12-20-2006, 09:00 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Street Parking (rant)
Why do people insist on parking on the street? It does nothing but clutter the roads. I am in McKenzie Towne and the bylaw states that home owners are to have 2 parking spots at the back. Yet if you walk through the alley at least half of the spots behind the houses are empty and they have their cars out front. Or better yet I've seen some people put a garage out back and still park out front. There are several residential roads in my area that two cars can not drive through simultaneously because of cars parked on both sides. So it becomes a tedious process to get down some of the roads because I'll have to pull over to the curb, if there is nobody parked there, or very close to a parked car, so someone else can squeeze through, and then it's my turn. Anyone else having this problem in their neighborhood?
Edit: It also makes it difficult when you get to an intersection because generally you can't see if cars are coming.
Last edited by shane_c; 12-20-2006 at 02:46 PM.
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12-20-2006, 09:09 AM
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#2
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Franchise Player
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McKenzie Towne is like a can of sardines. I thought you couldn't park in an alley overnight?
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12-20-2006, 09:27 AM
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#3
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Boxed-in
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I tried parking in a tree once, but it just ****ed off the robins who were nesting there. There's a pond down at the end of my street...I might try that one next.
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12-20-2006, 09:32 AM
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#4
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fotze
Boo hoo, at least you don't have people who live in other neighborhoods (like Mackenzie Town) park in front of your house illegally so they can walk to downtown because they know they will only get a small ticket once every month.
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Agreed.
The way to get rid of them is call the parkin authority at about 11am about them, before that take a white piece of chalk and mark their tires.
They wont park near you anymore.
MYK
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12-20-2006, 09:37 AM
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#5
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Retired
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I park on the street because my apartment complex doesn't have enough parking spaces.
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12-20-2006, 09:37 AM
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#6
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Calgary
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Wow, it sounds like they've finally succeeded in bringing in all of the European essence into McKenzie Towne -- including an abundance of cars parked everywhere, rendering the streets useless.
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12-20-2006, 09:42 AM
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#7
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ironhorse
Wow, it sounds like they've finally succeeded in bringing in all of the European essence into McKenzie Towne -- including an abundance of cars parked everywhere, rendering the streets useless.
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sounds like Philadelphia. If it isn't a sidewalk, there's a car parked there guaranteed.
We don't have a parking problem on our street as there's barely enough room for one car in front of most people's homes.
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12-20-2006, 12:31 PM
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#8
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Sector 7-G
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It's always amazed me as to the number of people that actually don't park in the garage - instead choosing to turn it into their own personal warehouse o' stuff.
Raise it through your community association, perhaps they can do something.
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12-20-2006, 01:10 PM
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#9
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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Just because they build a garage, doesn't mean they have to put the cars in it.
Workshops, storage... etc.
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12-20-2006, 02:13 PM
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#10
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Franchise Player
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My single detached garage is used to store my tent trailer. I like parking on the street anyways, it's closer to the front door.
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12-20-2006, 02:45 PM
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#11
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Burninator
McKenzie Towne is like a can of sardines. I thought you couldn't park in an alley overnight?
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No, behind each house there is parking for 2 vehicles.
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12-20-2006, 02:51 PM
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#12
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: CALGARY
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My street parking pet peeve is when my neighbours park in front of my house instead of their own - when there is plenty of open space in front of their house. One of my neighbours consistently parked with one wheel on my grass until I went postal on her.
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12-20-2006, 06:21 PM
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#13
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Slightly right of left of center
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I live in Mactown and I take the spot in front of my house cause it is closer to my door then the back park pad (I'm lazy) and there is really no law against it. Also a neighbour two doors down has five cars and only puts one in his garage, so I take the spot in front of my house when I can so he won't steal it (cause he has left he car in front of my house for long peroids of time). I also park there so my guest at least have a parking spot in the back because there is no parking in the evening
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12-20-2006, 06:26 PM
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#14
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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Those condos that went up sure put a strain on finding parking too
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12-20-2006, 06:58 PM
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#15
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: 30 minutes from the Red Mile
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I love reserved underground parking
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