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> リビングが広いのはいいと思うけど、駐車場が付いてた方がいい **んじゃない** かな。

"Although I like it that the living room is spacious, I guess an attached
parking space _would be great_." Do I understand the sentence right?

Why is んじゃない used here?

Can we say "...駐車場が付いてた方がいいでしょう" to mean the same thing?
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The construction with んじゃないかな
`んじゃないかな` is softer than `いいでしょう`. For example, suppose I'm talking to a
senpai of me with whom I can use タメ語 because we are very close. I would still
avoid saying `駐車場が付いてた方がいいでしょう` because it implies I'm pretty sure it should
have a parking (and insult the senpai by suggesting I can be pretty sure about
a topic which he cannot be). `駐車場が付いてた方がいいんじゃないかな` would be a suggestion
("maybe a parking wouldn't hurt?") and hence avoids this potential offence.

In a different context, your phrase is perfectly valid. For example, a MIL may
say: "リビングが広いのはいいと思うけど、駐車場が付いてた方がいいでしょう" because it is accepted that MILs can
generally make better decisions because of their seniority (life experience).
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