mrcolinp t1_j63wxr6 wrote
Reply to comment by YoYoMoMa in Does the Avenue in Hampden need more parking? by Ghoghogol
I walk by Wine Source frequently and am constantly seeing a line of cars waiting to park in the lot while there are multiple open street parking spaces not a block away
YoYoMoMa t1_j63xcs1 wrote
Sure but that doesn't really solve anything, right? Some people don't feel comfortable street parking. And also some people buy a ton of heavy shit from liquor stores and need/want to park close.
I am pro less parking in general, but a liquor store seems like one of the places that needs a lot of parking.
mrcolinp t1_j63zfz0 wrote
People who don’t want to do street parking can go to one of the many liquor stores that don’t require it. They’re already in a car. For people that are willing to park on the street, Wine Source has shopping carts and helpful staff that will help you to your car. I don’t want my neighborhood to become a parking lot.
gothaggis t1_j644ruv wrote
there are so many other options. Too heavy? Make multiple trips! I like the wine source and live far enough away that I drive. Sometimes I have to park 2 or 3 blocks away, but its never a big deal.
YoYoMoMa t1_j646znm wrote
>People who don’t want to do street parking can go to one of the many liquor stores that don’t require it.
Yeah I would love for you to explain that to the wine source (and to the people waiting for parking).
My point is, you can wish and want all you choose, but people want to go to the wine source in a car and want to park in an accessible lot. And the store itself wants this too. Any solution is going to have to factor this in.
mrcolinp t1_j649nng wrote
Sounds like we're talking about two different things. I'm talking about what's best for the neighborhood, and you're talking about what's actually going to happen. I agree with you that this nonsense will happen!
YoYoMoMa t1_j64a4v5 wrote
I don't see how getting rid of the extra parking for the wine source would be good for the neighborhood. The spot right out in front of the wine source is already a cluster at busy times, and I cannot imagine the people that live around there being thrilled about losing more parking spots to non residents.
mrcolinp t1_j64d6t2 wrote
I don't have to imagine because I am who you're speculating about--a person who couldn't live much closer to Wine Source, telling you what doesn't in fact thrill me.
YoYoMoMa t1_j64dcyr wrote
Right. You are one person. I am asking you to for one second imagine what other people might think.
mrcolinp t1_j64dxll wrote
That's another thing I don't have to imagine about--I know and speak to my neighbors, and have looked around this comment section. Opinions about the idea are mixed at best.
Mildred_RatchedRN t1_j6axxju wrote
Yep. Torpedoing a viable business isn't good for the neighborhood.
TerranceBaggz t1_j657gt6 wrote
Not if people show up to public meetings and zoning board hearings in numbers and oppose it.
TerranceBaggz t1_j657by8 wrote
So a business’ wants and needs (need is a stretch here) Trump the hood of the neighborhood and city as a whole?
YoYoMoMa t1_j65j6be wrote
Not at all. I can easily imagine that people don't want even more people taking their parking spots and jamming up traffic Trying to get to the wine source.
TerranceBaggz t1_j65lzyn wrote
If we want this city to stop losing residents and maybe one day thrive, we have to stop looking at transit as cars and parking. It’s really, really harmful. Plenty of people around Hamden don’t drive and don’t want space dedicated to cars going in.
TerranceBaggz t1_j6571kw wrote
The liquor store could spend far less money hiring young people to dolly people’s orders out To their street spot than it would cost for them to demolish a building and build a parking lot. It also wouldn’t have the huge detrimental effect on the neighborhood.
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