imagine a walmart parking lot

you've just done something my students cannot do. i showed them a picture of a normal sized parking lot for a chain store in new hampshire, they were amazed.

in my neighborhood at home, every building has parking underneath in the basement, or on the first floor with apartments starting on the second. it's not something i'm aware of a lot of the time, but for areas i've been in the breakdown seems to be: no space; all space. cities or small towns. i'm sure there's some more grey area there, but it doesn't feel as common as back home.