The High Cost of Free Parking (2005)
Sometimes when I hear discussions like this, I can&#x27;t help but think back to several places I&#x27;ve lived or stayed where using a car was not possible.<p>It sucked.<p>Yes, living in the exact center of a bustling city should be efficient - you should be able to walk everywhere for all your needs and it should be efficient.<p>But the reality was that you couldn&#x27;t and it wasn&#x27;t.  It took a tremendous toll on your time and the effort to live life was higher.<p>I think the way people lived a decent life walking and taking public transportation was to live a smaller life, and put up with the inefficiency of slower transportation and more limited choices of jobs to have, places to shop and things to do.<p>Am I wrong?  Do I not understand?   Has anyone moved from a semi-dense area where just about anything was within a 10 minute drive, to a situation where they didn&#x27;t use a car and still lived a decent efficient life?