Jackson Heights Life

I never thought i'd have to talk about this, as i've been anti car for as long as I can remember, but due to having a child and not particularly interested in getting around by train otherwise, we bought a car at the first height of the pandemic.

as a result of owning said car, it turns out you have to park it as well. it hasn't exactly been a treat, but over the course of the last few months, i've observed a lot of the terrible parking trends in the area. for anyone that drives, i'm not sure its necessary to get into them, but I have a solution and wondered if anyone knew the proper channels to go about working this out, hopefully to everyone's benefit.

a couple years ago we spent time in LA, downtown to be exact, and I recall getting a ticket within hours of being in the area, because we didn't park between boundary lines that were painted on the streets. obviously in the moment i hated it, but if we had said lines here (and i'm sure a lot of places in the city) it would stop a lot of the ridiculous parking that goes on, thus likely opening up more potential spots, and also (i hope) curbing the unnecessary floating around the neighborhood for parking, which helps with unecessary pollution, gas usage, etc.

anyone have any beef with this as an idea? i personally can't see the downside but it wouldn't be life without opposition.

I think we'll stop, but we've been using 34th Ave religiously every morning to get a walk in before starting our day.

Along the walk we see it all, mask wearers, chin protectors, elbow protectors, hand accessories

I'm wondering if anyone here who choses to walk along the 34th Ave 'path' decides it's important enough to bring outside, put on their head, but not wear across their mouth and nose.

And if you are one of those people, why would you do so along a path you're guaranteed to be close to people on, especially when you're panting like a dog on a run or zooming past on a bike?

I figure since this is the internet your identity is relatively protected, and im genuinely interested in your POV.

Thanks

To start, the meaning of this post is to incite discourse. I'm genuinely interested in knowing, and also hoping I can impart my point of view in hopes to enlighten.

Why did you move here?

I see various posts, in the food forum, in this one, etc. all with intentions of wanting to homogenize this neighborhood with all the rest of the 'trendy' neighborhoods in NYC.

Why do you need a brunch place? Brunch food is typically garbage (read anthony bourdain, a recent fallen soldier i'm sure all you new transplants love, on the perils of brunch food)

Why do you need restaurants serving mediocre american food? on account of the simplicity of what's typically considered 'american' or even 'new american' it's very rare that this is done well. Normally when it is, it's super expensive. When it's not, it manifests in the form of places like The Queensboro.

If all you wanted was to change Jackson Heights from what it is, into what you want it to be, why didn't you just move where you ACTUALLY wanted to live. Is it because you couldn't afford it? Do you realize your pandering to what you want will eventually make you angry and resent all the 'change' in the neighborhood.

Or did you move here to embrace the multi-cultural aspects of the neighborhood?

Did you move here because you want your kids to go to school with people of color and not just white kids, thus expanding their point of view on the world at large.

Please, tell me why you moved here, why you decided to stay, why you moved out.

I'm genuinely interested because this forum is latent with posts suggesting you might not even be so sure. Enlighten me.