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Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark
In your opinion. But we all have opinions and mine is no more valid - and will be less popular here - than yours.
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Well, the reality is that there's a wide variety of lifestyles out there. The 1950's nuclear family tends to be disproportionately brought up but only a small percentage of households are two adults with children, and in Halifax they tend to live in houses. We should let people choose what they want rather than telling them what they want. By extension, developers should have the flexibility to build what their tenants and buyers want.
A lot of households don't even have more than one person in them. Most single people living in small 1 bedroom apartments probably don't want to pay for 2 parking spots if they also get guest parking. Furthermore some people can't drive at all, and they shouldn't be forced to pay for underground spots they can't use (this is tens of thousands of dollars per space).
When it comes to parking the city has adopted heavy-handed parking minimums and forced developers to build regardless of if that's what tenants and buyers want or not. Questioning this isn't anti-parking or anti-car. The minimums weren't brought in for the building occupants either, they were brought in by NIMBYs who didn't want new construction around them and, if they had to tolerate it, wanted to prevent competition for on-street parking they are not entitled to.
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