From: steveo@panix.com   
      
   Peter T. Daniels  wrote:   
   >On Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 4:02:28 PM UTC-4, Steven M. O'Neill wrote:   
   >> Popping Mad  wrote:   
   >> >On 3/21/23 08:24, Steven M. O'Neill wrote:   
   >   
   >> >> I don't own a car, but if I did, I'd gladly pay $30 a month   
   >> >> to weed out all of the unregistered and/or uninsured vehicles   
   >> >> competing for scarce parking spaces.   
   >> >Maybe YOU want 30 bucks for every car parked in NYC. That mostly   
   >> >affects poor people since wealthy people have garages... but hey... that   
   >> >is REAL graft and I bet you can pay down your mortgage with that number   
   >> >and move to Florida.   
   >>   
   >> Most people in NYC don't own cars.   
   >   
   >Some years ago there were statistics -- Manhattan came out lowest   
   >at 51%, so "most" isn't right. But overall, it's much lower than comparable   
   >cities (which means, of course, L.A. and Chicago).   
      
   "45 percent of all households in the city own a car"   
      
   https://edc.nyc/article/new-yorkers-and-their-cars   
      
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   Steven O'Neill                                  steveo@panix.com   
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