XPost: nyc.announce, nyc.general, nyc.politics 
 XPost: nyc.transit 
 From: bolwerk@gmail.com 
  
 Obwon wrote: 
 > But yes,  there are other uses for city streets,  but,  if you live 
 > here and ride subways, busses and public van/jitney service, 
 > that doesn't mean that you shouldn't be able to afford to drive here 
 > when you rent or lease a car.   I know people who are keeping 
 > their cars in garages/parking spaces they rent outside the city. 
 > Still,  when they go get the car,  they still have to come back 
 > into the city to load it for the trip and/or pick up any passengers. 
 > Same thing happens after they return. 
  
 That's nice and utopian and stuff, but I don't see how it could possibly 
 work out. Put simply, most people who can afford to rent or lease a car 
 already probably can't afford to keep it here, which is why they don't 
 rent or lease cars in the first place if they live in the city. 
  
 I'm in that situation you mention above. I keep my car in New Jersey. I 
 rarely need it, but it's there if I want it. It's a small cost to living 
 in the city, as far as I'm concerned. 
  
 Making things as "easy" as possible on drivers really just makes it 
 harder on everyone else, including drivers who actually need to do 
 something productive with their cars and delivery trucks. 
  
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