I just straight up refuse to drive into the nearest big city. I will happily take public transit[0] rather than spend 10 minutes looking for a place to pay $20/hr to park. And I'm the only one in my social circle like this. Everyone else will just spend the time in the money, even if they could have, for example, parked for free at a commuter rail lot and ridden in for $5.

[0] which I acknowledge I'm lucky to have