Re:The case to legalize single-stair multifamily housing
by andix on Thursday January 18, 2024 @01:17PM
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It's the same for many European cities and towns. Many cities started to reduce it down to 0.5 parking spaces per flat or less, because many of those parking spaces tend to be empty in bigger cities. And just increase prices for housing.
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Re:The case to legalize single-stair multifamily housing
by ghaff on Thursday January 18, 2024 @01:49PM
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I was just visiting a European friend for a couple weeks. They have a car but parking was a sufficient drama that they took the Uber equivalent within the city most of the time. Busses but minimal metro.
Re:The case to legalize single-stair multifamily housing
by andix on Thursday January 18, 2024 @02:27PM
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I honestly don't see the drama in most European cities, it's not like in NYC. Street parking is very limited in bigger cities, so you might need to park in expensive parking garages. Or use other methods of travel.
Only in areas with a lot of old houses (built before cars were a thing) there might be a lack of garages.
Owning/driving a car is generally very expensive in many European countries. Not like in the US where wages are rather high, but cars and gas extremely cheap, because there is no substantial tax on them.
Edit: this might not apply to southern Europe. In some southern European cities it's impossible to go by car. That's why everyone drives a scooter.