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off trespassers, kick the neighborhood dogs as they go by, and wave off any children on bikes. And how do you landscape around such a plot of land?


Golden statues, champagne fountains, money trees?What about upkeep? It’s not as if you could take a regular old garden hose and spray off the inevitable soot and dirt. Perhaps it would require the hiring of a specialized parking-


spot cleaning crew that would arrive once a week with imported mineral water, silken shammies, and a special concrete polish made from caviar and the earwax of a thousand tiny minks. The crew would have to wear booties over their shoes, of course, and leave a trail of rose petals, or loose diamonds, behind them. If you have the funds and are prepared to drive a $150,000


car and park in a $300,000 parking space in front of your $2.5 million condo, there seems to be a dangerous precedent.What’s next? Bottled water for $1,000, a frozen yogurt for $10,000 and new shoes for $80,000? I’d like to knowwhat it feels like to park in a $300,000 park-


ing spot. It’s probably notmuch different fromparking in front of my house or at the grocery store. Pull in, turn off the engine, get out, go inside.There will still be rain, wind, dust and bird poop. Maybe I’mjust envious, but I’ll consider that laterwhen I’ve


finished thinking about all the things I could buy with that kind ofmoney.


Melissa Bean Sterzick is PT’s amateur parker and proofreader. She can be reached at Melissa@parkingtoday.com.


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