I believe in Japan, or Tokyo at least you have to prove you have a parking space to purchase a vehicle. This encourages the purchase of smaller vehicles or no vehicles. I guess that’s how the smart people get to 40 million without dieing from smog. Adelaide is a country town sprawled over a vast area. When I was younger I used to like living in he inner burbs but the sprawling outer burbs are a depressing wasteland. You are better probably off living in country SA if you can find work.
Adelaide is a very inefficient and boring low density city designed to serve the interests of low-effort residential property developers which is surrounded by huge housing developments served by islands of franchised box stores. The people there don’t want to change. They like the supermarkets shutting at 5pm on a weekend and would rather pay 4 times the price to buy essentials from a wage thieving petrol station. Let them have their big cars. You don’t need to live there. People have been leaving for decades and will continue to do so. It is a shame as the place had a lot of potential.
Only rebuttal to your argument about Adelaide is that retail workers (aka 14-18yr olds for the large majority) shouldn’t have to work all the time, including on a weekends… maybe it’s just me but why do they need to be open after 5 on a Saturday? Groceries are open till 7pm during the week and later around Christmas. This feels very specific, did an Adelaide Woolies/Coles hurt you? /s on the last part but I am legitimately curious tbh.
Various places in Japan, yes. Most, if not all, major urban centers require a parking cert from the police station saying they’ve verified your parking spot. There are exceptions (some places don’t require for kei cars, I’m pretty sure I didn’t need one for my motorbike in Tokyo, etc.)
I didn’t need one where I moved in rural Tohoku for my kei car, but I think I’d need to get one if I got a full-sized vehicle.
It make sense. If you want to own a big car you pay for a parking space. In SA they would prefer to make all home owners pay for a huge parking space regardless of if they want a big car or not. It’s better than having people dump them on the street but only barely.
In my opinion Malinauskas is a poor labor leader and mainly represents the shoppies and big business.
I’m almost certain without any research that this is a sensationalist piece and it’s actually a proposed amendment to minimum garage sizes for new construction.
Regardless of the big yank vehicles, all vehicles are larger due to the many safety regulations and tech consumers demand.
Have a look between the original mini and new BMW mini, even small cars have gotten big and a lot of new high density residential areas do not accommodate for even small vehicles.
I believe in Japan, or Tokyo at least you have to prove you have a parking space to purchase a vehicle. This encourages the purchase of smaller vehicles or no vehicles. I guess that’s how the smart people get to 40 million without dieing from smog. Adelaide is a country town sprawled over a vast area. When I was younger I used to like living in he inner burbs but the sprawling outer burbs are a depressing wasteland. You are better probably off living in country SA if you can find work.
Adelaide is a very inefficient and boring low density city designed to serve the interests of low-effort residential property developers which is surrounded by huge housing developments served by islands of franchised box stores. The people there don’t want to change. They like the supermarkets shutting at 5pm on a weekend and would rather pay 4 times the price to buy essentials from a wage thieving petrol station. Let them have their big cars. You don’t need to live there. People have been leaving for decades and will continue to do so. It is a shame as the place had a lot of potential.
Only rebuttal to your argument about Adelaide is that retail workers (aka 14-18yr olds for the large majority) shouldn’t have to work all the time, including on a weekends… maybe it’s just me but why do they need to be open after 5 on a Saturday? Groceries are open till 7pm during the week and later around Christmas. This feels very specific, did an Adelaide Woolies/Coles hurt you? /s on the last part but I am legitimately curious tbh.
Various places in Japan, yes. Most, if not all, major urban centers require a parking cert from the police station saying they’ve verified your parking spot. There are exceptions (some places don’t require for kei cars, I’m pretty sure I didn’t need one for my motorbike in Tokyo, etc.)
I didn’t need one where I moved in rural Tohoku for my kei car, but I think I’d need to get one if I got a full-sized vehicle.
It make sense. If you want to own a big car you pay for a parking space. In SA they would prefer to make all home owners pay for a huge parking space regardless of if they want a big car or not. It’s better than having people dump them on the street but only barely.
In my opinion Malinauskas is a poor labor leader and mainly represents the shoppies and big business.
I’m almost certain without any research that this is a sensationalist piece and it’s actually a proposed amendment to minimum garage sizes for new construction.
Regardless of the big yank vehicles, all vehicles are larger due to the many safety regulations and tech consumers demand.
Have a look between the original mini and new BMW mini, even small cars have gotten big and a lot of new high density residential areas do not accommodate for even small vehicles.