cathyw
Hmmmm…..59th between Admiral and Alki?….Near Whale’s Tail Park? Across the street from Alki Elementary and its play area, the Community Center, and the Playfield? And a block away from Alki Beach? It surprises me that parking space doesn’t seem to be an issue there. Maybe it isn’t early in the morning, but later during the day may be a different story. If I’m not mistaken, parking is only allowed on the west side of 59th for that entire stretch of street, meaning the number of parking spaces is already cut in half. Since you are not there during the day, you may not know that the area fills up pretty fast with lots of school buses, the cars of parents dropping off and picking up their kids, sports teams using the field and beach walkers. The surrounding residential streets are even worse. Usually they are so congested that only one car can get by at a time. Often there is no parking available there at all. “Compassion,” you are probably correct, legal and justified in your parking choices. But I bet those neighbors and others who use that street could use a little bit of understanding and compassion themselves. Please also consider that it may not have even been a neighbor who called. It may have been someone else who parks in that area regularly, saw your car during the day and just assumed it was parked there overnight. The neighbors, on the other hand, would probably notice that the car was moved and gone in the evening. I don’t live down there, but it doesn’t surprise me that people might be sensitive about the issue. There’s room for you too there if you use a slightly different strategy. Good idea to vary where you park every day.