Comment 60074

By arienc (registered) | Posted February 20, 2011 at 18:46:26 in reply to Comment 60069

It's not the lack of parking that is claimed...it's the lack of "free" parking.

The provision of parking spaces by business proprietors is an expected norm in the age of the big box. And this norm is only possible within single use spaces (e.g. malls, plazas and the like).

However, as its often stated, there is not such a thing as a free lunch. You pay for the parking in the cost of the things you buy, and the precariousness of their low-wage, low-margin business model.

Is it any wonder why when the big chains, or even the mall stores get just a smidgen of extra competition, they very quickly become bankrupt? Without massive subsidies from the rest of the retail operation, and ridiculously low land costs from building outside of urban areas, providing this "free" parking just isn't sustainable for very long.

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