Omg as a southerner (Memphis, TN) I’ve always wondered what validating parking means bc it is not a thing around here & I’m in my 30s. Never experienced it.
2025-02-12 06:30:16
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Lydia :
this is def more of a big city/downtown thing.
2025-02-10 13:13:06
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Dr_mighty_mite :
Thanks for explaining. I live in the South and have never done this.
2025-02-10 04:52:58
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Micah :
As a Southerner we have parking validation.
2025-02-10 05:00:07
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BitterblueCity :
I don’t think it’s regional, I mean I’ve lived in NE my entire life and also only heard of it on TV. probably more of an urban vs rural thing
2025-02-10 14:53:41
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Greystreetkate :
The only place I've ever had validate me was the YMCA lol
2025-02-10 04:52:12
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C :
I think this is a big city thing (source: me, lived in Chicago & Austin suburbs but only validate when I go downtown)
2025-02-10 06:05:35
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ParkerAnneW :
We have so much parking, that no one needs to validate lol. Only one time in my entire life has a restaurant done it for me.
2025-02-10 04:54:30
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mmmm393911111 :
it’s a big city thing for sure
2025-02-11 01:38:47
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Goose :
Big thing in Chicago
2025-03-20 17:32:58
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Sarah Harris :
I live in Alabama and we have validated parking. Hospitals/businesses with parking decks mostly.
2025-02-12 01:43:15
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itookurponytail :
i live in TX, it's very much a thing downtown
2025-02-10 07:44:29
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unsinkmbrown :
It's only regional in the sense of areas with paid parking lots/garages vs. areas where parking is free. In my city there's lots paid lots but maybe 1-2 with validation
2025-02-10 05:32:00
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Kimberly Perry Spahr :
We still get parking validated all the time in Chicago
2025-02-11 04:50:44
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Sterling Sisyphus :
I live in the deep south and didn’t come across parking validation until I was like 27 years old
2025-02-10 04:54:18
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laurenjamesmusic :
As a southerner who lives in a big city, we certainly have validation. In smaller cities, it’s not as much of a thing
2025-02-10 09:47:39
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Destiny :
I think it’s more of a population density thing than a regional thing! 🙂 grew up in a small town with 1 parking garage and didn’t know what it was, moved to city and it’s everywhere!!
2025-02-10 12:33:36
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Michael Anderson :
they have a central garage in the ‘city’ of 25k people nearby and everyone validates. Upstate ny
2025-02-10 17:37:37
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alanfernandez531 :
One place that ever validated parking was a macy’s in the city and it’s so uncommon in the West Coast that they just wrote out the process and rules for the parking garage instead of saying they validate parking.
2025-02-10 14:24:15
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Cait💙 :
That’s crazy to me as an Atlanta native I used to have to get my parking ticket validated at the hair dresser, doctor, movie theater, & restaurants.
2025-02-11 20:30:51
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Kaleb :
In Texas they validate, yes on stamping but scanning QR codes is becoming more common too.
2025-02-10 04:54:39
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toridyar :
It’s not a thing in small cities/towns, definitely a thing in larger cities
2025-02-10 04:56:48
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ztenor1986 :
Outside of larger cities, we just don’t really have paid parking down here.
2025-02-10 13:41:11
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AnnaBanana :
As a southerner (Atlanta) I’ve definitely heard of parking validation but I have very rarely ever seen it anywhere around here. I’ve seen it in other larger cities though
2025-02-10 05:45:11
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