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Parking increases construction costs

Even a basic, stand-alone parking structure costs nearly $28,000 per spot on average, not including land.

Developers typically try to study the market for every aspect of a project — the apartment sizes, the targeted rents, the building amenities.

But they don’t do that basic exercise for something as costly as parking, because they have no choice in the matter. Most US cities force them to build parking.

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[-] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

It's usually cleaned up pretty quickly. The heavy snows are usually earlier in the winter.

The second half of winter is a nightmare for public transit users - high winds and crazy wind chills. Standing out in the elements (even bus shelters) when it's below zero Fahrenheit is not a good time.

[-] Lumisal@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago

That's my favorite time. It's much more exciting than the usual boring routine.

Biking at -25°C or lower is fun too, if it's humid enough, because the air is pretty when going faster.

Once I forgot my protective gear and I had nest looking eyelashes and my mustache turned into icecles. It was a pretty cool look.

Anyhow, I like the cold

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