Wilbur's Suburbo

                                                                          Chapter One: Groceries

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                                                                                                That Parking Lot
 
                Wednesday’s Suburbo referenced the phenomena of “back-in” parking. Over the past (almost) four years that I have lived here in southwest Connecticut, I have observed, again and again, that people love to back into parking spaces, particularly at grocery stores.

                 Now, maybe I lived in NYC for too long without a car.  Or maybe it’s just because, in NYC, you have to  parallel park on the street --- or park in a parking garage (which often involves someone else parking your vehicle).  Or, maybe, when I was visiting the suburbs during those years, I simply failed to observe this phenomenon.  Since living here I have tried to pay careful attention as I travel to other places.  When I visit Stroudsburg, PA, to see my family, I rarely, if ever, see anyone “backing in” to parking spaces in the Shop-Rite or Wal-Mart parking lots.  When we go to Long Island (where I grew up), same thing.  When we’re in Westchester County, same.  So, in this limited (and quite unscientific) “study” I have done, it seems unique to Fairfield, County, Connecticut.

                  Today’s particular story is, as they often note in the movies, “based on a true story.”

                  Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!