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One tool I use to expose the real value of parking spaces it to ask how much a food truck would be willing to pay. Probably a lot more than $1/hour, at least during lunch time in busy areas! Or, more hypothetically, small shop trucks similar to the sunglass or watch repair stalls you find in the middle of indoor shopping malls. Or how much someone with an RV might pay for a reserved parking space, even if they have to drive off periodically for fuel fluid exchange -- certainly more than the $30/year Cambridge and Somerville are charging residents.
Anyway, in Koreatown I've observed some of those non-food trucks, grocery trucks run by Latinos. I finally patronized one yesterday, bumping into it on my walk, seeing clementines which I was out of, and feeling less averse to human interaction. 3 minutes away vs. 6 for my supermarket, outdoors (natch), and competitively priced: $3/lb for the mandarins, I think $1/2 lbs for bananas which is cheaper than Ralph's price. I didn't process the price of the potatoes and ginger, but I left with a rather heavy bag I'd paid $6.50 for.
OTOH there was a single-pack of Shin something ramen for $1.50, which seems high.
In all sincerity, free enterprise at work! Woo.
I wasn't paying that much attention but other things present: tomatoes, big oranges, other kinds of ramen, ripe bell peppers, and I think a whole lot more.
Edit after a second look: onions, apples, eggplant, pineapple, mango, Snickers, Kit-Kat, Doritos and other chips, tortillas, tostadas, sugar, more kinds of ramen, Theraflu, more. A sign said toilet paper and cleaning chemicals though I did not see them.
Anyway, in Koreatown I've observed some of those non-food trucks, grocery trucks run by Latinos. I finally patronized one yesterday, bumping into it on my walk, seeing clementines which I was out of, and feeling less averse to human interaction. 3 minutes away vs. 6 for my supermarket, outdoors (natch), and competitively priced: $3/lb for the mandarins, I think $1/2 lbs for bananas which is cheaper than Ralph's price. I didn't process the price of the potatoes and ginger, but I left with a rather heavy bag I'd paid $6.50 for.
OTOH there was a single-pack of Shin something ramen for $1.50, which seems high.
In all sincerity, free enterprise at work! Woo.
I wasn't paying that much attention but other things present: tomatoes, big oranges, other kinds of ramen, ripe bell peppers, and I think a whole lot more.
Edit after a second look: onions, apples, eggplant, pineapple, mango, Snickers, Kit-Kat, Doritos and other chips, tortillas, tostadas, sugar, more kinds of ramen, Theraflu, more. A sign said toilet paper and cleaning chemicals though I did not see them.