I have often had this thought when driving around for parking at a mall in rural America. Wouldn’t a parking garage greatly reduce walking time into the store and save enough space to add more stores? But you see tons of small towns in America with laws against parking structes to “protect their small towns appeal”. Because as we all know the reason why people more to small towns is for the love of driving in a parking lot.
If it’s a small town, it generally means land is cheap and there aren’t enough people to support all those extra stores… and with having to drive everywhere, they could probably also use the exercise.
I have often had this thought when driving around for parking at a mall in rural America. Wouldn’t a parking garage greatly reduce walking time into the store and save enough space to add more stores? But you see tons of small towns in America with laws against parking structes to “protect their small towns appeal”. Because as we all know the reason why people more to small towns is for the love of driving in a parking lot.
If it’s a small town, it generally means land is cheap and there aren’t enough people to support all those extra stores… and with having to drive everywhere, they could probably also use the exercise.