Is this rude? Street parking question.

[Anonymous]

I doubt DC has that 48-hour type of rule given the parking zones, but I am curious.

[Anonymous]

It's fine. Park where you want on a public street. That's what public means - the public can use it consistent with the law.

Why would I care who is parked in front of my house? I don't sit at my front door staring at the street.

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Anonymous wrote:My neighbors in Baltimore had elaborate parking rules that they would harangue the rest of us about. Apparently, a polite person may park one car in front of their home, if space in front of the home is not available they must park down the street by the park. Any additional cars beyond one must also be parked down the street. Think of the mothers of young children! I had a baby at the time and thought it was all ridiculous. I have no mental energy for all that.

That’s actually VERY reasonable.

I’m betting your former neighbors were happy to see you move to DC where your sense of entitlement was a better fit.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't care at all when someone else parks in front of my house. But we have a driveway where we keep our main car; the second car is usually on the street, either in front of or beside our house.

Someone did once park parallel in front of our driveway for an entire morning, blocking our car in, which was... significantly more rude. Turned out they left by the time I needed to take the car anywhere.

I think you're posting in the wrong thread or misunderstanding the question/topic.

No, my point is: I don't care where you park, as long as you don't park in my driveway. (I do use street parking for one of our two cars and would prefer to be able to park directly by my house, but I don't think it's rude if someone else takes that space for a prolonged period of time.)

[Anonymous]

I think what's crazy is that you call where you live "semi urban." Someone who lives in an actual urban area would not find it rude for someone else to park in front of your house. It is the STREET. Move all the way to the suburbs if you care about this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you’re choosing the open spots closest to your own home, not rude at all. If you’re parking in front of a neighbor’s house instead of your own on purpose, that’s kind of rude.

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Anonymous wrote:Once a car is parked, I don’t think there is any obligation to move it if it is parked on a public street. A car is not abandoned because it is not driven in a week. Our neighbor’s basement tenant parked right at the end of our driveway and only drove on Saturdays for years. It was annoying to multi-point turn every time you pulled out, but the guy was in a legal parking spot.

This is an ordinance in Gaithersburg:

Sec. 14-16. - Parking for more than forty-eight hours prohibited.
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No person shall park any motor vehicle or other vehicle upon any street, avenue, road, highway, public parking lot or vacant lot for a continuous period of more than forty-eight hours at any one time.

(Res. No. R-30-65, § 1-1.06; Ord. No. O-2-79)

You can remain parked on a street, but you need to move your car every 48 hours to comply with this ordinance.

What a stupid ordinance. It is being massively violated daily. You can’t park your car on the street in front of your house for more than 48 hours? You come home on Friday at 6pm; you stay home on the weekend; your 48 hours timer runs out at 6pm on Sunday and you have to move your car to comply? Who does that? Is it a joke?

Street parking is not for storage.

How is that storage if you come home on Friday and leave again for work on Monday?
48h isn’t enough. It’s stupid. I’m not surprised this ordinance isn’t enforced.

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Anonymous wrote:Once a car is parked, I don’t think there is any obligation to move it if it is parked on a public street. A car is not abandoned because it is not driven in a week. Our neighbor’s basement tenant parked right at the end of our driveway and only drove on Saturdays for years. It was annoying to multi-point turn every time you pulled out, but the guy was in a legal parking spot.

This is an ordinance in Gaithersburg:

Sec. 14-16. - Parking for more than forty-eight hours prohibited.
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No person shall park any motor vehicle or other vehicle upon any street, avenue, road, highway, public parking lot or vacant lot for a continuous period of more than forty-eight hours at any one time.

(Res. No. R-30-65, § 1-1.06; Ord. No. O-2-79)

You can remain parked on a street, but you need to move your car every 48 hours to comply with this ordinance.

What a stupid ordinance. It is being massively violated daily. You can’t park your car on the street in front of your house for more than 48 hours? You come home on Friday at 6pm; you stay home on the weekend; your 48 hours timer runs out at 6pm on Sunday and you have to move your car to comply? Who does that? Is it a joke?

Street parking is not for storage.

How is that storage if you come home on Friday and leave again for work on Monday?
48h isn’t enough. It’s stupid. I’m not surprised this ordinance isn’t enforced.

It's most likely 48 weekday hours, without a permit. That sounds entirely reasonable to me.

[Anonymous]

I've lived in the city, suburbs and rural areas. It's rude to park in front of someones house for more than a few hours. Especially if there is common spaces that the neighbors know about. That being said, people are rude

[Anonymous]

On our sleepy street in NW there are some unspoken rules. Each resident generally uses the two spots in front of their house. If there are people parked in those spots and you know you’ll be moving your car within the next day, it’s ok to park in neighbors’ spots but if you’re leaving the car for longer then park down the street. There are also certain neighbors homes that we all leave available because they are older. If those are the only available spots, I park down the street. That said, if someone’s in our spots, I wouldn’t be mad, but if they get their car for days… that’s pretty rude.

