Parking in New York City is an expensive pain in the ass. I know, I’ve had a car here for the past 7 years.
Since most city residents don’t have driveways or home garages, keeping a car means you have 2 choices:
1. Park on the street.
2. Pay for a monthly space in a lot.
Ditching your car in the Hudson is only an option for Jimmy Hoffa types.
I know New Yorkers who put their cars in a lot or parking garage. Some of them pay a lot of $$$ for the privilege. Others, walk a half mile or more to a cheaper lot.
I know people – self-included - who make moving their car part of a twice weekly routine. Heading out at night to search for “free street parking” or driving around until a street has been cleaned and they pick any spot.
I also know a few people who park on the street and don’t move their cars. They take the ticket from the city and think of it as their monthly parking expense. In essence, the city streets are parking lot and these folk pay the city (in fines) for the privilege to park on the street.
Why?
As a neighbor who does this told me, parking tickets are cheaper than paying a parking lot.
Interesting.
Could paying a fine actually be cheaper than paying for a monthly parking space? Here’s what I found out.
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By Adam Ferguson
Face it, New York City is the center of the world. It’s time you admitted it to yourself. And now, you can see what street you’d live on if the Manhattan street grid were spread across the globe via ExtendNY.
By Adam Ferguson
I never wanted to leave New York City. Hell, leaving the island of Manhattan to tutor kids in Brooklyn always made me freak out and question the fabric of life itself. And yet, this chick who I’ve been dating for what seems like a goddamn eternity finally got sick of my 191.7 square foot* apartment and said I had to move… to a bigger apartment… outside of Manhattan… outside the state of New York even.
Which is why I now live (back) in Connecticut. Not only have I added over 1,000 square feet to my living space, I also have a view of a harbor, a pool, and a plethora of high school chicks swarming suburbia just waiting to be introduced to a well-cultured man such as myself.
But damn will I miss seeing homeless men crap themselves on the subway.
*Not a lie.
By Adam Ferguson
There are five boroughs in New York City. Most people know of Manhattan and Brooklyn, but there are also … uh … that one with the airports, and those other two. (One might be Westchester?) Whatever, they aren’t “real” New York anyway. But since Manhattan was nice enough to let Brooklyn become part of New York City, there has been a silent Civil War brewing. Mainly because Manhattan is awesome and Brooklyn is like being attacked by fire ants while naked. (Baierman and Johnny may disagree with me as they are both Brooklyn residents.)
Happily, several artists have carried on the vitriol by producing these hilarious posters. (Brooklyn, above, was created by Matt Pisane. Manhattan, below, was created by Jason Campbell Taylor)
And just to stay in the mix, poor little Staten Island (created here) wanted to make sure no one forgot about them. (Which we did, especially as we thought you were part of New Jersey.)
(Via Laughing Squid)
By Adam Ferguson
I don’t consider myself an overly friendly person. But I’m not a dick. (Well, I’m not a dick in person) With my non-dickish persona, I’m usually friendly to my neighbors. I greet them in the vestibule and hallways. I pet their dogs as they walk past. I ask them how their weekends were. General run-of-the-mill New York City neighbor chat. But the people who live directly next to me… the people whose door is pictured above… operate on a whole other level of existence.
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