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It’s unanimous: parking at OU sucks! Students agree that having a car on campus the first two years isn’t worth the hassle. Even when you live off campus and have a parking space for your car, simply driving uptown to mail something or running to drop off a paper can be a nightmare if you have a car, due to the lack of parking spaces. Not to mention, every decent space is metered, so don’t even think about leaving home without some quarters because you will either get a ticket or get towed (and pay over $100 to get your car back).

Basically, you really don’t need a car your first two years, so leave it at home. Luckily, the campus is so small that it’s really not that necessary, and because you’ll have a meal plan, you don’t need it to go grocery shopping. Once you move off campus, look for places that have parking available. Inevitably, most students get ticketed and/or towed at least once during their time at OU, partly because every campus building lot is reserved for faculty or commuters (you can’t even park at Ping until after 3 p.m., which is ridiculous and makes it almost impossible to squeeze in a workout between classes, unless your classes are close). If you come to OU, just be prepared to endure the hell that is Athens parking—definitely the worst part of student life.

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MHaras

Music Teacher Education '14

0.8

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Worst Parking Ever

OU is great, except when it comes to parking. The campus doesn't offer a lot of spaces that can be used day to day for students living in apartments. Your only real option is to hunt for a metered space, and if you are lucky and find one, you have to feed the meters every two hours. If you live on campus, they charge you a rediculous amount of money to park in one of their lots. I found it's best to go to the private sector for parking.. its often cheaper and in some cases closer to where you need to be.

May 17, 2012

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coreytags

Biology '16

2.3

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Parking

Parking at Ohio University is not that good but everything is walkable so cars are not a neccesity.

May 08, 2012

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cf096510

Communications '15

2.3

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Where Can I Park Without a Ticket?

Parking on campus hasn't really been an issue for me however when I have guests come visit either for the night or for just the day finding a place for them to park is a chore in it self. Unless you want to pay close to $200 a quarter, you're SOL.

Apr 30, 2012

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