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- alanocu, on 11/11/2009, -2/+45This sounds a lot like parking in Boston, except we call it "pahking." (Don't pahk your cah in Hahvid Yahd) And the first parking space you see will be the last parking space you see. Grab it.
- cstaylor, on 11/12/2009, -0/+25Call my a cynic, but I'm pretty sure that "a/k/a" was both unnecessary and presented incorrectly.
- ScottMcIntyre, on 11/11/2009, -2/+22When in Rome... park like the Romans i.e. all over the place :-@
- spriggig, on 11/11/2009, -4/+22In the morning I pull out of my garage and drive 15 minutes to work in almost no traffic to park in my own space. What's the problem, again? Heh.
- AmyVernon, on 11/12/2009, -0/+17I'll try to do better next time.
- howdareyou, on 11/12/2009, -1/+16Amy Vernon wrote that article? And why exactly isn't this about bacon?
- mp3dog, on 11/12/2009, -4/+18Honestly, I was expecting better. Hardly worth clicking through.
- immatellyouwhat, on 11/12/2009, -3/+16Wow I didn't know Rome was only populated by women!
- MacBookForMe, on 11/11/2009, -1/+12Driving culture in Rome - a clear madness! (yet, everything flows damned fast & noisy in that eternal city)
- veriix, on 11/12/2009, -0/+9avatar/kills/age?
- colinmhayes, on 11/12/2009, -1/+9if it only takes you 3-5 minutes to drive, why the hell do you drive?
- borez, on 11/12/2009, -0/+7Now you're talking Amy.
- Leopards, on 11/12/2009, -0/+6Belgrade Serbia has got that beat by a mile! You will get ticketed for overstaying a minute in a legal parking spot, but park illegally and you can stay all day! The parking police ignore them and the regular police have more important duties to take care of!
- guinpen, on 11/12/2009, -0/+5driving for 5 minutes at 45mph is still a pretty inconvenient distance for walking/biking, not to mention he might actually need to carry things to work and not be a sweaty ***** when he gets there
- Codik, on 11/12/2009, -0/+4Nothing that terrible. I've seen worse in residential parts of NY.
- clippclop, on 11/12/2009, -0/+4Depending on the layout and the number of lights, that's a long walk. I only drive 9 minutes to get to my job, but that is actually a ~2 hour walk and a 25 minute bike ride, assuming optimal weather.
- waspbr, on 11/12/2009, -0/+4this video kinda sums things up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHWBL9_alKs - waspbr, on 11/12/2009, -0/+3agreed, crossing a street in rome as a pedestrian is already an adventure, you just keep walking and the cars go around you. That was the most insane traffic I have ever seen, I really do not need the stress of driving in that city, I already get enough when I drive around Paris.
I am really glad I am living in the Netherlands at the moment, no stress at all. - jaygeeze, on 11/12/2009, -1/+4I'd never drive if I lived in Rome. F that.
- vspazv, on 11/12/2009, -0/+3You also have to realize that many of the streets there were never designed for cars. They have parking spaces outlined on the sidewalk in many places.
Also, Rome has some of the lowest air quality I've ever been through. Not even L.A. screws my head up as bad as Rome did. - Jforsyth89, on 11/12/2009, -0/+3Except in parts of Boston the meter maids circle around like vultures waiting to ticket you. In my old neighborhood, I would see tow trucks roaming around at 5:45 in the morning to find cars to tow exactly at 6:00 AM when the streets became tow zones for street cleaning. Once, I saw a guy get towed at 11:50 AM, long after the street cleaning had ended, because the towing period was officially from 8:00-12:00.
Oh, and if during the street cleaning you moved to a meter instead of residential parking (and you had to, given that half of the residential spots would be unavailable), than you couldn't simply re-feed your meter, or else the meter maids would get you for staying in a spot for longer than two hours. - waydee, on 11/12/2009, -1/+4I've always felt that the British and Germans are quite similar when it comes to driving, we appreciate a bit of order. The French and Italians, in comparison, seem to appreciate absolute chaos.
The Parisian method of parking where they just shunt other cars out of the way left me in disbelief the first time I saw it. - MokaPot, on 11/12/2009, -0/+3I'm italian, I don't live in Rome but I know that when you're downtown, in any major italian city, parking is a do-it-yourself type of situation, if you don't wanna keep driving around the block for ages. Fortuntely I live in a rather new village so we don't have space problems, and I can still drive my suv.
I often listen to the american air force network radio on my car stereo (decent music!), and from time to time they make announcements on how to drive safely in Italy and how to cope with italian traffic.. that always make me laugh a little :D - ChromaVita, on 11/12/2009, -0/+3Or you know... a regular bike with gears that you can actually coast on.
- strictnein, on 11/12/2009, -1/+4Fixies are for hipster morons.
- AmyVernon, on 11/13/2009, -0/+2Actually, I didn't write the headline and have never written a.k.a. as a/k/a - and I also don't put two spaces at the end of sentences. Don't know any journalists who do anymore - gotta use every pica of space available. :-)
- niradg, on 11/12/2009, -0/+2All parking should be market priced. It's time for cities to stop subsidizing driving by providing free and cheap parking. Of course, you'll never hear so-called fiscal conservatives say this.
