“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.

        • pc486
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          2 months ago

          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.

          • Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world
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            2 months ago

            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.

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                2 months ago

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

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              2 months 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.

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      2 months ago

      Nothing. Build it if you want, but parking minimums are anti-people and city decaying laws.

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        2 months ago

        The point is, parking minimums should include area maximum. But yeah it seems they are especially designed to be awefull…