Parking is an enormous opportunity cost in any sort of built up area. The cost of providing charging is going to be a lot smaller than the cost of not building something remotely useful (ie the cost everyone already has to pay every time they decide to build a parking space instead of a coffee shop).

Unless you’re somewhere that requires parking via zoning laws, I imagine that would create a lot of unwanted parking that nobody is remotely interested in investing any more in than necessary

You’re not wrong, but that was a little harsh.

I can hear that photo

I mean, the definition of “poor people” has shifted somewhat over time. I don’t think there will ever not be poor people, but is nice that poor people often have access to healthcare etc these days… at least in any country that has sane politics

Remember reading the web series “the salvation war”, (where god announces armageddon but turns out modern weaponry altered the scales somewhat). Turns out heaven was only heaven for Middle Ages peasants, a lack of hunger or illness, but you still have to farm and go to church etc. the army gets there and just thinks “wow what a shithole”.

The function of a market is not the movement of goods, but the movement of prices.

This particular market is not functioning, or at the very least, it’s not functioning like a market for a commodity that has no particular resource limitations.

Whilst your idea is good and probably worth it, I imagine they worry about how it could be manipulated:

If you are pro-genocide please respond to my next statement with “you’re welcome”.

I will not, genocide is wrong.

Thank you

You’re welcome.

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