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NonIdentifiableUser t1_j6olszx wrote

Reply to comment by SouthPhilly_215 in This is why you don't park like an asshole. As if the sanitation workers don't have enough to deal with. They tried for 20 minutes and gave up. Now this entire block has trash sitting here until next time. by Adventurous_Key3647

This would just encourage more assholes to hoard more cars they don’t drive, or to continue to purchase unnecessarily large vehicles, both of which are a huge part of the issue.

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heatherplants t1_j6p9xdb wrote

I wish they would start towing abandoned/never used cars! There are at least two on my block and one is a gargantuan old Lincoln that takes up two spots, which often translates into four spots when dicks park super far away from it but not far enough away that even a small car such as mine can fit in. Also I wish work trucks weren’t allowed overnight parking on my block. That would clear up a lot of spots and there would be less intersection and sidewalk parking. I know that some of my neighbors have two cars plus a work vehicle. It’s ridiculous.

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DisciplineShot2872 t1_j6pe16g wrote

Only two? There are four, if not five, on my block! At the moment, there's still enough parking but several homes are being rehabbed right now. If they don't have rear parking the pressure is going to increase soon.

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heatherplants t1_j6phpsr wrote

At least 2. I’m sure there are more but I haven’t obsessively observed every single car within a block of my house. Plus there’s one “work truck” that the self proclaimed mayor of my block had parked in front of my house for months until he moved it a few doors down in front of his house months ago and clearly isn’t used for any work. It hasn’t moved since then. I’m over it.

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DisciplineShot2872 t1_j6phzms wrote

That sucks! I walk my dog twice a day, and there's only parking on one side, so I've gotten pretty familiar with them over the last year. It started with the one right next to mine, and I started actively looking after that. All four tires being flat is a dead giveaway.

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heatherplants t1_j6pjgpn wrote

Yeah there was one car at the end of my long block (a spot which I’d happily take after a hard day of work) that was literally on a jack for months. The tire was eventually changed and it hasn’t moved for more months.

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SouthPhilly_215 t1_j6p4sd7 wrote

Well the reality is, more than half of the people who bike or scooter to work from time to time call Ubers or drive when the weather is not to their liking. The number of die hard brave the weather types is not a large enough percentage of existing population. Its hit a ceiling. I frankly don’t blame people who don’t wanna show up at the office wet or overly perspired.. Or don’t wanna deal with sleet, ice, snow, etc..

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