Funny you mention this. Here in Boston just today a story broke abotu a local garage. During massive highway works 20 years ago a couple dozen neighborhood parking spots disappeared, and to make that something the locals would not complain endlessly about a local garage was arranged with, get this, $5/month parking in the middle of Boston, for about 30 cars.
Over the years these permits have changed hands, and --somehow-- lawyers and bankers who work in the area but live nowhere nearby have some of the passes… I wonder how that happened. This is sort of the obverse of what you’re saying, but to the working class folks who cling to that neighborhood, the $800 a month to park there is not possible, but they had a deeded spot that they gave up to get this parking lot perk. And then the wealthy come in and game the system. Fortunately the local parking jig is up, but it took some annoyed locals and an activist press to get it done. Everyone has until the end of the month to prove their car is registered at their local neighborhood address or lose their pass, period.
