tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1857445148241479194.post1060842100935329415..comments2023-04-03T09:33:29.172-04:00Comments on Musings from a woman in the middle of life: Why is handicapped parking sometimes so far away from the entrance?Cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15279097751133383753noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1857445148241479194.post-70230840475911502982010-04-30T09:40:38.043-04:002010-04-30T09:40:38.043-04:00A few years ago, my family went on a vacation. My...A few years ago, my family went on a vacation. My nephew uses a wheelchair so a handicapped accessible hotel is always mandatory. When we got there (and the hotel was chosen because they advertised their accessibility), we found that only the front door had a curb cut for wheelchairs. The first floor rooms, which were accessible only from the outside, were on a walkway six inches higher than the parking lot with no ramps or curb cuts. We had to get the hotel staff to help us carry my nephew in his chair over that barrier . (The hotel called itself accessible because there were rails in the showers.)Cynthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11641264346663533706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1857445148241479194.post-83737923290114725652010-04-28T07:57:02.033-04:002010-04-28T07:57:02.033-04:00Urban sprawl - even in the small towns that requir...Urban sprawl - even in the small towns that requires people to drive so much. <br /><br />Big Box Stores - you might as well set out to walk around a track 20 times as to go find a light bulb at Home Depot!<br /><br />Seems to me a small street of shops with Hardware Store, cafe, bookstore and so on, that a person could manage long into their Golden Years would be so much more thoughtful. <br /><br />Walking from shop to shop, with a stop in between to sit on a bench and talk to a friend, or just people watch.<br /><br />I also think the complications of the electronic age with Universal Remotes and multiple components are very confusing. No more just "turning on the TV" now it's super complicated. <br /><br />(But I don't know if that's necessarily a problem for the aged as much as just for me!)Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05147416487171740144noreply@blogger.com