From: grmerrick@shaw.ca.remove   
      
   On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 23:17:11 -0500, dr_jeff  wrote:   
      
   >On 2/12/11 7:15 PM, Alan Baker wrote:   
   >> In article,   
   >>   Gary L. Burnore  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 23:41:53 GMT, russotto@grace.speakeasy.net   
   >>> (Matthew Russotto) wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> In article,   
   >>>> dr_jeff  wrote:   
   >>>>> On 2/8/11 8:48 AM, Gary L. Burnore wrote:   
   >>>>>>> So? Having a car costs around $100 a week.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> YOUR car might.  Others differ.  It can cost $30,000 for a fucking   
   >>>>>> PARKING PLACE in NY.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> That's approximately what a car costs a year, exclusive of parking costs.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Obviously false.  As for the $30,000 parking spot, if that's ownership   
   >>>> I can believe it.   
   >>>   
   >>> Yeah, ownership.  Sorry I wasn't clear.   The good thing about it   
   >>> (well, until now, is that they appreciate like appts do so you can   
   >>> make a few K or more when you sell one.   
   >>   
   >> So then the whole argument is refuted by itself? Owning a parking spot   
   >> is not a burden on a car owner if it appreciates at least at the rate of   
   >> inflation.   
   >   
   >And if the money is not needed for something else, like paying down a   
   >mortgage or buying stock (like Apple).   
   >   
   >Jeff   
   >   
   >>>   
   >>>> If it's supposed to be annual cost, I'd say not.   
   >>>> Parking can be had in Midtown Manhattan for less than $500/month   
   >>>> including tax (cheaper elsewhere of course), which for the math challenged   
   >>>> is more like $6000/year than $30,000   
   >>>   
   >>> Those 500/mo spots are rare too though.  You gotta wait on a list   
   >>> unless you want to walk a loooong way.  (many of those are not for   
   >>> 24x7 either.  For example, near MSG they resell the spots for sporting   
   >>> events.   
   Your posts tell me that you live in your own l world.In the real world   
   of billions of souls there is public transport for most of the   
   population.It is cheap and reasonable.The few who have cars plug up   
   the streets and cause terrible pollution.By few of course I speak of   
   hundreds of millions, but the majority use public transport where it   
   is available.In a world where I billion people are on the verge of   
   starvation to put NY in perspective ,it is a microcosm of the real   
   world.In the real world those who have public transportation use it   
   and others for their own ignorant or selfish reasons do not contribute   
   to public transport, continue to pollute themselves and the rest of   
   the world.   
      
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