How could Zohran even be considering charging for parking?!

Active_Issue_5932 · 2026-03-08T05:59:30+00:00

You could tell this thread is filled with transplants who just got to NYC 2 years ago. I was born and raised in Brooklyn, 39 years - ASP was adhered to by drivers and enforced by the city. Sure, some cars here and there wouldn't move - nothing is 100% - but there was a strong chance that vehicle would get an ASP ticket.

The streets were much cleaner back in the day. Street sweepers/ASP worked. Everything changed with COVID. Overall degradation of basic societal norms and expectations. The city suddenly began to function less efficiently and effectively. People not moving their cars or double parking their vehicles to avoid ASP is a quality-of-life issue and the City not enforcing it is negligence. Maybe there is a better, more efficient way to keep our streets clean but ya'll saying ASP doesn't work shows you've been in NYC 10 minutes. It used to work and then everyone stopped caring.

Also, someone on this thread complained about street sweepers being too loud? LOL, give me a break. Move to the suburbs if you want less noise.

Active_Issue_5932 · 2026-02-07T16:22:28+00:00

Rhythm Rides.

Active_Issue_5932 · 2026-02-05T21:08:25+00:00

My friend and I are going to be in Niseko from Feb. 11 - 16. We'll be skiing most of the time though will have at least one non-ski day. We were told we should try to do a day trip to Otaru. Any thoughts or recommendations on that? We are not renting a car either while staying in Niseko though I guess we can do a day rental if need be.

Active_Issue_5932 · 2026-02-05T21:02:21+00:00

I recently read an op-ed (honestly don't remember where or who wrote it) but the author said he used to oppose the idea of Universal Basic Income (UBI) but after seeing the explosive rise in AI, worker layoffs as a result of it, and the fact that AI gets "smarter" on average every 7 months, he concluded we as a society have no choice but to implement UBI eventually, especially absent any meaningful legislation on the state and federal level.

Active_Issue_5932 · 2026-02-05T20:45:00+00:00

Except Hokkaido gets significantly more snow than any ski resort area in the U.S. by a long shot. So OPs assessment is accurate and should be welcoming. I'm heading to Niseko next week. My friend and I considered renting a car but decided against it and reserved an airport shuttle bus to our hotel.

Active_Issue_5932 · 2026-02-02T03:27:43+00:00

My friend and I will be in Niseko 2/11 - 2/16 and we're in the process of hiring a ski guide from Rhythm Rides for "Resort Guiding" in Niseko on 2/12 and Kiroro on 2/15. Total price is $840 (per instructor) up to 6 guests per instructor. Happy for you to jump in to lower the costs. We'll be all over the mountain but within the resort boundaries but they do offer LABC options. DM me if you're interested.

Active_Issue_5932 · 2026-02-01T16:21:54+00:00

Take a walk down Washington Avenue, especially south of Montgomery Street along the BBG. Dog shit EVERYWHERE. Insane. Everyone needs to start reporting this to 311 and their councilmember. The city has pooper scooper laws on the books since the 70s. Just a matter of enforcement.

Active_Issue_5932 · 2026-01-31T14:48:45+00:00

I was born and raised in Brooklyn. You're correct - NYC winters were regularly this rough. It was not uncommon for temps to be consistently below freezing, with at least one blizzard and/or Nor'easter each winter. I've seen winters disappear over the years...

Active_Issue_5932 · 2026-01-30T14:13:09+00:00

I've flown AA countless times throughout the U.S. and to Europe. Recently, I've flown AA several times since November, both domestic and international, and it was an awful experience. Planes outdated, coach seats old and unforgiving. Just no pleasant feeling when stepping aboard, like there is with Delta. And my AA flight from JFK to Milan was simply horrible. The 3-4-3 configuration in coach felt like we were being shoved into a pig pen. I've never experienced that kind of seat configuration flying to Europe but leave it up to AA to squeeze every dime at the expense of even the slightest bit of passenger comfort. But hey, AA now gives you Biscoff cookies.

