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Arena District Parking Garages Not Accomodating All Visitors
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Posted 11 months ago # -
NerosNeptune
Goodale Park
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I could see this making a great Daily Show skit, one of their ABC6 On Your Side-style spoofs.
Posted 11 months ago # -
Pickerington_Kyle
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Pickerington_Kyle
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Seriously, this dude just sounds like an old man whose afraid of traffic and big cities....
Posted 11 months ago # -
mrpoppinzs
Arena District
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Coschocton is going to start picketing CU when this thread gets back to them. That is if they have the internet yet...(which might explain some things).
Posted 11 months ago # -
heresthecasey
Funkytown
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Timeone
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We should be reaching out and helping this gentleman rather than poking fun at him. When people have this type of experience, no matter where they are from, it damages the city's reputation. Let's not become the type of people that get annoyed by tourists like in other cities. We should be happy they choose to come and enjoy our downtown and help them when they need it.
Posted 11 months ago # -
ZHC
101 East Main Street, Downtown
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I don't feel the author was being fair.
For one getting to garage 5 minutes before game time isn't probably a recipe for success for any professional sporting event. It's usually a decent idea to allow additional time to find parking in any major city.
Two as others have pointed out, he didn't look into parking and alternate facilities before he left for the game, which is something you should do anyway. If you were going to Cleveland or Cincinnati you would. I know I do when I've gone those places.
Three I fail to see how private surface lot owners having leased out parking to office workers is the city gov't's fault in anyway. Maybe there could have been better wayfinding signs to alternate garages, but you can only do so much.
Sure it would be nice if there were more parking garages for this gentleman, but the fact of the matter is this gentleman didn't put forth any effort to make sure his experience went well.
based off his other comments in the article it's pretty clear the author has unreasonable expectations for what a major US city can provide for a driver.
Posted 11 months ago # -
Walker
The KLD / Downtown / Gay Street
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Timeone said:
Let's not become the type of people that get annoyed by tourists like in other cities.I totally agree with this sentiment.
That being said, this guy doesn't necessarily sound like your average tourist. He made some mistakes in assuming that parking would be as easy as going to his neighborhood walmart and decided to blame everyone else for his problem.
If people are annoyed by that kind of attitude, it doesn't really matter if they're a tourist or a local or a friend or family or anyone else. It's just plain annoying. ;)
Posted 11 months ago # -
joshlapp
Short North
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Walker said:
I totally agree with this sentiment.That being said, this guy doesn't necessarily sound like your average tourist. He made some mistakes in assuming that parking would be as easy as going to his neighborhood walmart and decided to blame everyone else for his problem.
If people are annoyed by that kind of attitude, it doesn't really matter if they're a tourist or a local or a friend or family or anyone else. It's just plain annoying. ;)
I've had a lot of really positive experiences with tourists lately. I sat on the Milestone patio and chatted with a couple from Cincinnati for at least an hour and have made a conscious effort to give directions to people looking at the way-finding kiosks. That said I wouldn't call this guy a tourist.
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