Anyone else not want to go anywhere anymore where parking might be a problem?

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PetSoundsSucks@reddit

I’ll one up you on that. I make restaurant decisions based on the number of right hand turns I can make to get there and back.

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Proof_Fix1437@reddit

Unprotected lefts can be just fine but at a light? Absolutely not.

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anyone making a left hand turn has made a wrong decision at some point to end up where they are.

TFW you zoom out and realize the whole planet is child-proofed for right-handers. Such "wrong decisions" are baked-in to the design.

times_zero@reddit

Just adding my two cents here, but FWIW I felt the same way about 2-3 years ago, so after some time I got rid of my car via an online pickup, I cancelled my car issuance, and then I made the switch to being car-free here in Northern Cali. Obviously, it's still very car-centric here, but I've found at least in my case I live in a city with enough bike paths, and sidewalks where it's managed to use an ebike (along with a backup) as a local communicator for trips like groceries while still remaining self-reliant. Now, with that being said, I'm also single with no kids, so I understand why dropping car ownership is not necessarily ideal for most average folks for a variety of reasons as these are systematic issues after all. Either way, I figured I'd share my experience in hopes to show it can be possible, even in car-centric USA, to make dropping car ownership work depending on one's area/circumstances.

We literally pickup orders for groceries and anything when it's available.

Restaurants order pickup, no Uber eats bs.

Basically no need to go anywhere. Only place I go to is a quick run to sevs or Walgreens

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westfailiciana@reddit

I live in the boonies, so no delivery at all. That's the woes of working commercial Nuclear power. Luckily, the plant I work at is in a little bougie town in Louisiana so we actually have a lot to offer for a little town.

Delivery is such a novelty for me, when I go somewhere I get all excited to see what's offered on all the new apps and shit. When I'm in a metro area and I can get Vietnamese or Indian food delivered, I think about how great it would be to live there and order whatever I wanted all the time. I haven't actually pulled the trigger on ordering door dash or uber eats, but one day I will!!

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Echterspieler@reddit

Depends on your location. I'm a delivery driver part time and deliver out to middle of nowhere places all the time

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MelpomeneAndCalliope@reddit

Must be St. Francisville!

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citrus_sugar@reddit

You call it Sevs, too? 🥹

Agreed.

I love traveling and camping, but I hate being around morons. Wife and I invested in nice, but inexpensive land in a couple beautiful places, so us our family and our friends have awesome places to camp. Some others in my family have done the same.

laternerdz@reddit

I actually love difficult parking situations and finding some tiny spot I can parallel park in.

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Fishboy9123@reddit (OP)

We could never be friends

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100%!

There is this really good taco place where I live called “Torchy’s”, but the parking situation is always shit (and they’re always packed anyways). So it ends up just being a stressful meal, and I don’t really vibe with that. So I stopped going altogether. DoorDash up charges for every item so I don’t do that either. Fuck DoorDash.

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TurboAssRipper@reddit

One of the main reasons I stay at my job is because I can drive in almost a straight line to get there

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drift_pigeon@reddit

Hate going to Walmart during the day. F**k every last bit of that.

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audiate@reddit

Last time I visited LA I drove for an hour to find parking and when I did it was $40.

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chao_sweetie@reddit

I look at Google to: see where parking is.,
how long it will take to get there by car, walking or bicycle,
photos of the place, food and the reviews (if any),
what times they are busy.

icky_boo@reddit

I stopped shopping at my local shops because of no parking. I'd rather ride to a few suburbs away where I know there's parking.

I'm on a motorbike and in Sydney Australia so that tells you how bad it is at my local shops.

I used to happily go where ever and be content to park ten minutes walk away.

This weekend I did a click and collect for something and chose the next town over cause the shop there I knew I could park outside, the one in town I’d have to find a park, pay for it, wrangle the kids, deal with the complaining…

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broken-bells@reddit

Parallel parking? No way Jose!

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HaveASwellDayFriend@reddit

When you get a little older you'll start being scared to go out at night. Like me.

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Prossdog@reddit

I always wondered why my parents were so lame and never wanted to do anything.

And to add, on top of all of it, the safety factor. Big crowds make me a bit panicky/hyper alert now. Always know the exits and have a plan in case violence, fire, or a crowd crush breaks out.

Correct.

For other reasons, too, but I absolutely decline invitations to places with difficult parking.

