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Quadruple negative it is!
by yazr 10y ago
Quadruple negative it is!
- MR4D 10y agoCLICKBAIT! They could have just stated "Free parking increases traffic, sprawl & pollution". But then we wouldn't have clicked on it.
- emsy 10y agoI mean the conclusion is already cryptically hidden in the headline. It's just a terrible style. How I, as a non-native writer, would've written it: Charging money for parking prevents traffic jams Or something along those lines.
- ghaff 10y agoThe Economist likes to be clever with their headlines. It's definitely hard to parse but that was probably deliberate on the part of the editor.