Subj : Re: EVs
To   : Adept
From : Nightfox
Date : Thu Oct 26 2023 09:24:54

  Re: Re: EVs
  By: Adept to Nightfox on Thu Oct 26 2023 02:44 pm

 Ni>> In my area, I've even seen a few apartment complexes that don't appear
 Ni>> to have a parking lot at all.  I really doubt nobody who lives there owns
 Ni>> a car, and I have to wonder where those who live there and own a car park
 Ni>> their car when they're home.  It already bothers me that the apartment
 Ni>> complex I currently live in charges $35 per month for an assigned parking
 Ni>> space.  It almost feels like they don't expect residents to have a car,
 Ni>> which I think is a bit unreasonable.

 Ad> I mean, if a parking garage is the most-profitable use of the land,
 Ad> theoretically a parking garage will spring up. And people will pay extra
 Ad> for the privilege.

 Ad> And, if being able to park their car at the apartment complex is worth it
 Ad> to people, then they'll probably pay for it at a different apartment
 Ad> complex that has parking.

 Ad> It seems odd to mandate parking if parking isn't profitable. And the point
 Ad> when there isn't a lot of parking around, but there are a lot of people
 Ad> around, then that's the point when oftentimes people don't own a car.

I don't really see how it's odd..?  In 2010, I moved into a different apartment complex, and that was the first time I ever saw an apartment complex that charged extra for a parking space.  Before that, all the apartments I've ever lived at included an assigned parking space as part of your apartment lease.  The fact is that people usually have a car to get around, and they need a place to park their car.  What seems odd to me is charging extra for a parking space. It's not unusual for people to have a car..

IF an apartment complex is going to charge extra for an assigned parking space, then maybe they could charge extra for being allowed to use specific walkways within the apartment complex.  Or maybe they could charge extra for being able to lock your apartment door.  Or maybe they could charge extra for being able to open your windows.  Charging extra for normal everyday things can get a bit ridiculous.  It reminds me of what I've been hearing about car companies these days wanting to charge a monthly subscription fee to use certain features of the car (I'd heard BMW wanted to charge a subscription to allow using the heated seats - but then I heard they decided not to do that).

Nightfox
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