Charles Mysak, a bookseller in New York City, found a great parking spot. That was eleven years ago. He's kept the spot and his '94 Civic there ever since by feeding it $36 in quarters every day:
Earning roughly $100 a day after paying the meter, it's worth it, he said. "I've been here for 11 years," he said. "Barnes & Noble is now closed. I'm the last resource for books. I'm here from 7 to 7 every day." His wife drives him to the Upper West Side each morning a 7:00 am from their Wayne, NJ, home. They arrive just in time to temporarily move the parked car -- the only time it's moved at all -- to make way for the street sweeper.
Link -via Marginal Revolution | Photo: Michael Farrington [removed per photographer request]
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So he's a jerk. Would the parking spot make any more for the city if it was used as intended? Some things just aren't worth worrying over.
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Doesn't NY have state inspection on cars?
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He's a self-serving, selfish prick. Period.
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Myra, you know parked cars dont use a lot of gas?
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what does he do when the car runs low on gas? probably just fill a gas can and walk.
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