The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns

One thing that I absolutely just don't get is why places generally build parking lots out and not up.

I first wondered this in university where they used tons of land for parking then crammed all their students in little classrooms because they had no land to expand their building. D'uh, h'okay then. If they had spent a little more money to build parkades and raised parking fees slightly (which they do every year anyhow), I think they'd have been better off in the end.

And what rubs me is that the school newspaper wrote an April Fools joke stating that this was the plan, to build a parkade on campus. Now, I ask you, what the heck is so funny about that? I hope they wrote it as a satirical commentary on the school's administrative decisions, but you know, it never solved anything. The university continues to expand outward rather than upward.

And the same goes for other businesses out there. It is so difficult to go shopping or for dinner when there's nowhere to park. Some days, these places lose my business because I'm just not going to drive around for 30 minutes waiting for someone to leave their spot and there are other days when I'm just not up to walking for 10 or more minutes to get to the place from a parking spot.

No thanks, I just pick up some crap burger at some fast food drive-thru and be done with it, or I'll just skip the shopping spree and save my money for a trip or something. I'll make due with what I've got because I can't find a frickin' spot to park.

If nothing else drives me crazy, it'll be my need to know why they don't build parking up rather than out (written while gritting my teeth).