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Re:SF residents get a shock: Someone bought their street by gozur88 on Monday August 07, 2017 @02:09PM (#14949725)
I don't see free parking as any less of a public good than a park.

Besides, last time I was in SF I didn't see any free parking. It was all meters and expensive garages.

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Re:SF residents get a shock: Someone bought their street by mikeash on Monday August 07, 2017 @02:13PM (#14949764)
Anyone can use a park. You can't use free parking unless you own a car. Cars are expensive, so free parking just subsidizes people with money.

Free parking is rare in SF, which makes it all the more unusual that the people on this street had it for thirty years because they didn't pay their taxes for it.

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