Riding the bus in Seattle is usually a bad experience (olfactory, auditory, etc). Hobos, wangsters, creepers, stinkers, etc. But it costs ~$40 to park downtown

Riding the bus in Seattle is usually a bad experience (olfactory, auditory, etc). Hobos, wangsters, creepers, stinkers, etc. But it costs ~$40 to park downtown for work day. How could anyone afford/justify that? I had a parking pass that my company paid for for about $250 a month for a while. The lot was crazy packed and was valet only (but not in a nice way). I work from home now, and we got an office in Lynnwood. Not as cool, but it works for us. Parking was too expensive, bus far too time consuming..