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Old_Artist3624@reddit

💯 this. So over crowds crappy parking and how costly everything is.

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SlackerDS5@reddit

If I am going somewhere and I’m iffy on even attending, if the parking situation sucks, I will just go home.

I went to a local concert venue recently where you sit in grass and watch the stage while sitting down. The venue controlled parking in the entire area, including shopping centers, and charged $25 no matter where you went. Then, during the headliner, everyone stood up, so you couldn't even chill on the grass anymore.

I don't want to go out anytime that there's a chance I'll be out late enough the assdouches' LED headlights will be on.

That means I'm stuck in the house at fucking noon anymore.

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zeus423@reddit

Anywhere downtown. No parking? No thanks

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Wasting-tim3@reddit

I knew there was a reason I always complete my trader Joes shopping before 9:30 in the morning.

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brilliantpants@reddit

OMG, 100%. I’m a huge fan of professional wrestling. This year Wrestlemania is as held about 45 minutes from my house. When it was announced I was SO HYPED! But when it came to buy tickets the thought of having to drive all the way down there, park a mile from the stadium, and the INTERMINABLE wait to get out of the parking lot after the show stopped me from buying tickets.

aricberg@reddit

I used to live and work in my city’s downtown. I took it for granted because I could walk to any restaurant, theater, brewery, or event going on at a moment’s notice. It was great. Now that I neither work or live there, I absolutely despise going there because the parking situation. There’s 2 parking decks which are always half taken up with permit-only parking. The other spots are always taken. And in the last year or so, they’ve taken up even more of the “public” spots for permit-only parking…and they’re always empty! I hate it. I just avoid going anymore.

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Alarmed_Attitude_316@reddit

Why would I go somewhere? I have somewhere at home and I pay way too much fucking money for it already. Not going to start paying for other people’s too.

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JennJayBee@reddit

Staying in, getting food delivered, and turning off my phone is my kind of night.

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BlurL1fe@reddit

If I had a guy to go with 😂

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Dracono@reddit

I'm introverted enough with limited time and things I want do. Going to where crowded public areas just sounds tiresome. Parking, even driving to areas that are going to be congested only amplify that feeling. Often these places are just built around consumerism, which is not interesting.

In the states I have zero desire to go out to eat. Waiting, questionable food, loud environments, and push service looking to eject you to open to the next wallet walking in the door. Bad enough I dread prices, where the only thing certain is prices are high and not including a tip in the menu prices. Really why deal with that when I can and do cook a better meal, have enjoyed the moment more and be done onto the next thing.

I wanted to go to a show a couple weeks ago, but it was street parking, raining, and upstairs.

Sometimes I say fuck it and go to Chili’s

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i_Love_Gyros@reddit

It’s about 90% of the reason I don’t like visiting big cities anymore. My little 100k city/county is already annoying to park in, I can’t deal with manhattan parking ever again

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Distinct-Banana-7937@reddit

Lol I thought it was just me! Plus if I do have to go somewhere, I will purposely park way away from everyone else because when my car was new to me everyone and their mother would park next to me and my car got dinged.

I hate going anywhere in general though, I put about 4,000 miles on my car a year.

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Flat-Flounder-9034@reddit

I live in Los Angeles and everything car-related here is terrible and I have gone to a place and left when I couldn’t find parking after 5 minutes. Life is too short.

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sureal42@reddit

My back hurts just thinking about having to walk any distances...

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LoveYouNotYou@reddit

Me! I will Google maps a new location. Oh, look, no parking. None of my business for you. I just went looking for a liquor store near my job. None had parking. I waited til the next day to go to the Spirit & Wines Specialty store around the house that has parking. Plus I went to the Supermarket while there.

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westfailiciana@reddit

Not happening. I used to love music festivals and concerts. If I wanna see how a musician performs live, I go to youtube. Everything has inshitified to the point everything is a fucking cash-grab-rip-off.

I won't even stand in line for a restaurant. If I can't make a reservation, not happening.

I don't go to steak houses b/c I can cook my steak exactly how I like it, better than they can.

I hate parking so much. You have to park. You can't just not park. If you drive you have to put your car somewhere.

I go to this one school once a week that has a small parking lot. It's usually crowded and people have to park on the grass. That makes me nervous because like I said, you can't just not park.

