Here in Norway, and also in the UK, free parking is killing cities too but the free parking in question isn't in the cities, it is in out of town shopping centr

Here in Norway, and also in the UK, free parking is killing cities too but the free parking in question isn't in the cities, it is in out of town shopping centres. People go there instead of to the cities partly because they will not have to pay to park and not have to rush back to the car when the ticket runs out.