scrabbler1
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I live 1 block from my Catholic Church's kindergarten -8th grade school. I think i live in a terrific neighborhood, the public school is 4 blocks from me is rated 10/10. It seems every students mom or grandfather is waiting outside for them to exit like its a kidnapping zone. Some how the guardians that drive to pick up the kids all own monster SUV's. If you live in the parish you cant be more than a few blocks away to begin with. I know that from 215pm-3pm my driveway will be blocked , double parking and triple parking is everywhere. The bright side is that every one so far is nice. i havent gotten "the finger" yet when i ask them to back away from my bumper when they are in my driveway. All my other neighbors dont have driveways they street park, they dont dare venture out with their car at those times they wont be able to get down the block to get a spot.
Here on Long Island, I live across the street (a narrow, one-way street) from a church which has a catholic school within it. Every day from 2:30-2:45 PM it becomes a zoo on my street with lots of cars and big-ass SUVs clogging up the street. I have to make sure I am not on my way home in that small time period or else I can't get through my street to the entrance of my apartment building's parking lot. Similarly, shortly after 8 AM the street gets clogged with those same cars and big-ass SUVs blocking the way as the kids get dropped off. In the winter, it gets worse because the snow plowing sometimes shrinks the width of passable roadway and has totally blocked the street even though my small car could get by. It is rare that I am on my way home via car at 8 AM but it has happened when I drove my ladyfriend to work so she could avoid a tough walk to her bus stop following a snowstorm.
I also have to make sure I am not driving any long distance eastbound during the PM rush hour (away from New York City) because the PM rush hour starts around 3 PM. The Southern State Parkway is already a parking lot by 3 PM, one I often see as I travel westbound (against the rush hour) home in the mid-afternoon.
I try to do any errands in the late morning, between 10 AM and 2 PM, so I can get to and from the stores easily, and those stores are nice and empty.