Alice Garrard

Behavior

The Parking Lot

As a long time resident of Redding, CT, I have been working out at the Wilton Family Y for well over 15 years. Wilton is a tony town with most houses in the seven figures range and many earning their living on Wall Street or at the brokerage houses/hedge funds in Lower Fairfield County.

The “Y” parking lot had always been filled with late model high-end vehicles with a smattering of more pedestrian Toyotas, Fords, and Hondas. Lately I’ve noticed the reverse – there are only about 10-15% late model expensive vehicles and the rest are average cars during the weekdays. However, on the weekends, the BMWs, Audis and Lexuses still occupy half of the parking spots. Weekends are the days when the men work out.

The conclusion I draw is that the women are doing the economizing and the men are holding onto their images.

404 Danbury Road, Wilton, CT