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Why people think they need to back into a grocery store parking spot is beyond me.
Maybe because the pedestrian traffic gives them great concern.
When I am shopping in the Forester, backing out to leave is a concern because first, you don't know what the pedestrian traffic often is, especially as it applies to children. Secondly, my view and the view of the Forester may be blocked by a big truck right next to me. People coming through looking for the closest parking spot may be right on top of me and neither might see another until CRUNCH!
Backing in, at least in leaving, one's visibility is greater, sooner to the traffic they are entering......especially since not all people drive carefully there, anyhow.
^^^^^^
I don't back into parking spaces because I cannot back up straight. I have a back-up camera but I still back up all wavy-like. I will, however, pull forward to the opposing adjacent space if it is available.
Backing in is encouraged in my State for safety reasons.
True. Libraries are de facto daytime homeless shelters now, as are many other indoor spaces. Not the most pleasant places to spend time. As for bookstores, most are chains and would probably shoo you along if you tried to spend hours reading the books for free?
Fortunately we do not have the same level of homelessness that we have observed in the US. Our libraries are very busy, I go to a discussion group at one library every Saturday morning and it is held in what was once a photocopying room.
Here we have quite a lot of bookstores/coffee shops. Our local one sells new and second hand books and I think you could sit there for hours reading, especially if you buy a drink.
Do you have a lot of these places?
On another note I have again been searching for the book my daughter asked for for Christmas. Was listed online as available at Kmart but all I saw were near empty shelves in the book section. Left it too late to order online so have to trawl three local bookstores tomorrow.
Another reason to “go into town†even if only a mile or two away.
Fortunately we do not have the same level of homelessness that we have observed in the US. Our libraries are very busy, I go to a discussion group at one library every Saturday morning and it is held in what was once a photocopying room.
Here we have quite a lot of bookstores/coffee shops. Our local one sells new and second hand books and I think you could sit there for hours reading, especially if you buy a drink.
Do you have a lot of these places?
The libraries in my area are not havens for the homeless. Ours are also very busy, with plenty of activities and events for kids and adults.
And yes, we have bookstores/coffee shops. Many have books, many even have board games and puzzles!
I meet with a group of senior ladies at Barnes & Noble every Thursday at 11. We have been known to sit and chat for hours.
The libraries in my area are not havens for the homeless. Ours are also very busy, with plenty of activities and events for kids and adults.
And yes, we have bookstores/coffee shops. Many have books, many even have board games and puzzles!
I meet with a group of senior ladies at Barnes & Noble every Thursday at 11. We have been known to sit and chat for hours.
We have a wonderful county library system, and the nicest, newest branch is five minutes from my house. They have a lot of lectures and programs there, too. I want to go more.
Not a homeless haven, either. I do know that happens in some areas. There's a small town library a couple of miles in the other direction, and it's within walking distance of a motel where social services stashes homeless people waiting for housing. I've never been in that one, but I wouldn't be surprised if they get daily visitors who have nowhere else to be. The church I used to attend is on the same block as that library, and the residents of the motel came in occasionally looking for food and money.
Well, do we still have bookstores for people to spend hours in? Do we still have libraries? Do we still have buildings in public for people to sit down and spend a few hours to read in, where it is accepted that they do such?
Our central library is extremely popular, as are all of its branches. I noticed last week when I was picking up a load of reserved books that they have added a new section of computer stations because the original roomful of them apparently was insufficient to satisfy the needs of the patrons. Many people sit and read there, and there are also a ton of activities and meetings as well for the public. It's a very happening place!
I love the "Not me!" crowd on C-D. Of course, if your library is tucked away in a well-to-do suburb, you're probably not going to have a lot of homeless people hanging out there. But if your library is downtown, within walking distance of the homeless shelters, soup kitchens, counseling centers, and other social services catering to the homeless, you probably will. That's not too hard to figure out.
I love the "Not me!" crowd on C-D. Of course, if your library is tucked away in a well-to-do suburb, you're probably not going to have a lot of homeless people hanging out there. But if your library is downtown, within walking distance of the homeless shelters, soup kitchens, counseling centers, and other social services catering to the homeless, you probably will. That's not too hard to figure out.
Well, when you make a sweeping claim like:
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Originally Posted by otterhere
True. Libraries are de facto daytime homeless shelters now, as are many other indoor spaces. Not the most pleasant places to spend time. As for bookstores, most are chains and would probably shoo you along if you tried to spend hours reading the books for free?
then, naturally, people who know that not to be true are going to disagree, and you should expect them to do so.
In fact, the county branch I mentioned that is beautiful and does not have homeless people hanging out is indeed in a very affluent town and is right across the street from the shopping center with the Trader Joe's, Staples, Nothing Bundt Cakes, and a store that sells parrots. The smaller library near the transient motel is in a blue-collar town two miles down the road on a section of the highway that advertises We Buy Gold! and Psychic Readings! in neon signs. Two totally different vibes in a five-minute drive.
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I will, however, pull forward to the opposing adjacent space if it is available. 
