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Title: Don't drive in Chicago
Post by: CG6468 on December 27, 2012, 12:03:56 PM
Rates for parking at a METER in Chicago will be $6.50 per hour in January.
Title: Re: Don't drive in Chicago
Post by: thundley4 on December 27, 2012, 12:13:41 PM
Quote from: CG6468 on December 27, 2012, 12:03:56 PM
Rates for parking at a METER in Chicago will be $6.50 per hour in January.

Driving is okay, just don't park.
Title: Re: Don't drive in Chicago
Post by: Celtic Rose on December 27, 2012, 12:23:56 PM
Way to kill business in Chicago geniuses   :mental:
Title: Re: Don't drive in Chicago
Post by: thundley4 on December 27, 2012, 12:29:24 PM
Quote from: Celtic Rose on December 27, 2012, 12:23:56 PM
Way to kill business in Chicago geniuses   :mental:

IIRC the city sold the meters to a private contractor a couple of years ago.  My town is going the opposite direction, they are tearing up streets and and adding free parking to the downtown area.
Title: Re: Don't drive in Chicago
Post by: DefiantSix on December 27, 2012, 12:36:08 PM
The only way I'll ever get within 125 miles of Chicago would be in a low orbit over the place, just before the button is pressed to nuke the whole site.

It's the only way to be sure.


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Title: Re: Don't drive in Chicago
Post by: CG6468 on December 27, 2012, 02:34:29 PM
Quote from: thundley4 on December 27, 2012, 12:29:24 PM
IIRC the city sold the meters to a private contractor a couple of years ago.  My town is going the opposite direction, they are tearing up streets and and adding free parking to the downtown area........

Driving is okay, just don't park.

Correct about the meters.

Incorrect about the "just don't park." Chicago has hundreds of speed cameras set up all over the city.

Don't drive a pickup on a boulevard. Don't park in privately leased but public space. The red light cameras will nail you all the time. The list goes on and on.

Title: Re: Re: Re: Don't drive in Chicago
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on December 27, 2012, 03:18:57 PM
Quote from: thundley4 on December 27, 2012, 12:29:24 PM
IIRC the city sold the meters to a private contractor a couple of years ago.  My town is going the opposite direction, they are tearing up streets and and adding free parking to the downtown area.

Yep, that's what happened in Chicago.  Costing the city a ton in future revenue for a short term cash infusion, which of course was spent immediately.
Title: Re: Re: Re: Don't drive in Chicago
Post by: Eupher on December 27, 2012, 04:46:38 PM
Quote from: Ralph Wiggum on December 27, 2012, 03:18:57 PM
Yep, that's what happened in Chicago.  Costing the city a ton in future revenue for a short term cash infusion, which of course was spent stolen immediately.

FIFY
Title: Re: Don't drive in Chicago
Post by: marv on December 28, 2012, 09:13:08 AM
When I worked in downtown Chicago in the sixties, the rule was to always carry a $100 bill in your shirt pocket if you drive the Von Ryan. A *cough* charitable contribution to the police retirement fund. It's probably still true today.......
Title: Re: Don't drive in Chicago
Post by: CG6468 on December 28, 2012, 09:51:03 AM
Quote from: marv on December 28, 2012, 09:13:08 AM
When I worked in downtown Chicago in the sixties, the rule was to always carry a $100 bill in your shirt pocket if you drive the Von Ryan. A *cough* charitable contribution to the police retirement fund. It's probably still true today.......

Today it's patrolled by the Illinois State Police, not the Corrupt Chicago Police.