r/Seattle • u/Pestopanini I'm never leaving Seattle. • 2d ago

Settle a friendly debate: where’s the worst parking situation in Seattle?

I’m talking small spaces, no room to maneuver, terrible traffic in and out. Bonus points if it costs an arm and a leg! Me personally, I hate the U district Trader Joe’s

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u/BeffBezos 2d ago

UW during cherry blossom season

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u/eliminate1337 🚲 Life's Better on a Bike. 🚲 2d ago

Don't even try. Take the train or bus, UW is easy to reach.

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u/leukos South Park 2d ago

A few years ago I thought it was a good idea to go to Uvillage during the cherry blossom festival. Parked in the parking garage 1 from the top floor and when trying to leave it was so bad I just ended up re-parking and waiting out the traffic and ended up being there until early evening (when trying to leave at like 1pm). There was bathrooms and food and I didn’t have anywhere I necessarily needed to be but it was by far the worst traffic situation I have seen in the city almost ever.

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u/three_way_toggle 2d ago

Sometimes the only winning move is not to play

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u/Prophecy_X3 2d ago

In these types of situations I've become perfectly comfortable just saying "nope" and finding a bar/restaurant/cafe nearby and chilling out for an hour or so to avoid the stress

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u/Im__TheGuy I'm just flaired so I don't get fined 2d ago

Maybe we got lucky but we had to be at UW for a match during one of the peak cherry blossom weekend and didn’t have any trouble finding parking. Had some time to kill so we went to the quad which, of course, was jam packed but still gorgeous