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by JackFr 1420 days ago
> Is it enforced? No. But technically, it's there.

Very much enforced in NYC - where they do around $600 million a year in parking tickets.

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I would argue that most of those 600 million are not "parked for too long in one place", which is what I said is not enforced.

The vast majority of them are likely the ones that can be verified on the spot -- things like being parked in a no parking zone (whether street cleaning or regular), expired or hasn't paid parking, etc.

Yes. That is correct.

NYC has alternate side of the street parking on most streets which means that for a two hour period, typically midday, on Mon/Thu or Tue/Fri. This has the effect of making you move your car every 72 hours, and it is trivially enforceable. Additionally there are 1 & 2 hour spots which are typically metered.