The Paris metro is €1.90 (from a quick online search), which I’d argue is pretty close to nominal: it’s substantially below even the cheap public transit systems in the US like the NYC subway.
Single fares in Switzerland are indeed extortionate, but there are a wide variety of passes that cut costs considerably, including one that gives you free travel throughout the entire country.
Much of the money does not actually go towards maintaining the park or adding infrastructure (e.g., all the service fees on recreation.gov go to Booz Allen). So never have increase in physical infrastructure, just the digital reservation component.
well the problem is censorship from Visa is distorting the market. i.e., many people like amateur porn but this makes amateur porn have a higher barrier.
Living in SF, I experience someone shoplifting from Walgreens at least once a month. Many things require calling someone to unlock an item. (Target has locks on $20 pants!)