stackyFACTSThe American dream isn\'t home ownership; it is a sprawling, empty slab of asphalt.
The American dream isn\'t home ownership; it is a sprawling, empty slab of asphalt. Urban planners were so terrified of the concept of 'not finding parking' that they legally mandated massive parking lots for every new building. As a result, the US has carved out over a billion parking spots. Combined, this parking real estate takes up a landmass roughly the size of the entire state of West Virginia, proving we value our sedans more than our forests.
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