The last paragraph of this story about apartment/condo parking in New Jersey is a breath of fresh air.The Hackensack Police Captain nails it.
This issue reminds me of one that is near to my heart here in LA. LAX probably generates 100,000 jobs in the area. It has been doing so for half a century. The airport has bought the houses that surround it and put up sound barriers. They have an entire program to sound proof houses in the neighborhoods. There is congestion because 50,000,000 people a year go through the airport. That’s natural. With all this, the houses in the area have become popular. And so has a program by the new residents to stop the airport’s renovation. That makes to sense to me at all.
When they bought the houses they knew the airport was there. There was no mystery. They had to raise their voices when they asked questions about schools and churches to the real estate agents. They had to fight their way through the congestion. But they bought anyway, and then decided that they would "do something" about the noise and congestion. HUH?
Same issue in North Jersey. Folks move in to apartments or buy condos with limited parking, and then complain about the limited parking. To that I say, get a life.
Or as Hackensack police Capt. William Osinski put it so well:
All potential tenants
or buyers should be aware of parking availability when searching for an
apartment or condo."If their needs aren’t going to be met by that apartment complex, town house or condo, they should look elsewhere," he said.
Couldn’t have said it better myself.
JVH
