QUESTION: What’s one shopping center parking lot you hate more than any other? Could be because of parking, potholes, crime, etc.
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QUESTION: What’s one shopping center parking lot you hate more than any other? Could be because of parking, potholes, crime, etc.
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all the parking (especially the veranda ) on diamond blvd. Too crowded
Yeah, Veranda is the worst.
Home Depot, Concord. I’d rather drive the short distance to Home Depot, Martinez.
Most parking lots don’t bother me because I enjoy walking. If a lot is poorly designed, or
crowded, I don’t have a problem parking a few blocks away on the street and walk to my destination. If I need to buy something too bulky or heavy to carry a couple of blocks, then
I will look for a closer parking spot or find an alternative like Home Depot, Martinez.
Any of them that have straight parking.
I have no idea how some of these people passed their driving tests, it’s crazy watching them park in straight parking spots. I drive a big 4×4 crew cab truck, and have no problem parking, then I see a tiny little two door coupe trying to pull in as if they were driving a big rig, it’s pathetic!!!
I can park my extra cab 4×4 4wd pickup anywhere, and even back it into your back pocket if need be. But try and park my lifted 2 door Jeep straight is something else. The extra short wheel base makes it screwy. Even the tiniest of corrections throws it off a ton.
The Veranda! Something is odd about that parking lot but I still can’t figure out why it’s difficult for me. It’s not intuitive and no matter where I park it’s not easy to get to the stores I want
It’s a tie – Orchard’s and now Encina Grande across the street from each other at YVR & Oak Grove. Orchard’s poorly designed, parking spaces way too narrow for today’s cars, too narrow driving lanes, the drain pits take away parking spots and are a safety hazard, employees of the stores take all the spots in front of the businesses (they should park on the second story structure), Safeway took several parking spots for their cart return areas from an area already with too few parking spots, not nearly enough parking for the business establishments – even the businesses complain about it. They’re losing big $$ as a result others, including myself won’t deal with it anymore and go elsewhere (try going there for lunch 🙁 Encina Grande – since they redid the parking lot – the drain pits are taking too many spots, parking spaces too narrow, driving lanes too narrow, in general not enough parking now given the business …. same result, others go elsewhere with their $$$
Those “drain pits” were mandated by your State laws.
The parking stalls and drive aisle dimensions are layed out to according to adopted engineering standards.
Learn to drive.
it’s not me …. I can maneuver fine – burt a lot of people have trouble with straight in stalls rather than those at an angle… I know they’re mandated – does that make it ok? The mayor asked what we hate…. have a bad day at work bunkie? have a drink on me
Those “drain pits” (bioretention filters) are supposed to clean the urban runoff before it enters the creeks. The County requires that they be filled with a mixture of sand and compost. In reality the rain flows through the compost, turning the water a tea-like colour and causing it to absorb nutrients (mainly phosphorus and nitrogen) from the compost. Then we wonder why we have algal blooms in places like Lake Merritt. The bioretention filters themselves act as point-sources for downstream eutrofication.
Veranda and The Orchards at Walnut Creek (Petco, Jack’s Urban Eats, etc., across YVR from Whole Foods). Both shopping centers are on my “no-go” list for shopping or eating. Parking is so frustrating that it ruins the evening’s fun. There are plenty of other good places to go and enjoy.
Orchards shopping center oak grove/ ygnacio! The worst!
The clayton station parking lot in clayton is awful. Trying to shop at that safeway or go to any of the other businesses is a nightmare.
Home depot in concord is awful.
Whole Foods in Walnut Creek.
First, all WC parking lots use 8.5-ft. wide stalls, which is 6 inches less than standard, so it’s tight. In other cities, having the extra 6 inches is nice.
Second, the parking lot entrance (from Nursery Lane, not Newell Avenue) is poorly designed. You have to swing into the opposite (oncoming) lane to make the right turn when leaving, unless you are willing to go over the sidewalk and drop off the curb and bump down to pavement level.
Third, they just put in a Paris Baguette (yum!) on Nursery Lane, which causes more people to park in the Whole Foods lot, crowding it further.
Fourth, Whole Foods has overburdened the access easement through the adjacent office complex, causing more traffic there.
Fifth, in the corners, where two cars park at 90 degrees to each other, the cars are too close. If a car backs up, it risks scraping the back bumper of the 90-degree car. WC changed their parking lot standards after Whole Foods was built. Now, they require a 3-ft. separation between the backing car and the 90-degree parked car.
The Kohl’s lot on Monument Blvd, especially between Kohl’s and Dick’s on the Buskirk side.
Viranda’s biggest problem is not enough spaces.
Concord Costco can be a pain at times.
That is my memory.