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Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

There’s an opportunity cost associated with using land for parking

That’s not a cost of provision. Who’s to say that the medical benefit of many friends or relatives visiting is worth less than a house. Their is an opportunity cost of not having parking.

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uis@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

the medical benefit of many friends or relatives visiting is worth less than a house

American mind cannot comprehend public transit.

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drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Who’s to say that the medical benefit of many friends or relatives visiting is worth less than a house.

Doctors and medical researchers are in a position to say what the effects of public policy are on public health. And they’re saying that car-centric urban design has a negative impact on it.

In general activities that have a negative impact on society should be discouraged, and certainly not subsidized so that they’re favored over the alternatives. There are many ways to make it easy to visit a hospital, not the least of which is simply allowing people to live in close proximity to one, which is something that has a positive impact on medical outcomes.

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