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throwawaythedo t1_jedwokf wrote

Reply to Idk what’s gotten into the PPA recently, but they’re kind of crushing it by RoverTheMonster

I hope they can nail the fuck faces that park IN broad street.

Are you that person (not you, OP, just in general)? Can I ask you why you believe that YOU are so special that you don’t have to look for parking, but everyone else does? Do you think your convenience outweighs the traffic safety of all the drivers, bikers, and pedestrians on Broad street?

I hate circling for parking too. Especially if I’m “just running in real quick”. My real quick though is at least a minute and in that minute several accidents could have happened. So, no, it’s not “just a sec”.

This has always been a problem in Philly, but in the last few years, it has gotten to the point where Broad street is becoming more of a parking lot than a street.

Why? Have people gotten more selfish, less patient since Covid? And why? I understand that we spent a good portion of those years in lock down only really having to answer to ourselves, but is it that easy to undo basic consideration for others that was once expected from your fellow human? Perhaps they’ve always been that way and are learning that they can get away with it with impunity. Idk. Thanks for letting me vent.

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MightyMudBone t1_jedqzaf wrote

Reply to comment by diatriose in Idk what’s gotten into the PPA recently, but they’re kind of crushing it by RoverTheMonster

I live in West Philly, and on my 2 mile commute to Penn, I regularly pass 10+ double parked cars. Often they are parked in front of massive, empty spots. It's fucking bullshit.

I suspect (though can't back it up) that most of these people are working. Whether they are ride share drivers or delivery drivers. And I'm sure they are incentivized by the shitty corporations that subcontracted them to go as fast as humanly possible. Which is bullshit. But some of them are definitely just regular lazy assholes who are pathologically self centered.

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