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Anonymous wrote:If all the spots are always taken, I think it's weird for people to get mad about the spot in front of their house being occupied. We're all just looking for a spot on our block.

But in your example, knowing you're not going to drive often and *knowing there are open spots down the block* it's unnecessary to park long-term directly in front of someone else's house. Not illegal, but either thoughtless or passive aggressive.

OP here. I'm not talking about finding a single spot (not in front of your home), and just finding a spot that you can. I'm talking about STAYING in that parking spot for weeks, in the rare occasion that you drive the vehicle. Is that rude?

Yes, it is rude. If you have to park in front of someone else's house, you should try to move your car when reasonably convenient to do so - in the case of someone who works from home, they should move it the next morning when people have gone to work and other spots on the street have opened up.

+1 Totally rude to leave a car that is not being used in a space in front of someone else's house.

I don’t find this rude at all. Why is it rude? Street parking is open to all, it is a public subsidy being provided by the city or county. How is it rude to use it? If someone is parked in front of my house and I need to unload something heavy I can double park for a few minutes and re-park. I had young kids in an urban area and never expected to be able to park anywhere. It was all fine.

Street parking is not meant for storing cars. It's meant for come and go movement. If you're parking there for more than a couple days, especially as a regular basis and in front of someone else's house when there's space elsewhere, it's incredibly rude. You're lucky you don't live in a place where your neighbors can call parking enforcement on you, but they still probably hate you if you do this.

So you get to define how public space gets to be utilized? An older person who uses their car once a week can’t park on the street because it’s meant for come and go movement? Neighbors calling parking enforcement on one another? Good lord. What a miserable way to live your life.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you’re choosing the open spots closest to your own home, not rude at all. If you’re parking in front of a neighbor’s house instead of your own on purpose, that’s kind of rude.

We have a neighbor that does this. Space in front of their home? Wide open. And they always park in front of our (or someone else's) home. I don't understand it a bit. How are people that clueless?

Same here, but they have junky car.

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Anonymous wrote:If all the spots are always taken, I think it's weird for people to get mad about the spot in front of their house being occupied. We're all just looking for a spot on our block.

But in your example, knowing you're not going to drive often and *knowing there are open spots down the block* it's unnecessary to park long-term directly in front of someone else's house. Not illegal, but either thoughtless or passive aggressive.

OP here. I'm not talking about finding a single spot (not in front of your home), and just finding a spot that you can. I'm talking about STAYING in that parking spot for weeks, in the rare occasion that you drive the vehicle. Is that rude?

Yes, it is rude. If you have to park in front of someone else's house, you should try to move your car when reasonably convenient to do so - in the case of someone who works from home, they should move it the next morning when people have gone to work and other spots on the street have opened up.

+1 Totally rude to leave a car that is not being used in a space in front of someone else's house.

I don’t find this rude at all. Why is it rude? Street parking is open to all, it is a public subsidy being provided by the city or county. How is it rude to use it? If someone is parked in front of my house and I need to unload something heavy I can double park for a few minutes and re-park. I had young kids in an urban area and never expected to be able to park anywhere. It was all fine.

Street parking is not meant for storing cars. It's meant for come and go movement. If you're parking there for more than a couple days, especially as a regular basis and in front of someone else's house when there's space elsewhere, it's incredibly rude. You're lucky you don't live in a place where your neighbors can call parking enforcement on you, but they still probably hate you if you do this.

So you get to define how public space gets to be utilized? An older person who uses their car once a week can’t park on the street because it’s meant for come and go movement? Neighbors calling parking enforcement on one another? Good lord. What a miserable way to live your life.

Dude, you're probably some bro with 2 big SUVs hogging street parking while you WFH. Elderly persons can get exceptions - they don't need you to advocate for them.

If you rarely drive, you rent a space somewhere or sell your cars, since it's just a waste taking up space. Every city person knows street parking isn't meant for long term vehicle storage.

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Anonymous wrote:If all the spots are always taken, I think it's weird for people to get mad about the spot in front of their house being occupied. We're all just looking for a spot on our block.

But in your example, knowing you're not going to drive often and *knowing there are open spots down the block* it's unnecessary to park long-term directly in front of someone else's house. Not illegal, but either thoughtless or passive aggressive.

OP here. I'm not talking about finding a single spot (not in front of your home), and just finding a spot that you can. I'm talking about STAYING in that parking spot for weeks, in the rare occasion that you drive the vehicle. Is that rude?

Don’t you ever have to move your car for street cleaning?

[Anonymous]

Suburban nonsense. No one worries about this in a city.