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Just yesterday was thinking about how much pavement is between me and my neighbors across the street. Standard suburbia single family home area, and I think we could have a car on each side of the street and still pass two cars through side by side, though thankfully cars never need to slow down out of fear of hitting things - one side is no parking. It's a ton of infrastructure and maintenance cost that is never fully utilized. Even at the peak of demand (Christmas or Thanksgiving probably) we're not all hosting at the same time, and most likely two very nearby neighbors will be traveling (not taking up street space, and probably fine with you parking in their driveway if you ask permission).

On top of the massive street, everyone has driveways that can hold 2-3 vehicles and typically 2 sometimes 3 garage stalls (though many are filled with "stuff", an entirely separate issue).




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