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While I hear you, and in many ways agree, I will say that, when I was a homeowner, I had a next-door neighbor who always parked his cars in front of my house in
by sib 10y ago
While I hear you, and in many ways agree, I will say that, when I was a homeowner, I had a next-door neighbor who always parked his cars in front of my house instead of his own (he filled his garage with stuff.) Yes, it was a public street and yes, he had the legal right to do so, but it was pretty annoying to have to look at his cars when he had clearly wanted to avoid looking at them himself. After a while, I began parking my cars in front of his house, instead of in my garage, just to make a point...
- zippergz 10y agoYes, this is when I've had a problem with it as well. A neighbor has the option of parking in front of his own house, or mine. He chooses mine, which results in a longer walk for him. Why would he do this? Because he doesn't like having a car parked in front of his house. Implicitly acknowledging that he sees having a car parked in front of the house is a bad thing, and by relieving himself of that bad thing, he's imposing it on me. Yes, in the scheme of things, this is SUPER minor. No, I've never complained to anyone about it. But I do think it's a little bit disingenuous to just say "it's a public street, anyone can park there" without acknowledging that if there were no negative, they'd be parking in front of their own house instead of mine.
- pavel_lishin 10y agoNot a home-owner here, so I don't understand: why is having a car parked in front of your house a bad thing?
- massysett 10y agoIt just irritates people to look out there and see someone else's car. Most folks know anyone can park on the street, but they still get annoyed. What's strange here is the guy is parking in front of someone else's house rather than his own. Never heard of that. I would think most people feel a false sense of possession over the street in front of their house, in part so they can park their own cars there and keep an eye on them.
- sib 10y agoPersonally, I preferred to look out at the nice tress across the street rather than at my neighbor's old beaters. It was a suburban area. When I've lived in a city, it didn't matter, as there was always someone's car in front of my place.
- warcher 10y agoThe last interaction resulted in my then-girlfriend's next door neighbor banging on her door and literally screaming at her. I'm not exaggerating. I've never seen a grown man foam at the mouth, but yeah, that apparently did it. Never, ever, ever buy a house without off-street parking. I don't even care if you don't have a car. Just don't. I would hate to live that man's life. I will say that I have seen the kind of people bitching about this Waze thing, and... sigh. The suburbs, man. People are funny.