This is not a place to stay if you need to park your car, street parking is very limited and the underground parking was not an option. We got lucky and parked in a good spot and did not move the car again until we left. We used the electric scooters instead and that was a lot of fun! Also, while Balboa Park is right across the street, this is the end of the park and the outskirts is home to some very scruffy people. Not violent, but rough and homeless, and also brazen and kind of friendly.