Car culture in the United States spurred a parking boom that's continued since the early 1900s. As a result, American cites are chock full of parking lots and garages. In Seattle, for example, there are five parking spots per household. Cheddar explains why this happened and the often unseen damage it's doing to our cities.

Baltimore Sun
https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-...

Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...

Pew Trust
https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research...

GovTech
https://www.govtech.com/fs/Why-Parkin...

Mental Floss
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/8...

Research Institute for Housing America

LA Times
https://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...

City of Arlington
https://www.arlnow.com/2017/11/20/boa...

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