Downtown Spokane, Washington. The red areas represent surface parking lots, while the purple ones indicate parking garages

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Why the highlighting? Is one more terrible than the other? If so, which one?
Surface lots are far worse than parking structures. You can put retail at street level with parking structures. You can do a Texas donut, which is still not ideal but is way denser and prettier than surface lots.
What is a Texas donut