One of the few good things of living in Dallas (least my part of town) is a lot of the stores and places have multi level parking garages. So you can find an empty level to park. My local Wal-Mart has a 3 level parking garage and the second level is mostly empty so I park there. The1st and 3rd level is usually packed. My local grocery store Tom Thumb also has a underground parking garage and almost no one parks down there. Most people don't know it is there.
Empty second level atWalmart
Zoo on the third level