Bent Measuring Stick

(If you remember feeding a parking meter with loose change.)

Downtown Parking Meter (1995 → 2025)

1995 Price — An hour at a downtown parking meter typically cost $0.50–$0.75.

2025 Price — The same hour now commonly costs $2.50–$4.00, roughly a 4–6× increase for occupying the same curb beneath the same streetlight.

Inflation often parks itself in plain sight, quietly revising the cost of ordinary errands until the increase feels like part of the landscape. And when the measuring stick bends, even standing still for an hour begins to demand more of the time you already worked to earn.

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