Making space for storing large metal boxes is no longer mandatory.

  • FearMeAndDecay@literature.cafe
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    8 days ago

    They can charge more for the place if it has a parking garage or lot with it. It’s like how I was looking to buy a laptop recently and a bunch of them came with a wireless mouse or a year long subscription for Microsoft office. I didn’t want or need those things, but they bundle them into the laptop so they can say “look at all the stuff you’re getting! Give us more money for this stuff you don’t want!” The parking availability makes the property more valuable technically, so they can charge more for renting or buying

    • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de
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      8 days ago

      When I was looking for an apartment, one apartment I was considering came with a parking space, and they explicitly told me that if I didn’t need a parking space, I could rent it out to someone else. I probably would have done that if I had ended up moving there (which I didn’t, for a different reason). Not sure if that is a thing in many places.