I mean, 'customers spent'/'revenue' and 'profit made' are not the same thing. The running costs of a car park is the money machine and fixing potholes twice per decade. The running cost of a restaurant is staff, hygiene, certifications, stock, furniture, customer service, insurance, building maintenance, water, electricity, internet, licenses, thefts and damages, etc.
In essence, while I agree fuck cars and car parks, I have little doubt the upkeep of a restaurant is at least 60x that of a car park. Honestly you'd still probably calculate it as economically sensible if you include the improved attractiveness of the place and subsequent greater business, but comparing like-for-like here isn't really sensible.
I mean, 'customers spent'/'revenue' and 'profit made' are not the same thing. The running costs of a car park is the money machine and fixing potholes twice per decade. The running cost of a restaurant is staff, hygiene, certifications, stock, furniture, customer service, insurance, building maintenance, water, electricity, internet, licenses, thefts and damages, etc.
In essence, while I agree fuck cars and car parks, I have little doubt the upkeep of a restaurant is at least 60x that of a car park. Honestly you'd still probably calculate it as economically sensible if you include the improved attractiveness of the place and subsequent greater business, but comparing like-for-like here isn't really sensible.