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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Couldn't agree more. There is plenty of parking in the neighborhood (one of my favorite things about living here). There is a 2 hour residential max. I understand the frustration of friends on 14th, Kalmia and Jonquil. Commuters have parked in the neighborhood for access to metro (and other parts south and east when Walter Reed was open). Most of our friends are more irritated with the MD adult soccer players that come park (facing wrong way etc), but at the end of the day its a public street. We are a little entitled and sheltered and don't realize how good we have it with regards to parking. Especially when most of us have off street parking.[/quote]

I didn't get the parking thing until we had a guest who parked in front of our neighbor's house (because that was the way her car was facing, when we drove up the street.) Then, when my neighbor asked me why a car with out of state plates was parked in front of her house... I realized this was a thing. For what it is worth, we don't use any of our parking options, which are many and varied. Do employees at Shepherd have permits to park in the area? My neighbors are all happy now, because they can park in front of our house. I have a guest permit that I do not use. I am and remain completely confused why this is an issue in an area with almost no retail, plentiful parking, alleys, garages, and so on. That being said, I also have a friend on the block next to the park with no parking... and for them, I sympathize--so much that I've offered them some of our parking a few blocks away.

But I don't understand, given all that, the frustration of folks on 14th, jonquil, or kalmia. Frankly, the proximity of an elementary school and a park seems like a feature that would outweigh parking crap--especially since most of these houses have garages. [/quote]

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