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Drivers also supply positive externalities by engaging in commerce with associated consumer surplus. No one is driving into Manhattan for the thrill of it.
by slavboj 3y ago
Drivers also supply positive externalities by engaging in commerce with associated consumer surplus. No one is driving into Manhattan for the thrill of it.
- cqqxo4zV46cp 3y agoYour comment comes very close to implying that these people would not be there if they weren’t driving in.
- Panzer04 3y agoSo goes the argument of every roadside downtown strip who complain about the removal of their curbside parking. The reality in many cases is that walkers make up a substantial, if not majority of the business in these places (referring to denser town areas with parallel curbside parking rather than suburban strips with normal parking or actual parking lots)
- nostrebored 3y agoDrivers are overwhelmingly funded by urban cores, nationwide, and the data is not ambiguous. People do not cover the cost of their commuter lifestyle.