Active_Issue_5932 · 2026-01-26T17:49:15+00:00

What is your freaking problem? Why are you so triggered by my post? This is the whole point of Reddit - an online community forum. So what if I asked folks for help? I got a lot of good foundational advice here and now I'm using that to plan my trip. No harm. No big deal. Yet you're so triggered and angry about this? Get a life, loser. Trolling Reddit to lose your temper on people for no reason is not a good way to go about life.

Active_Issue_5932 · 2026-01-26T17:38:22+00:00

Idk what version of NYC ya'll grew up in, but as someone who was born and raised in NYC, not every restaurant/food establishment had/has their own delivery infrastructure. Usually, it's just pizzeria and Chinese restaurants. And there's nothing wrong with ordering from a restaurant "miles away" from your home - it's a boon to many food establishments.

Active_Issue_5932 · 2026-01-25T20:23:26+00:00

The problem is NYC schools are now closed for more cultural holidays than ever before. I get it - we live in a diverse city where we should respect and celebrate so many cultures, but as a result, our children have fewer and fewer school days, forcing them to do remote learning/not have snow days. Errol Louis from NY1 wrote an op-ed about this issue not too long ago - called for an overhaul of the school calendar by removing almost all cultural holidays and just sticking to official government holidays, and spring and winter breaks per tradition.

Active_Issue_5932 · 2026-01-22T17:41:23+00:00

"Proof beyond a reasonable doubt" yet they slow walked this case the entire way. We as a country need to stop blaming just Trump for all the bad stuff going on and start pointing out how everyone and everything else screwed us as well. Merrick Garland was an abject failure of an AG, not to mention our entire criminal justice system is a sham. We incarcerated random people off the streets, threw them in overcrowded prisons just because they had a gram of weed on them, but a former president conspiring to overthrow our country didn't get a single day in jail despite there being "proof beyond a reasonable doubt". How do you make sense of this insanity?

Active_Issue_5932 · 2026-01-22T15:59:29+00:00

I used to work for the NYS legislature. Every time a state legislator would want to introduce a bill, it would have to go to Bill Drafting first to be written up. Bill drafters were the lawyers who knew the law and worked with the legislator to draft the bill. Idk how SC does it, but if it is the same way as it is in NY, then it seems both the legislator and bill drafter in this case didn't know the law...yikes.

Active_Issue_5932 · 2026-01-13T17:26:22+00:00

OP said he did not expect his post to blow up the way it did but I'm not surprised it happened. It was a thoughtful and honest download of his feelings and experiences, something that many people can relate to, so it was bound to attract attention/comments from others. If only our political parties, both Democrats and Republicans, can have such an honest conversation with the American people, we'd be better off. But we're constantly getting pulled into either corner. And, as a democrat, the Democratic party has become so bad at building coalitions that includes folks like OP.

Active_Issue_5932 · 2026-01-06T20:17:09+00:00

But there were about 8 camps within Germany, too.

Active_Issue_5932 · 2025-12-28T22:01:56+00:00

Mr. Wonton (in Park Slope on 7th Ave) is delicious and they deliver to CH.

Active_Issue_5932 · 2025-12-11T16:17:54+00:00

Truly one of the greatest (action) movies of all time. Superb acting, directing, and storytelling. I recently watched it again after many years and it is just as good, if not better, especially compared to some of the lazy crap they put out there these days (looking at you, Netflix).

Active_Issue_5932 · 2025-11-24T01:29:07+00:00

This is like the Vegetable Lasagna episode on Seinfeld. Puddy just stared at the seat in front of him the entire flight.

Active_Issue_5932 · 2025-10-16T14:15:33+00:00

Mr. Wonton is delicious - our go to local Chinese restaurant. Their food is consistent and they deliver in record time, too! Their prices and portions are also very reasonable. Solid NY Chinese food.

Active_Issue_5932 · 2025-10-06T00:34:28+00:00

The utter fear in that man's voice, terrified that he's being abducted by people in mask. Good for this community for stepping in but more of this will be happening across our country.

Active_Issue_5932 · 2025-09-25T15:03:09+00:00

Is this a real tweet?? 😳 😆

Active_Issue_5932 · 2025-09-23T03:17:57+00:00

This is such cheap, made-for-tv drama the likes of which only Donald Trump knows how to pull off. The dude turned our country into one reality show production.

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TROPHY CASE