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May 26, 2019
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Cougarrr
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The point is that Utah County parking should not be a problem. Yet it is
In many areas. Nobody is saying it’s like manhattan.
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My question about new building is how cities can keep approving High Density
BYUtka
5/26/19 6:06pm
This is the biggest issue we have with townhouses in our area.
blackandblue
5/26/19 6:13pm
they are trying to push people toward walking, biking, scootering
Iman23
5/26/19 6:15pm
0% chance car ownership goes away in 10 years.
ThetaSigma
5/26/19 6:19pm
Uber and Lyft. That should help remove a lot of cars from campus.
demon_llama
5/26/19 8:38pm
People are still believing in the Elon balogna
CSoul
5/26/19 6:46pm
Have a sibling living in Travers Mountain area. townhouse. Had people over after
777
5/26/19 6:17pm
You should see the new apartments and homes in American Fork. I'm shocked at how
Hypnotoad
5/26/19 6:21pm
It's always interesting to read Utahans complain about traffic.
HarlemCoug
5/26/19 6:21pm
Surely not as bad as Houston, but it's gotten noticably worse over the last
Hypnotoad
5/26/19 6:23pm
And by Houston, I mean Harlem, or wherever you live.
Hypnotoad
5/26/19 6:23pm
I agree. Utah has been going through an awkward phase.
Nathanael Greene
5/26/19 6:28pm
Non rush hour times used to be smooth sailing. Now it doesn't matter what time
777
5/26/19 6:31pm
Between work and Jazz games seems like you spend a good portion of your week
TNT
5/26/19 6:28pm
Sticker shock. I got a great deal on my home and my interest rate is 3.65.
Hypnotoad
5/26/19 6:32pm
Ah. Superkid is right. SLC-Provo corridor is getting too crowded
TNT
5/26/19 6:32pm
Yeah. I could go the other direction and get a great deal on a home in Eagle
Hypnotoad
5/26/19 6:35pm
The point is that Utah County parking should not be a problem. Yet it is
Cougarrr
5/26/19 6:23pm
Why shouldn't parking be a problem? Parking/traffic is the ultimate urban planning problem. The most often repeated
HarlemCoug
5/26/19 6:29pm
The problem is that people buy these units before they know there is going to
BostonCougar
5/26/19 6:41pm
Not traffic. Parking... Or specifically the irresponsible lack of parking in new
BYUtka
5/26/19 7:11pm
He's talking about parking. With traffic, people are in the car.
ochobeeguy
5/26/19 7:50pm
It's a problem. In cities like NYC you have viable mass transit
kccougar
5/26/19 10:26pm
I disagree that limited parking is a problem.
05COUG
5/26/19 6:23pm
To answer your last question
jkccoug
5/26/19 9:13pm
The externality only exists because the price is wrong
05COUG
5/27/19 5:12am
Not really
jkccoug
5/27/19 7:26am
Wrong. At my brother’s place in Vineyard they are charging for parking now and
BYUtka
5/27/19 8:28am
when you take 'muh free mahrket' to extremes
Dissenter
5/27/19 1:10pm
NINE PER CENT PARKING**
royal_blue
5/26/19 6:34pm
The developers have effectively taken over the planning commissions in several
BostonCougar
5/26/19 6:39pm
Seems like at some point suburbs (and cities planned like suburbs) transition to high-density cities, if
mik3
5/26/19 6:48pm
Eventually growing cities have to add density
spinner
5/26/19 7:40pm
Yeah, SLC proper is currently getting ruined. They are pushing all families out.
8man
5/26/19 7:03pm
They would become San Francisco or Seattle if the State let them.
AF Cougar
5/26/19 8:07pm
NIMBY stuff is how you get San Francisco or Seattle.
mik3
5/26/19 8:19pm
Ruin the Vineyard area?
BYU'01
5/26/19 9:43pm
And that is not the problem. The irresponsible lack of parking is.
BYUtka
5/26/19 9:48pm
The problem in Vineyard (at least in the high density areas) is that
villares
5/27/19 2:44am
I hope that is true... even still two per is half the amount that should have
BYUtka
5/27/19 8:33am
You have to look at it from a $$$ perspective. Parking spots make $0 for
UberDeek
5/27/19 8:42am
Yes, I noted that in the OP. I know why they don’t put in a sufficient amount.
BYUtka
5/27/19 8:52am
So, when developers are forced to make a profit from fewer units being built
UberDeek
5/27/19 8:58am
The customer is already suffering... unnecessarily. Developers would adjust
BYUtka
5/27/19 9:16am
Ok... Let me state this once again. If a developer has 5 acres of land and the
UberDeek
5/27/19 9:44am
I am not just blaming the developers.The City Councils are just as much to blame
BYUtka
5/27/19 11:54am
High density housing is fine, so long as it is in areas where people who live
unctoothman
5/27/19 7:12am
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