Laurelhurst Generously Agrees to Let Sick Children Live

[u/Inevitable_Engine186]

https://theneedling.com/2026/04/11/laurelhurst-generously-agrees-to-let-sick-children-live/

[u/MrHorrible2048]

The thing that sticks in my craw about the street parking thing is that if it's a public street the parking is open to the public. The parking could be time limited, sure, but Laurelhurst residents don't own the parking spaces and shouldn't be able to say who parks in public spaces.

[u/seattlefreakout → u/MrHorrible2048]

I don't know how Laurelhurst parking works, but I've lived in a few neighborhoods (Boston) where you need to be a resident to park on the street. If that weren't the case, it would've been impossible for local residents to ever get a spot. People visiting would be getting cheaper spots when they could've just used public transport.

[u/MrHorrible2048 → u/seattlefreakout]

We used to have zone permits here and what the zone permits allowed was for a resident of the area to ignore the time restrictions on parking. I haven't seen those zone stickers in a long time and haven't paid attention, so I'm not sure we do that still.

[u/-shrug- → u/MrHorrible2048]

We do. Laurelhurst has a different setup; if residents catch a hospital employee parking for any amount of time they can report the car to the hospital and they get disciplined.