Whenever I think of suburbia, I think of larger homes, malls, and highways. It makes sense that suburbia got parking lots while downtowns got parking garages ... but I had never really given the parking lot much thought until this article
Let me introduce you to pre-condo boom downtown Toronto, Canada:
* https://www.blogto.com/city/2011/10/that_time_when_toronto_w...
The rise of lots occurred after the construction of the downtown Gardner highway:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardiner_Expressway
Nowadays land is too valuable to be flat, and so most/all parking lots have been turned into towers (condo(minium) and commercial):