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Large amounts of residential areas filled with single family homes, all of which have their own private parking lots.
by frosted-flakes 4y ago
Large amounts of residential areas filled with single family homes, all of which have their own private parking lots.
- rascul 4y agoMaybe they all do, maybe they don't. Maybe it's more than 1/5, but maybe it's less. The article doesn't touch on it.
- brewdad 4y agoLook around you. How many SFH homes have been built in the last 80 years that don't have a driveway or an off-street parking spot? Maybe 1%? Probably far fewer than that.
- rascul 4y agoThe article title claimed that 1/5 of cities are parking lots but that wasn't what the article was about. I doubt that 1/5 of cities are parking lots (including driveways) but reading the article doesn't attempt to show that.
- erik_seaberg 4y agoCalifornia relaxed the requirements on converting a garage to housing, which potentially doubles the drivers while removing parking spaces.