I never personally understood the amount of focus people put on a good parking space. Unless it’s so bad that I have to park in an entirely different lot, I just can’t be bothered to care, and I see people getting so worked up over what is usually a minute or two max of walk time difference.
Obviously, some folks don’t walk so good and I’m not talking about that. It seems like the default behavior for even able-bodied drivers and it leads to fucking road rage incidents.
if you aren’t used to walking places because you live in a car dependent city and thus drive everywhere, walking feels bad, so people try to minimize it.
parking lots usually lack shade so the asphalt bakes under the hot sun, making the walk feels extra bad after the nice cool car AC.
parking lots and surrounding areas here typically have the bare minimum pedestrian accommodations, so walking is extra unpleasant.
3b) gotta watch out for cars that might hit you, or are belching out smelly exhaust, or radiating heat when you’re already sweating. Tolerable at best, and generally not at its best.
Basically, parking lots just suck to be in, so getting the least-sucky spot feels like a celebratory achievement.
Even when I was a fat bastard I never cared about having to walk for an extra ten seconds. Now a massive public building like a stadium or even possibly this aquarium, maybe, but these dudes fighting for front spaces in front of a grocery store are just weird.
I honestly intentionally park far away because I’m less likely to get someone parking way too close. It really annoys my wife, so I’ll take an especially close spot if it’s available, but I spend so little of my time in the parking lot vs whatever place I’m at that where it is doesn’t matter too much.
I never personally understood the amount of focus people put on a good parking space. Unless it’s so bad that I have to park in an entirely different lot, I just can’t be bothered to care, and I see people getting so worked up over what is usually a minute or two max of walk time difference.
Obviously, some folks don’t walk so good and I’m not talking about that. It seems like the default behavior for even able-bodied drivers and it leads to fucking road rage incidents.
It’s a couple factors where I live:
if you aren’t used to walking places because you live in a car dependent city and thus drive everywhere, walking feels bad, so people try to minimize it.
parking lots usually lack shade so the asphalt bakes under the hot sun, making the walk feels extra bad after the nice cool car AC.
parking lots and surrounding areas here typically have the bare minimum pedestrian accommodations, so walking is extra unpleasant.
3b) gotta watch out for cars that might hit you, or are belching out smelly exhaust, or radiating heat when you’re already sweating. Tolerable at best, and generally not at its best.
Basically, parking lots just suck to be in, so getting the least-sucky spot feels like a celebratory achievement.
Even when I was a fat bastard I never cared about having to walk for an extra ten seconds. Now a massive public building like a stadium or even possibly this aquarium, maybe, but these dudes fighting for front spaces in front of a grocery store are just weird.
I honestly intentionally park far away because I’m less likely to get someone parking way too close. It really annoys my wife, so I’ll take an especially close spot if it’s available, but I spend so little of my time in the parking lot vs whatever place I’m at that where it is doesn’t matter too much.