad, I could just park in the median."
We're at my mom's right now (oh yeah.. hey, I'm in town! No kids. Till Sunday. If you're around... Also redheadbaker) and I cracked up laughing when we were driving through south Philly to her house and we passed a double parked car next to an empty spot. And then had to tell mh about this thread.
I'd actually guess that there was a car there and they left after the double Parker parked. By driving on the sidewalk. As one does.
Of course I want sidewalks. I don't just want sidewalks, I want a walkable community, which means mixed-use streets or at least commercial property not too far away from residential. I don't want a "walkable" community with no sidewalks and no traffic where you can't walk to anything but the neighboring houses. No! I'm trying to live in a society, here. TBH, most of my front yard is sidewalk.
There's a development of million+ dollar homes going up a few miles from me and I was interested to see they'll have sidewalks, even though you won't really be able to walk to anything yet. Except maybe a recreational trail, which is nice.
Also, I run into my mayor at the grocery co-op and theater all the time, and I know where she lives, and I also have her email address.
In theory, we wouldn't need sidewalks, since streets are for everyone. EVERYONE. And bikes, pedestrians and even cars (I guess) could co-exist in harmony. But as it is, sidewalks, protected bike lanes, and travel lanes all segregated out (though anyone can use the generic travel lanes) is the safest option. wawa you probably know a lot about that kind of stuff.
this is a huge topic of debate in my world. Certian people are trying very hard to bring back the shared streets. the hot term is Woonerfs. thank you Dutch people. Whatever you want to call them, it's streets where cars aren't #1. They're making progress, but it's a thing you see in like hot infill shared use development, so it's not about to come to a residential subdivision 40 minutes outside of a major city anytime soon. But even beyond that it's such a hard sell in the US where people who drive cars think that the streets belong to them, that they have a right to minimum delay and maximum speed, so it just doesn't feel SAFE not to keep everybody in their own lane. We have too many places that should be quiet shared streets and are instead designed as high speed roadways.
So like...this - this is a hard hard sell. But does that guy need a sidewalk? nope.
My biggest homebuying regret with our house is no sidewalks and no connection sidewalks. I'm in a township one block from city limits (i.e. sidewalks), but the only way to get there is to walk down the side of a four lane road. My daughter's elementary is a half mile away, but again, down the four lane road. I hate not having sidewalks.