Well, you just touched on an interesting area I completely chose to steer around: "Free" things people actually find ways to charge for. Water comes out of the tap for pennies, but people pay $2 for bottled water. Parking is a good example. Here in my town, they recently "created" an annual septic system "inspection fee." Even look at Steemit... upvotes are basically free to give, but people (bid bot owners) SELL them for money.

Interesting situation with the daycare... doesn't surprise me.