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Re:How Tech Can Build by gamblor956 on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @09:09PM (#22941024)
It's more like, a bunch of apartment buildings were built before cars were big. Now cars are everywhere, and there is insufficient parking for existing residents, let alone new residents. Therefore, new or substantially renovated residential construction is required to have X parking spots per bedroom.

If you actually go to city council meetings they will explain why all of these rules and regulations exist. Just because random Joe on the internet can't see the problem doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

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Re:How Tech Can Build by jaredklewis on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @10:06PM (#22952180)
I’m not arguing that laws are made without basis. A lack of parking is a problem, and a legal remedy isn’t on its face absurd.

I’m arguing that lawmakers don’t give enough consideration to the second and third order effects of laws. Minimum parking requirements solve one problem, but they create many others. I have attended many city council meetings and my impression of city councilors by and large is that they don’t rely enough on the work of economists, urban planners, and other domain experts.

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