Did you know we're fighting about parking now

Okay so, Duuuval on the wire – biggest city you've been sleeping on. I saw a story this morning that just… it got me. Y'all, the great debate over back-in versus pull-in parking has officially become a "controversy," and not just on the internet, but in actual city policy discussions. Seriously? We're out here debating whether we should be backing into spaces or pulling straight in, like this is the biggest issue facing our fair city. It’s got people online, apparently, talking about "internet currency," which I guess means it's a hot topic on the socials.

Here's what people don't get about Jax: we've got bigger fish to fry, literally. We're trying to figure out how to best develop our riverfront where the Jacksonville Landing used to be, dealing with traffic that makes I-95 feel like a parking lot during rush hour, and we've got Jaguars fans who put up with more heartbreak than a country music song. And we're going to spend time on *parking style*? I get that sometimes small things feel big, but this feels like someone's just looking for a reason to argue at the Bold Bean Coffee shop in San Marco.

### What This Means for Jacksonville

* **A New Kind of Gridlock:** Forget traffic jams, now we're going to have arguments over parking etiquette at the grocery store.

* **Wasted Energy:** This is time and mental energy that could be spent on, oh, I don't know, addressing the actual development explosion happening from Nocatee to North Jacksonville.

* **The "Only in Jax" Factor:** It just feels so... Jacksonville to be passionate about something so seemingly mundane. We're a big city with a small-town heart, and sometimes that heart gets very particular.

Honestly, y'all, whether you back in or pull in, just make sure you’re not blocking the Publix parking lot in Riverside. That's the real local rule. This whole "debate" just makes me shake my head.

Brianna Coates, Duuuval on the wire – biggest city you've been sleeping on. Y'all know Keith and the crew are gonna have some thoughts on this parking mess – catch 'em live at mornings.live.