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Re:U.S. cities opt to ditch their off-street parking minimums by sokoloff on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @07:16PM (#38861559)
I live on the edge of Cambridge, MA. I can leave my house and go east into the city or west into the suburbs. Almost all of my voluntary spend is done to the west because of the dramatically higher convenience.

Parking becoming difficult and/or expensive pushes patrons to places where that's not the case.

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Re:U.S. cities opt to ditch their off-street parking minimums by hedora on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @09:20PM (#38862317)
Good. Hollowing out the urban core will prevent pollution from busses, trains and bike tires, and subsidize the oil industry.

/s

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Re:U.S. cities opt to ditch their off-street parking minimums by lukas099 on Thursday January 04, 2024 @01:41AM (#38863854)
Put another way, it will be harder for people in suburbs to reap the benefits of density while being subsidized by it.

And the 'spend' from people driving in from the suburbs to go shopping will easily be overshadowed by greater economic activity resulting from a denser urban core.

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