It’s Just a Parking Spot? from Page 45


exceedingly angry. One is smug and self-righteous, the other outraged and highly victimized, and the insults fly. I once watched two average-looking women shriek at


each other over a parking spot in a tight lot. I though themini- van driver was going to jump out and attack the PT Cruiser lady. I found a parking spot myself just then and missed the conclusion of the confrontation. My observing eyes saw both women in the store a few


minutes later, and I wondered if they’d notice each other and begin the scream fest again or pretend amnesia and smile sweetly as they passed the dairy case. I couldn’t exactly follow them around, but I didn’t hear any commotion. I guess they didn’t renew their “discussion.”


The cost Parking is so important that there are people who pay


hundreds of dollars a month for the privilege. Some of us are lucky enough to live in places with high-volume, low-cost parking; others pay through the nose. If my sources are right, we all pay for parking, directly or indirectly,whetherwe like it or not.


The debate As much as we like to park, we don’t want a gigantic


parking structure blocking out the sun and leaving our home


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