Testing the Hypothesis

Opportunity- Students at the University of Florida are inconvenienced by the lack of guest parking at their off-campus apartment complexes, which affects their time with friends, family and any other visitors. 

1. The who- UF students with transportation vehicles
2. The what- Lack of guest parking
3. The why- Affects how people get together in their "homes"

Testing this Hypothesis

Interviews:

Breanna- This student agreed with my idea. The amount of frustration she has gone through in order to have her friend over to study with her in her home she is paying for has been stressful. She has to go out of her way to pick her friend up in order for her to stay without the worry of her friend's scooter to be towed and is ready to make a change about this horribly handled situation.



Courtney- This student agreed with my idea to an extent. This student believed that parking lots added near areas of apartment complexes could work, but the problem isn't everywhere it is at a select amount of apartment complexes, therefore the idea could possibly fail in certain areas. Clearly, though she has been through several of her own issues with this, during her time at this school living off-campus. She said the main place that has this issue and is very not on top of the issue is The Nine at Gainesville apartments. This has been noted by several people I have talked to, and I know this because I live there and it is indeed an issue that everyone is aware of.



Seth- This student agreed with my idea fully. He has been through more than anyone I have interviewed. He has actually had his scooter towed when he was at his friends apartment complex studying for their exam that week, and in his mind, this is ridiculous because home-owners or renters are in their rights to have guest and because this complex has 1 lot with no guest parking he has no other choice but to use that lot and does not deserve the punishment and hassle he had to go through.



Nick- This student disagreed with my statement and said there are plenty of other areas on campus and off with parking that people can hang out, study, or eat at. But I did not take this information too valuable, due to the heavy disagreement from others when I mentioned his response.




Alexis- This student agreed with my idea. She has been through the issue of having to actually run to the parking lot of scooters to make sure the towing guys did not take her scooter away and said that it just causes such inconvenience for everyone that lives off-campus housing, and as I have said before people in our society now are all about the convenience of everything, and anything else is not acceptable to them.