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ryan cooper

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all these guys drive themselves and assume that's what everyone does, even though you can look out the window and see 1000 people walking and 10 cars

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Yastreblyansky's avatar Yastreblyansky @yastreblyansky.bsky.social
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That's why, huh. I was wondering if all the theaters were secretly owned by parking garages.

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Jymbob's avatar Jymbob @jymbob.bsky.social
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If they ever look out of the window, I'm pretty sure what they observe is "things slowing me down" rather than "people who might legitimately be choosing to walk somewhere"

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Excalibur Discount Legal Services's avatar Excalibur Discount Legal Services @kevychristian.bsky.social
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I get the attitude in a city of 100K, but in NYC? They're always like that tho. A bunch of my older coworkers complain about all the tolls and paying for parking where I work in the DC area. I'm like you realize everyone under 35 in this office takes the Metro in right? Our employer pays for it ffs.

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James Downie's avatar James Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social
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DC just got rid of plans to add bike lanes to upper Connecticut Avenue because the business owners are *convinced* that all their customers arrive in like, 20 cars.

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Eli Sarver's avatar Eli Sarver @lowmagnet.bsky.social
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wonder if big patrons are behind the private car population? (the only people they regularly deal with, try to get endowments from, etc.)

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Cooper Lund's avatar Cooper Lund @cooperlund.bsky.social
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The thing that gets me is that, as a business you have really clear incentives to better understand your customers and they just don't

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Run the Joules's avatar Run the Joules @wattasecond.bsky.social
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You’ll read quotes from them about how reducing parking will destroy business meanwhile there’s a dying shopping mall located 3 minutes away from where they currently are (some of the most expensive retail space in the city)

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jonnoh's avatar jonnoh @jhatman.bsky.social
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Perhaps it matters *who* arrives by car.

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Tyler Britten's avatar Tyler Britten @tyler.britten.us
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Yeah that’s the parking thing too it’s really “I park in front of my store and I want to keep doing that” has nothing to do w customers

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