I have to go back and fix this kind of inconsistency in my own writing occasionally. I'd agree that it's poor style. Even without the inconsistency, I never lik

I have to go back and fix this kind of inconsistency in my own writing occasionally. I'd agree that it's poor style. Even without the inconsistency, I never like it when things that are clearly from the past are written in whatever tense you call it where you make everything "would." Subject would present tense verb only seems appropriate when you're describing something both past and _in general_. "He would leave his shoes by the door when he came home from work."