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monstereatspilot@reddit

Naw. I live in Chicago, parking is a problem everywhere 😂

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Hypatia76@reddit

Me me me a thousand percent me. I have no idea where this parking anxiety came from. I've always had a shitty sense of direction, so some of it is just knowing that if I'm driving around looking for parking I'm also going to have to figure out how to get to where I'm actually going from the parking spot.

Some of it is just that parking in any of the areas where the cool stuff is happening has gotten obscenely expensive.

mostlygray@reddit

I don't care for doing much any more unless I know exactly where I'm going, exactly where I'm parking, and have a complete entrance and exit strategy.

I used to go downtown, find parking a mile away, walk to the trendy restaurant that costs a million dollars, walk back, pay $25 for parking and go home. I'd go to Major League games, maybe check out an independent theater in a terrible part of town, watch a buddy play a show at a dangerous bar in some out of the way place.

Now, I like going to the grocery store or the hardware store. That's about it. One gets older and curmudgeonly I suppose.

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AttarCowboy@reddit

Done with cars. We have lived our whole life on this rig for 2.5 years. Haven’t even registered this bike in five. Have spoken to the cops zero times. Ride right into Home Drpot and stack lumber on it.

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knightblaze@reddit

Went to a high-school football game, regretted it for the parking. Insane, took 45 to get out onto the street from the parking lot.

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protoman86@reddit

Yes. If I go anywhere it’s somewhere quiet with a nice view and nobody around.

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Appropriate_Bird_223@reddit

I just don't enjoy going into cities anymore, no matter the parking situation. I had to drive a few hours to the Indianapolis area and back yesterday and driving the by-pass around the city with a ton of construction, and idiot drivers, was more than enough for me to be thankful for my small town lifestyle. I refuse to drive in Chicago at all anymore.

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Solid_Office3975@reddit

I love to drive. I'll drive around aimlessly all day, just me and the openish road.

The other day I tried going to a restaurant I’d never been to before for lunch. It’s on the corner of a very busy intersection and I didn’t know if there was a lot or just street parking. I pulled into what I thought was the lot, but it was just the back of the building with dumpsters and No Parking signs. Instead of making an impossible left turn, I made a right and went home lmao

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frustratedComments@reddit

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I live in a 10k+ town. Nothing crazy. Traffic/parking is never a real issue.

When I go to the bug city, there's nothing I like more than parking close to the action. And skating around. Was just in Venice. Skating up and down the strip was so fun. Same in Vegas. Same in SF. You can cover a lot of ground.

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DJMagicHandz@reddit

I want to go places but people drive like they're participating in a high speed chase, calm down clapped out '99 Nissan Sentra you're not Keanu Reeves.

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RoomUsed1803@reddit

Or if there is going to be a wait/long lines (except for Disney/Universal 😂).

I hate grocery shopping and if I can get my crap together for the week I will order pickup/delivery groceries.

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Hot_Razzmatazz316@reddit

I just don't want to pay for parking if I can avoid it. But I also don't want to walk six blocks to find a free parking spot.

I also don't really want to go anywhere because the cost of things just depresses me. I really haven't gone out much at all since I lost my job last December, even to go shop for household necessities. But I had to go to the hardware store the other day (big chain store) and I was shocked at the price of screws compared to the price of 2x4's. I just wanted some 1 in drywall screws, and they were charging like $15 for the smallest one. I used to be able to buy a giant box for that price.

Yes. In the past six months, I can count a few times where I have not attended something based on perceived parking difficulty level.

I will bike to avoid problematic parking, but unless there's super-secure bike locking, or a bike valet...nope. Fortunately, a few of my favourite local places have really solid bike parking.

I'm getting fussy about parking multiple modes of conveyance though!

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BoredAccountant@reddit

Before I met my partner, if I went somewhere and parking was an issue, like insufficient or valet only, I would just leave. I didn't mind paying for parking so long as I knew I'd have a spot. I detest places that have free for all parking and don't know when they're full, to the point I will go out of my way to note infractions to report to the Fire Marshal (easiest way to get a public venue shit down).

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Maudib1962@reddit

Went to the store yesterday for something I needed. Went to pay and it was a huge lineup.

My time is worth more to me than this trinket so put it on the closest shelf and walked out.

Anyone else not want to go anywhere anymore.

Nope. Being home is all the excitement I can afford or tolerate.

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MelodicPaint8924@reddit

I live in a high population area. Parking is a nightmare. I take the city bus when I can and avoid it altogether. It doesn't work for Coatco trips, though.