Apps, other services help city dwellers stash their cars
February 15, 2018 By Katherine Roth Associated Press
The luxury parking condominium The Parking Club is seen here in the Brooklyn borough of New York. If you live in a city and have a car, it can be tough finding an affordable space for it. Luckily, a slew of apps and other online services have appeared to help city dwellers find nearby parking spaces. Richard Caplan via AP
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Many, if not most, urban homes do not include parking. So for those with wheels, finding an affordable home — for the car, that is — can present special challenges.
In many urban apartment buildings, spaces in the garage are sold or rented separately from the apartment itself. Rents for a parking space in expensive cities like New York can cost hundreds of dollars a month, and parking spaces sometimes sell for more than $200,000.
A slew of apps and other online services have appeared to help city dwellers across the country find parking.