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zeratul98 t1_itvq8w7 wrote

Reply to comment by ArvinaDystopia in Cambridge completely eliminated parking minimums yesterday!! by RealBurhanAzeem

The general demographics are that car owners are the wealthier people in this area. Removing parking mandates allows for more housing, particularly housing that caters to people who don't own cars (who tend to be poorer)

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ArvinaDystopia t1_itvrrre wrote

That's a lie. Housing in cities is vastly more expensive than outside of them.

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IntelligentCicada363 t1_itze6yv wrote

Then there is demand for city life, while pretty much every town in the country that isn’t already a city has made it illegal to upzone/densify, leading to massively inflated prices in the few cities that are available to live in.

But then, the same people who make the point that you just made will turn around and throw a hissy fit when people propose relaxing zoning restrictions

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zeratul98 t1_itvs4ma wrote

That's true, and not at all a contradiction to anything i just said

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ArvinaDystopia t1_itvtqwg wrote

Guess who needs to park, dufus?

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zeratul98 t1_itvtvbl wrote

Tell me, who?

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ArvinaDystopia t1_itvus41 wrote

The people who can't afford to live in a city with median housing prices of 1M (I just checked) but still have to work there?

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IntelligentCicada363 t1_itzem9n wrote

You could take the T, but suburban NIMBYs have left it to rot because they prefer driving in their GMC suburbans and running over children on their way to work.

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zeratul98 t1_itvykpr wrote

That demographic leans more heavily towards public transportation users.

I also think that people who don't live in Cambridge probably don't care that much about whether the apartment buildings they don't live in have parking

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ArvinaDystopia t1_itwc0zz wrote

They care whether there are spots.

But you're one of those "let's make driving worse" sociopaths, so this is pointless.

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Emergency-Ad-7833 t1_itxkn72 wrote

We don't care about driving. This has nothing to do with "making driving worse" This is about making walking/biking/public transportation better. Car parking is the largest waste of space in our cities. It spreads the city out and makes other forms of transportation impossible. It also makes building housing more expensive.

You probably "believe in markets" or whatever so you should be happy about this change now the markets will decide how much parking exists instead random political regulations

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ArvinaDystopia t1_iu0b3ng wrote

He literally said:

> Pretty simple: discourage driving.

Trying fucking reading, next time.

> You probably "believe in markets"

That's your line, rightist.

Edit: oh, you're an /r/fuckcars troll. That explains everything.

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Emergency-Ad-7833 t1_iufx3uq wrote

So you are leftist that kisses the boots of the oil and gas industry? good luck with that. you may want to just move on

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ArvinaDystopia t1_iuhn7by wrote

Oh, look, a troll. Let's play "guess which sub he came from?".

Have fun kissing the boots of the wealthy.
"Please triple my commute, daddy Bezos!" "Please remove my flexibility and mobility!"
"You have deiicious boots, mr landlord! I never want to have my own place!"

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zeratul98 t1_itwe16m wrote

My favorite thing is when people like you make assertions with no explanation or evidence and then expect people to agree with you. And then when they inevitably don't, you insult them and pretend they're the unreasonable ones. A true masterpiece

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ArvinaDystopia t1_iu4sskj wrote

Total number of spots? You don't have to use something directly to benefit from it.
Analogy time: there are 8 checkout lines at the supermarket. Two of those require the super special supermarket card to use, and you don't have it.
Someone decies to remove those lines. Don't you think you'll spend more time, despite the fact that you weren't using them, because the people that were using them are now in the other 6?

(also, they don't have to be inside)

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ArvinaDystopia t1_iu4ur3z wrote

Why do idiots always confuse homonyms? It's so easy not to.

Anyway, that's just displacing the issue.

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ArvinaDystopia t1_iu4vfep wrote

> Why do idiots always end their sentences with a preposition?

They don't, that's actual English.

Edit: Well, the idiot realised he was wrong and bowed out.

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ArvinaDystopia t1_iu4sf2d wrote

[x] Doubt. But anyway, mark my words: housing prices will go up in the area in the next few years, not down.
Come back to this comment in 5 years.

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ArvinaDystopia t1_iu4teby wrote

Ok, Brussels. Go.

You're going to need price references, so I'll give you a source:
Average house price in Brussels: 500k-800k €.
Average house price in Hastières: 100k €.

Now you do some maths to show me that a car makes up for the 400k to 700k € difference.

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ArvinaDystopia t1_iu4udy4 wrote

You said "name a city". If you're going to only accept one city, then use that one, no need to ask for a name.

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ArvinaDystopia t1_iu4uw4y wrote

You're the one unable to stay on topic: you said commute from outside the city.

And it's faculties, not facilities. When you insult people's intelligence, try to have a basic grasp of your language.
You should be embarassed of making those mistakes and getting corrected by an ESL. I know you aren't, but you should be.

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ArvinaDystopia t1_iu4vqsa wrote

> It’s a Reddit comment, not a dissertation.

That's the thing: it doesn't require effort for those of us who aren't morons.

> Not my fault you lack critical thinking skills and have to rely on memorization.

I don't rely on memorisation, and I clearly have better critical thinking skills than you.
I also keep my word, unlike you. Still waiting on those maths.

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