If you’re renting a city apt. without a car, 16% of your rent pays for parking

Re:If you’re renting a city apt. without a car, 16% of your ... by blacksmith_tb on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @07:24PM (#14800880)

Isn't that freedom mostly an illusion? I suppose you can hop in the car for an impromptu road trip whenever you like, but you are paying to license, insure, and maintain the car 24/7/365... and most people can't take too many road trips. But I am trying to picture the market providing if there weren't parking requirements - would a neighborhood reach a point where car owners wanting to move in would pay so much to park that it'd make sense to knock down buildings and put up a parking lot? I suppose that would act as a sort of brake on the whole cycle, since there'd be less housing.

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Re:If you’re renting a city apt. without a car, 16% of your ... by gozur88 on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @07:34PM (#14800935)

Developers would include parking garages if it was something that raised the rents they could charge.

These kinds of rules are usually enacted by people who have lived in a city for a long time and always parked on the street for free. There's some new development and all of the sudden they can't find a space. So they push through rules that force new development to include parking.

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Re:If you’re renting a city apt. without a car, 16% of your ... by valuearb on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @12:09AM (#14801953)

in my case work is 22 miles one direction, my daughters schools 15 miles in a different direction. I live in a state that prioritized roads and because of that my commute is fast and easy.

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Re:If you’re renting a city apt. without a car, 16% of your ... by tmnvix on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @02:01AM (#14802250)

Assuming each workday you travel to drop your child at school, then to work, then back to collect your child, then home, you will be travelling (15 + 15 + 22 + 22 + 15 + 15) x 5 = 520 miles each week.

I'm sure you have come to some other arrangement but holy shit that would be a lot of time spent travelling each week. It's worth working out how much time you need to spend at work to pay for the fuel, maintenance, and depreciation involved because that is essentially also 'travel time'.

edit: Even assuming an average speed of 50km/h that is about 16.5 hours each week. Including time spent earning the money to cover the associated costs it's going to be over 20 hours.

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Re:If you’re renting a city apt. without a car, 16% of your ... by valuearb on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @02:56AM (#14802442)

I don't pick up my kids from school regularly, but occasionally i have to. I have to pick up a daughter from her dojo a couple times a week after work, which is in between my home and work.

My average highway speed while commuting is 75 MPH. 90% of my commute is on the highway.

Commuting also means i can afford a home in a one third acre lot, with plenty of backyard for my kids and their dog to play in.

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