Chicago is held hostage by a 75 year lease of its parking meters to Morgan Stanley, impacting public transport and alternate transportation funding.

  • snooggums
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    611 year ago

    Yet another example of how terrible privatizing public infrastructure turns out in most cases.

    • @[email protected]
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      -111 year ago

      And how terrible cities are. And how terrible First Past the Post is, which is what enabled an incompetent mayor to rule qith impunity.

      • @ChicoSuave
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        311 year ago

        Cities are fine. Cities built around cars sucks. Cities built around people are phenomenal.

        • @Moneo
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          91 year ago

          I’m going to optimistically assume that’s what they meant. Our cities fucking blow.