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		fomine3 on May 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to quit cars You can drive Tokyo but it's just expensive to park

nayuki on May 19, 2023 [–]

Residential streets in Tokyo are narrow and sometimes barely fit one car.

As for parking, well, it's market price. It's expensive because parking has been subsidized as the default in vast majority of the world.

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