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"It's not like the government is forcing you to buy a car!"

If you live in a city with parking minimums, yes they fucking are.

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[–] pc486 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Underground spots are roughly 20 to 50 thousand dollars each. Surface lots are only a few thousand per spot.

Do you want to invest in my coffee shop idea? I need a few million dollars to build the required parking.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's hard to think beyond the individualistic businesses oriented thinking. I see you, it's ok.

But I was thinking about public parking spaces.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

maybe we just don't really need the parking spaces?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

People that need parking spaces choose their representatives and attend city halls. May we need to do the same...

[–] pc486 2 points 1 month ago

Parking regulations don't apply to public projects. Strong Towns well documents the problem with parking regulations as they are written and applied in practice. I highly recommend checking it out.