OBleedingMe
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NJ Shore Prices Are OUT OF CONTROL!
I took my g/f to the Point Pleasant this weekend with my '05 Mustang GT. After going through the ritual hunt/fight for a parking spot, I find that there are no meters where I parked. Instead there are these machines that you feed dollars/coins into. Then it dispenses a ticket with the parking time you bought that you display on your dash for the meter maids (or ticket maids now I guess?) to check out. This stupid machine takes FOREVER to work, and I had to wait in an hour long line. But here's the kicker. I finally got to the machine and I read the price - IT'S TWO DOLLARS FOR ONE HOUR!!!! It cost my $7.00 for a measly 3 1/2 hours! $7.00 for the PRIVILEGE to park in a spot with broken asphalt and a sewage station 30 yards away.
The use of tickets rather than meters also eliminates finding a spot with time remaining. Real nice and sneaky, you Socialist bastards. More money for the state to fund more useless projects! I wonder where the hell all this money is going, being that the public bathrooms still smell like feces, crime and violence is increasing, and most places the boardwalk is still splintered up in most places - that is, unless you get to the upscale housing area. That's all redone.
I'm livid. This is blatant price gouging by the State. It's ridiculous. I feel bad for the teens around locally who probably can't afford to go to the shore with these ridiculous prices. I find it quite ironic that most young kids who live within 20 miles of the shore probably can't afford to go but the rich bennies from 100 miles away will empty their pockets. In fact, if you stay ALL DAY you may as well NOT pay and risk a parking ticket, because if you get away with it just twice out of three times, you've actually SAVED MONEY!
I was so mad that right next to my ticket in the dashboard I left a note that said "HERE'S YOUR MONEY YOU SOCIALIST BLOODSUCKERS! I HOPE SOMEONE THROWS YOUR GOUGE MACHINES IN THE OCEAN!"
$2.00 an hour for a PARKING SPACE!? Just who in the hell do they think they are? What's next?? Minimum wage to park on a piece of asphalt!? If I found the jerk offs who approved this price hike I'd give a shot right in his money-grubbing face and anyone else who supports this price-gouging.
I took my g/f to the Point Pleasant this weekend with my '05 Mustang GT. After going through the ritual hunt/fight for a parking spot, I find that there are no meters where I parked. Instead there are these machines that you feed dollars/coins into. Then it dispenses a ticket with the parking time you bought that you display on your dash for the meter maids (or ticket maids now I guess?) to check out. This stupid machine takes FOREVER to work, and I had to wait in an hour long line. But here's the kicker. I finally got to the machine and I read the price - IT'S TWO DOLLARS FOR ONE HOUR!!!! It cost my $7.00 for a measly 3 1/2 hours! $7.00 for the PRIVILEGE to park in a spot with broken asphalt and a sewage station 30 yards away.
The use of tickets rather than meters also eliminates finding a spot with time remaining. Real nice and sneaky, you Socialist bastards. More money for the state to fund more useless projects! I wonder where the hell all this money is going, being that the public bathrooms still smell like feces, crime and violence is increasing, and most places the boardwalk is still splintered up in most places - that is, unless you get to the upscale housing area. That's all redone.
I'm livid. This is blatant price gouging by the State. It's ridiculous. I feel bad for the teens around locally who probably can't afford to go to the shore with these ridiculous prices. I find it quite ironic that most young kids who live within 20 miles of the shore probably can't afford to go but the rich bennies from 100 miles away will empty their pockets. In fact, if you stay ALL DAY you may as well NOT pay and risk a parking ticket, because if you get away with it just twice out of three times, you've actually SAVED MONEY!
I was so mad that right next to my ticket in the dashboard I left a note that said "HERE'S YOUR MONEY YOU SOCIALIST BLOODSUCKERS! I HOPE SOMEONE THROWS YOUR GOUGE MACHINES IN THE OCEAN!"
$2.00 an hour for a PARKING SPACE!? Just who in the hell do they think they are? What's next?? Minimum wage to park on a piece of asphalt!? If I found the jerk offs who approved this price hike I'd give a shot right in his money-grubbing face and anyone else who supports this price-gouging.
