In Australia when I traveled interstate, I was required to install a government app to “confirm I didn’t have covid symptoms” daily with the threat of sending the police to your house if you don’t comply.
Rounding a temporary restriction during a crisis up to "that boat has sailed" seems overly dramatic.
“That ship has sailed” essentially means that it has already happened, and precedent has been set. Which… it has. That it was (initially) done as a temporary measure doesn’t change that.
it wasn't on a whim.
> ... is less egregious than doing so long term?
obviously it is, yes. For example, plenty of people just avoided travel during that time and managed to not have to use an app. If it was ongoing that wouldn't be the case.
The precedent that has been set is: if there is ever another crisis of that scale, using a smartphone app to try to mitigate it is one of the options on the table. That doesn't seem like a bad thing to me.
Walkable / public transit-accessible housing is far more expensive than urban sprawl housing.
Not where I live? If you search Zillow for apartments below $1000/month and center the map on Philadelphia, you'll see some in the suburbs, but overwhelmingly they're in the city.
2) parkmobile has meter boxes you can pay at near any available parking