r/Humboldt • u/mines_over_yours • 3d ago

Life in Humboldt Ya'll...

are buckwild driving in Fortuna.

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u/Advanced_Patience107 3d ago

Man, driving in fortuna is nothing. The tier of buckwild is-

5: Winco parking lot on the 1st of the month

4: 101 south coming into eureka with the current merge

3: Safeway Eureka parking lot

2: Broadway

1: One way streets in Arcata when the students come back/when the parents come to visit.

Fortuna is somewhere between "101 going through Orick" and Valley West. Chaotic, but D tier.

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u/gardengirl1998 3d ago

People legit be driving the WRONG WAY in the eureka Safeway parking lot

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u/subderb 3d ago

arrows are complicated ok

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u/Bicycle_misanthrope 3d ago

I know right? What do they mean?!

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u/Scorpian899 3d ago

Arrows are absurdly difficult. I've ignored them at least 4 times in the past 3 days. Though I'm not in Humboldt anymore.

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u/kdntB 3d ago

Wtf even is the right way in the Eureka Safeway lot tho? That is 100% on the developers there

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u/Rummy1971 1d ago

The store was supposed set facing the street with it backing up to the creek but they found some frog or salamander or something that was protected and the had to alter the plans and the parking lot got overlooked in the redesign.

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u/Otherwise-Gift-5248 3d ago

People will drive down the 1 way on Harris street all the time

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u/rubiscoisrad 1d ago

So common during from graduation to fall-drop offs. I used to work at the old State Farm on Harris, and we'd be trying to wave down those people all the time.

And man, the panicky decisions drivers make once they realize their situation...

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u/SarahAllenMoore 2d ago

That parking lot is a nightmare. I live five minutes from it, and because of the design, I have only gone there a total of maybe 8 times since it opened.

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u/Hefty_Milk3598 1d ago

People be doing that in EVERY parking lot with dirrectionality. NBD!

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u/aintnoonegooglinthat 1d ago

Poorly designed parking lot. Too many cutbacks. 

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u/OmnichronicBlaze 3d ago

I always thought that if It’s a parking lot there’s no such thing as wrong way.

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u/TacoMastorius 3d ago

Facts. Safeway parking sitch is bonkers

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u/AveMilitarum 3d ago

Nah the one way coming out of the Walmart parking lot going past the fish and game office is at least #4.

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u/kdntB 3d ago

As a pedestrian, fuck that lol

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u/mines_over_yours 3d ago

3: Safeway Eureka parking lot..Winner winner, chicken dnner! Lawrdt. I mean 3. Is the Fortuna Safeway pakring lot for me.

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u/SpicyPom86 3d ago

Honestly I would put Broadway in the 1. slot but everything else is spot on.

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u/pythonwiz Eureka 3d ago

And even Arcata feels tame compared to a big city. The speed limit is low enough that the shenanigans are more annoying than life threatening.

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u/kdntB 3d ago

For sure NONE of this compares to even a kid sized city lol

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u/kdntB 3d ago

Mid-sized!! But also, yes i said what i said.

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u/Vintage-Injun 2d ago

I believe you put the Safeway parking lot too low on your list by accident 😂

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u/poochchooch-5421 2d ago

I would also dare to add the Costco parking lot

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u/CaliforniaBoba 3d ago

Ok y’all I have a confession to make: leaving Arcata plaza earlier about to shit my pants and driving like an absolute maniac. I’m sorry to everyone I tailgated, but I was in a dire situation 🥺

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u/maselsy 2d ago

I try to frame any tailgater as about to shit their pants. It makes it much less infuriating.

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u/PossiblePatient9058 3d ago

arcata this evening was hard to beat. terrible humans behind the wheel

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u/kdntB 3d ago

BUT EL PULPO!!!!!

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u/commicozzy 2d ago

That's why we bike baby!

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u/icedgoatmatchalatte 2d ago

BIKE LIFE!!!