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> most of the street space is taken up by free car storage. 'Subsidised' I think is the more correct term here.
by anotherhue 2y ago
> most of the street space is taken up by free car storage.
'Subsidised' I think is the more correct term here.
- cowsandmilk 2y agomost of it doesn't cost any money. I believe "free" is an accurate description.
- anotherhue 2y agoThe land is some of the most valuable and costliest to maintain in the world. The absence of a parking meter just means someone else is footing the bill.
- eru 2y agoYes, and I think that was implied already?
- fknorangesite 2y agoThis is such useless pedantry. We all know what was meant.
- hombre_fatal 2y agoThey're addressing a common misnomer. And one of the costs of street parking is that the parking spot is free. It ties right in to the discussion on the cost of street parking here: can't put trashcans on the street, garbage truck can't access trash cans from the street.
- starspangled 2y agoFree as in healthcare.
- mattclarkdotnet 2y agoThe thing being subsidised is free on street parking. Free on street parking is not subsidising the already existing street space.