1. When you manage to find a decent parking spot in Culver City but for the love of God can't decipher the meaning behind the street signs.
2. When you want to go to Trader Joe's on a Sunday and get trapped in the seventh circle of Hell.
hell on earth manifests in the parking lot of trader joes at 3rd and la brea. it was designed for a preschool.
3. When you want to try a new restaurant on Sunset Boulevard but the only parking available is valet.
4. Or when you want to hit up Venice for a relaxing beach day and need to take out money from your savings just to park.
5. When you avoid spending the night at someone's house because you don't know the parking rules for their neighborhood.
Having a one night stand in LA means being more afraid of getting a parking ticket than an std.
6. When you brave any garage in West Hollywood and 80% of the parking is reserved for electric cars.
7. When you accidentally lose track of time and don't pay your parking ticket when it's due.
8. When you think you can get away with having just one tire on the red zone and find out no one is exempt from getting towed.
9. When you get stuck in a parking lot traffic jam after EVERY Dodgers game.
10. When the rent for your apartment is ridiculously cheap but only offers street parking.
11. When you can't even manage to fit your compact car in a "compact" parking spot.
12. When you recoil in fear at the sight of a ticket on your car knowing that you're going to need at least $65 to cover the fees.
13. When you're running back to the meter because you forgot to put more change in it after an hour.
14. Or when you end up putting two hours worth of coins into a parking meter and later find out that it was broken.
15. When you try to escape the depths of a parking garage and the line for the ticket payment goes through the entire structure.
16. When you have to face your deepest nightmares and parallel park into the tightest spot you've ever seen in your entire life.
17. When the only conversations you have with your LA friends consists of the struggles of trying to find parking.
Living in LA means devoting 15 minutes of your conversation to where everybody found parking.
18. When five minutes was never enough time to run into CVS for some Advil.
19. And when you realize the only thing you yearn for in life anymore is for a proper parking lot in Los Angeles.
You don't appreciate parking lots until you drive in LA