- YagLana, on 11/12/2009, -1/+3This is why Germans stay out of France/Italy when driving to different countries. You'd notice that in France, every bumper has at least one dent. The roads are especially awful in lots of southern France. German cars are almost always perfect.
- AmyVernon, on 11/11/2009, -2/+4Naples is even more insane, actually.
- aquapete, on 11/12/2009, -0/+2i drive one hour in nyc traffic each way... i hate you people =D
- mnemy, on 11/12/2009, -0/+2That's pretty standard for Europe I think. The cities were built before cars, so the streets aren't big. People park partially on curbs to make up for the lack of room.
- Yez70, on 11/12/2009, -0/+2It takes me 3-5 minutes to drive to work and I can park in the free parking the city provides all downtown visitors and employees.
Maybe you should move? - Aquileria, on 11/12/2009, -0/+2Ironically, Rome, NY has very little parking difficulties!
- morningmatters, on 11/12/2009, -0/+2I think it depends on the neighborhood. In South Boston you can find cars regularly doing double parking, rarely does the police give them a ticket.
The worst place to find parking in Boston is North End IMO. There are also some places like Brookline where you can't park overnight. This is not much of an issue for visitors but those of us who live in Brookline have to pay to get a parking somewhere. - centran, on 11/12/2009, -0/+2unnecessary... probably. I think "Parking In Rome: You Think YOU Have Parking Problems" would have been better.
presentation... a/k/a is the proper professional way to abbreviate also know as. Although, I feel a.k.a has taken over as the common way to abbreviate it. Many people are shortening it even further to aka. All of those ways can be considered correct.
Since Amy is a journalist she has probably been told all through school and by editors to abbreviate "also know as" as a/k/a. Writing it that way has become habit and something difficult to kick. I would bet she still uses two spaces after sentences as that is another writing habit professional writers have a hard time of kicking. - Rudegar, on 11/12/2009, -0/+2would be more fun if all cars were replaced by pogo-sticks!
- meninostongue, on 11/12/2009, -0/+2+1... even walking is an adventure there because of the traffic. I saw an impromptu demonstration block a main road, so drivers simply went the wrong way up a tiny one-way alley to get around it.
- trdrstv, on 11/12/2009, -0/+1London and Paris are pretty bad too. I saw more motorcycles in Paris than anywhere else.
- L0NER, on 11/12/2009, -1/+2Honeymooned in Rome,
dang, the wife got hit by a smart car's side view mirror.
AND another little car ran over her shoe that fell off her feet while she was jumping out of its way.
and this was in little alleys. - J0hnnyBlaze, on 11/12/2009, -0/+1except here you definetly get the ticket.
- waspbr, on 11/12/2009, -1/+2compared to the traffic in rome, the traffic in London is very tidy and pleasant.
- camaroz06, on 11/12/2009, -0/+1I hate parking in Boston (Allston, Brighton, Fenway, etc.). Finally bought a space this year ($125 month) right behind our apartment and its a godsend. I used have wasted 60+ minutes a week trying to find spaces when coming home late at night. And I don't have to dig myself out anymore when it snows. Its great.
- andruzzo, on 11/12/2009, -0/+1You think that's bad? Visit Athens Greece. I usually spend an hour a night going up and down streets in my neighborhood to find a spot I fit in and most times I just leave it on a sidewalk.
- niradg, on 11/12/2009, -0/+1Name a single city where street parking is as expensive as market-priced parking in private lots.
- Codik, on 11/12/2009, -0/+1Hillarious but that guy has very optimistic views of the other EU countries.
- omgTHEPATRIOTS, on 11/12/2009, -0/+1That's why you need a motorbike there! Just be careful on the cobblestones in the rain....
- fretnoize, on 11/12/2009, -0/+1In southy though, if you park in a perfectly valid legal spot, you can end up with a slashed tire, or keyed car for parking in the "wrong spot". The residents feel entitled to the spots outside their homes even though they're not resident only spots. Also, If you value your car's condition or don't have AAA, never EVER move someone's cone or lawn chair marking their spot.
- falconear, on 11/12/2009, -0/+1I was thinking it reminded me of my campus anytime. Overcrowded state college - how a town of 100,000 can have the parking problems of a city of millions.
I remember being forced to park in the faculty spots, in loading areas, at restaurants near campus (who were so serious about it that you sometimes were forced to eat there) and arguing with the old man guarding the visitors lot that I didn't really go to school there. - clippclop, on 11/12/2009, -1/+2This one time I parked in a spot that was second to the edge and the edge was wide open. Some ***** parked really close to me and scratched my car in two different places. Being the bitter ***** that i am, I got in my car and kicked my door open into his car, then i moved a bit and did it again.
Looking back, it would have been more beneficial to just call him out on it and have his insurance pay for the painting, but then i remember how satisfied i was that i both scratched his car AND put unpoppable dents in it. The only thing that would have made it better is if i stuck around to see his reaction to his gigantic dents and scratches. - G-RaZoR, on 11/15/2009, -0/+1Haha... I was in Boston this past summer, and I must agree with you. Parking was the worst! Love the accents though. "Pahk the Cahr, and wahk to the bahr"
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