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What about the fair share of on-street parking? A normal home will have 1 to 3 cars, but most likely they go in a garage or driveway. The street is mostly left

What about the fair share of on-street parking? A normal home will have 1 to 3 cars, but most likely they go in a garage or driveway. The street is mostly left for visitors. There is room for a friend, a grandma, a kitchen renovator, a pool cleaning service, and so on. Spill-over happens when somebody has a big party or when the SWAT team shows up, but those are rare occurrences. Add the apartment complex though, and spill-over becomes a daily occurrence. Every single day, the apartment dwellers claim most of the street parking. They didn't pay the other people in the neighborhood for grabbing an abnormal share of the community asset.

dublinben 6y ago
>A normal home will have 1 to 3 cars Maybe in a single-family zoned, suburban community. Density allows for more efficient transportation modes, like walking, biking, and public transit. To cite one of the most extreme examples in the US, fewer than half of households in New York City have a car. In some neighborhoods like Hell's Kitchen, as few as 11% of households have a car.[0] [0]https://www.addressreport.com/blog/manhattan-neighborhoods-with-the-most-cars/ https://www.addressreport.com/blog/manhattan-neighborhoods-w...
- souprock 6y ago
  Yes, in a single-family zoned, suburban community. The proposal was to add more people there, presumably without also adding a 24x7 subway system. It would be immensely unfair to the people who purchased homes with the expectation that plenty of free parking would always be available. Also, not that it matters for the fairness issue, I disagree that those other transportation modes are more efficient. They are definitely not acceptable alternatives.
  - dublinben 6y ago
    >They are definitely not acceptable alternatives. Not in suburbia, but they work in dense cities.
    - souprock 6y ago
      I wouldn't put it that way. They work for some people. Those people are the only people willing to live in cities. Thus it seems that "they work in dense cities" but that is only with the exclusion of many people.

dublinben 6y ago

>A normal home will have 1 to 3 cars Maybe in a single-family zoned, suburban community. Density allows for more efficient transportation modes, like walking, biking, and public transit. To cite one of the most extreme examples in the US, fewer than half of households in New York City have a car. In some neighborhoods like Hell's Kitchen, as few as 11% of households have a car.[0] [0]https://www.addressreport.com/blog/manhattan-neighborhoods-with-the-most-cars/ https://www.addressreport.com/blog/manhattan-neighborhoods-w...

souprock 6y ago
Yes, in a single-family zoned, suburban community. The proposal was to add more people there, presumably without also adding a 24x7 subway system. It would be immensely unfair to the people who purchased homes with the expectation that plenty of free parking would always be available. Also, not that it matters for the fairness issue, I disagree that those other transportation modes are more efficient. They are definitely not acceptable alternatives.
- dublinben 6y ago
  >They are definitely not acceptable alternatives. Not in suburbia, but they work in dense cities.
  - souprock 6y ago
    I wouldn't put it that way. They work for some people. Those people are the only people willing to live in cities. Thus it seems that "they work in dense cities" but that is only with the exclusion of many people.