tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post3139754922422283201..comments2024-03-12T04:15:32.560-04:00Comments on middletowneye: Park the CarMiddletown Eye (Ed McKeon)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15825886539128890014noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-23653154947472696342008-08-08T08:53:00.000-04:002008-08-08T08:53:00.000-04:00Dear Anonymous 1 & 2,Thanks for reading and co...Dear Anonymous 1 & 2,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for reading and commenting (I was afraid my teenage son was the only one reading my posts...)<BR/><BR/>About the streetcar --Anonymous#1-- sad as it is, most people in CT won't park and then walk to a store if they can't see it from their parking space -- we've been well trained by the malls, where we will walk the equivalent of a few city Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-41559242054828883912008-08-06T19:14:00.000-04:002008-08-06T19:14:00.000-04:00I do not mean to belittle Middletown but rather wo...I do not mean to belittle Middletown but rather would point to the fabulous success that these various suggestions have produced in other, not-too-distant places. Take a trip to Burlington, VT or NYC for great farmers markets. The same for bike/pedestrian friendly paths as in Lexington, MA or Manchester, CT. As for modernizing parking and parking meters, let's get on with it! The plan is the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-30394702637365961862008-08-06T11:45:00.000-04:002008-08-06T11:45:00.000-04:00I just don't get the streetcar idea. If I underst...I just don't get the streetcar idea. If I understand correctly, this would run the length of main street. That's about 6/10 mile - from the Inn to O'Rourkes. I don't think this will make a whit of difference in how people use main street, where they park, where they shop. It certainly won't draw people to town, just to take a several block ride on a street car.<BR/><BR/>You can't equate a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-13048739483132602532008-08-06T09:00:00.000-04:002008-08-06T09:00:00.000-04:00Dear Anonymous...er...Tenzin,Get off the computer ...Dear Anonymous...er...Tenzin,<BR/><BR/>Get off the computer and do your chores.<BR/><BR/>Love, <BR/>your motherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-62937856538047424542008-08-05T21:21:00.000-04:002008-08-05T21:21:00.000-04:00dear mother nice punctuation!dear mother<BR/> nice punctuation!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com