Parking tickets are dumb.

[Prelewd]

I pulled up on a cop writing me a parking ticket once. He was an asshole. Drove up and down the entire street writing people up for stupid shit. Not even a main road. Just some off residential street. It was pathetic. It happened twice.

Maybe I should just do 30 dollars worth of damage to something the city owns.. since I paid for it.

It's just another form of taxation.

[boingo82]

Man, you guys need to either move to smaller towns, or move to VEGAS, baby!! All the parking you could want, FREE, all the time!!! It doesn't get any better than that. (Actually, the one place you have to pay to park in Vegas is the courthouse, for getting marriage licenses. It's like $6 an hour or something, but everywhere else is FREE!!!)

Paying for parking is just another way you pay for the higher wages, better entertainment, better shopping, etc. for living in a big city. You don't want the tickets, you gotta let go of the benefits.

[HogieGT-R]

Originally Posted by boingo82

You don't want the tickets, you gotta let go of the benefits.

or get a Metro Pass so you can ride public transportation everywhere

[Prelewd]

I normally live in a town of 36,000.
Right now, I live in a town of 8,000.

Both are fairly small.

[boingo82]

Originally Posted by Prelewd

I normally live in a town of 36,000.
Right now, I live in a town of 8,000.

Both are fairly small.

But you're in the Seattle area, yes? What's your county population?

I wanted to move there, until I visited and had to pay for parking to go shopping!!! That's nuts!

[Prelewd]

Originally Posted by boingo82

But you're in the Seattle area, yes? What's your county population?

I wanted to move there, until I visited and had to pay for parking to go shopping!!! That's nuts!

It was about 1.7 million in 2000. Due to the increased number of people I have noticed moving here, I would say it's close to 2 mil now, if not more. The county is huge though.

The only place you really have to pay for parking is seattle, and that's deep in the city. Maybe bellevue in some places as well. It's not a bad place if you like traffic and rain (i am tired of it). I personally think there are better places to live, but if you want to go join the rat race.. by all means.

Where are you moving from?

[boingo82]

Originally Posted by Prelewd

It was about 1.7 million in 2000. Due to the increased number of people I have noticed moving here, I would say it's close to 2 mil now, if not more. The county is huge though.

The only place you really have to pay for parking is seattle, and that's deep in the city. Maybe bellevue in some places as well. It's not a bad place if you like traffic and rain (i am tired of it). I personally think there are better places to live, but if you want to go join the rat race.. by all means.

Where are you moving from?

Not moving now, we bought a house here. But I'm in St. George, UT, where summer temps top 115º regularly and it rains maybe 7 days a year. Our county pop is 100k, most of that is connected so it's one city as far as I'm concerned.
I visited Seattle a year ago Oct., and loved it. Beautiful area, loved the architecture, loved the art, love the higher wages. But housing is expensive, parking cost money, crime is higher, and I like living within an hour of my family.
I didn't think the traffic was that bad. At least you have more options than just driving, if you're in the city.
Oh and the car theft stats scared me. Readers Digest published a list of the top 10 cities for car theft - 4 of them were in the Seattle area. That's because it's not hooligans-steal-the-car-and-joyride car theft, but take-it-and-ship-it-overseas-in-an-hour car theft.

[Prelewd]

Originally Posted by boingo82

Not moving now, we bought a house here. But I'm in St. George, UT, where summer temps top 115º regularly and it rains maybe 7 days a year. Our county pop is 100k, most of that is connected so it's one city as far as I'm concerned.
I visited Seattle a year ago Oct., and loved it. Beautiful area, loved the architecture, loved the art, love the higher wages. But housing is expensive, parking cost money, crime is higher, and I like living within an hour of my family.
I didn't think the traffic was that bad. At least you have more options than just driving, if you're in the city.
Oh and the car theft stats scared me. Readers Digest published a list of the top 10 cities for car theft - 4 of them were in the Seattle area. That's because it's not hooligans-steal-the-car-and-joyride car theft, but take-it-and-ship-it-overseas-in-an-hour car theft.

Indeed.. don't forget the failing job market here. The state taxes the shit out of Boeing and Microsoft. I'm not suprised that Boeing left the state. Microsoft will probably be the next to go.

Probably attributes police giving out more parking tickets here.

I really hate greed.

[boingo82]

Originally Posted by Prelewd

Indeed.. don't forget the failing job market here. The state taxes the shit out of Boeing and Microsoft. I'm not suprised that Boeing left the state. Microsoft will probably be the next to go.

Probably attributes police giving out more parking tickets here.

I really hate greed.

But as I understand there' s no state income tax, and Oregon (I used to live in OR) has NO sales tax. So make all your money in WA and spend it all in OR.

If you hate the area, why are you still there?

[Prelewd]

Originally Posted by boingo82

But as I understand there' s no state income tax, and Oregon (I used to live in OR) has NO sales tax. So make all your money in WA and spend it all in OR.

If you hate the area, why are you still there?

Yes, we have no state income tax, but what good is it, If you can't find a job..?

I am still here because I don't have the means to move. I am attending college on the eastern side of the mountains (central washington university) which isn't so bad. I don't mind the traffic so much, it's just the rain that gets to me. I think I'm more of a desert person.