Honestly I would say parking on the sidewalk is actually more common in Europe than in the US. But obviously depends on the local area as much as anything.
Exactly, I‘m German and it happens here a lot. My street is particularly bad because there’s not enough street parking - which would be a good thing if they actually punished people parking on the sidewalk.
Yeah I think this is the reason. There is so much parking and road space available in the US that there’s almost never any incentive to park on the sidewalk.
I think it’s also because the US is obsessed with parking and wide roads so there’s rarely an incentive to park on the sidewalk. Plenty of space elsewhere designated to that purpose.
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Honestly I would say parking on the sidewalk is actually more common in Europe than in the US. But obviously depends on the local area as much as anything.
Exactly, I‘m German and it happens here a lot. My street is particularly bad because there’s not enough street parking - which would be a good thing if they actually punished people parking on the sidewalk.
Yeah I think this is the reason. There is so much parking and road space available in the US that there’s almost never any incentive to park on the sidewalk.
I’ve probably never been there, but I bet there’s enough, or even more then enough, street parking. But it’s way too many cars.
There would be if every vehicle wasn’t a small tank, and cities so poorly designed that everyone always drives everywhere.
For it to be the US, there wouldn’t be a sidewalk
yeah also because we have much more sidewalk than in the US
I think it’s also because the US is obsessed with parking and wide roads so there’s rarely an incentive to park on the sidewalk. Plenty of space elsewhere designated to that purpose.