Street parking in the burbs

[Anonymous]

As a kid of the suburbs, I love the idea of complaining about living in the suburbs and having cars in my field of vision.

My neighbor (Eleanor!) planted a holly bush that is aggressively growing across the front of the yard and overhangs the road a foot or more. Nobody parks there a second time after they discover the scratches on their car. You can complain and might even get the county to trim it back to the curb but it only takes a couple months to grow back.

[Anonymous]

Good luck! *laughs*

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mainly I hate when other people park in front of my house. It feels rude.

Why?

The thing I don't understand is why people in Maryland park facing the wrong way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mainly I hate when other people park in front of my house. It feels rude.

Why?

The thing I don't understand is why people in Maryland park facing the wrong way.

Can’t answer the latter as I live in VA. But it’s because they have a drive way and there is no need for them to park in front of my house. It’s in a cul de sac area not a road people drive through.

[Anonymous]

I hate it when people going to the pool in our neighborhood park 2 feet from our driveway. Virginia law requires that people park ten feet from driveways but these entitled people cram their cars right next to our driveway.

[Anonymous]

Report them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mainly I hate when other people park in front of my house. It feels rude.

Why?

The thing I don't understand is why people in Maryland park facing the wrong way.

Can’t answer the latter as I live in VA. But it’s because they have a drive way and there is no need for them to park in front of my house. It’s in a cul de sac area not a road people drive through.

are you using the space? they pay taxes for it, don't they?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate it when people going to the pool in our neighborhood park 2 feet from our driveway. Virginia law requires that people park ten feet from driveways but these entitled people cram their cars right next to our driveway.

call the police



seriously, has it ever kept you from getting out of your driveway?

[Anonymous]

People who get annoyed by a vehicle parked directly in front of their house on a PUBLIC, city street have got a huge entitlement complex!!

Unless the vehicle is illegally parked (like blocking a driveway) then it has the same right to be there as the homeowner does.

First come - - first served. 👍🏽

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People who get annoyed by a vehicle parked directly in front of their house on a PUBLIC, city street have got a huge entitlement complex!!

Unless the vehicle is illegally parked (like blocking a driveway) then it has the same right to be there as the homeowner does.

First come - - first served. 👍🏽

yup. unless it's a private road, we all paid for it and so we can all park.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People who get annoyed by a vehicle parked directly in front of their house on a PUBLIC, city street have got a huge entitlement complex!!

Unless the vehicle is illegally parked (like blocking a driveway) then it has the same right to be there as the homeowner does.

First come - - first served. 👍🏽

yup. unless it's a private road, we all paid for it and so we can all park.

and also, for all the times this topic has come up here, not one person who expresses rage over a car being parked on the public street in front of their house has been able to explain why it makes them angry.

I live in a city where every spot on the street is always filled and that's fine, so this suburban stuff is a real mystery.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mainly I hate when other people park in front of my house. It feels rude.

- 💯

Seriously, not this AGAIN‼️

The street is a public street meaning that anyone can use it to park their vehicle as long as they do not block someone’s driveway, do not leave their car parked in the same place more than 72 hrs., etc.

Anyone who doesn’t understand this concept is a pure idiot.

I live in Ashburn. We have a pond on one side of our street and we ocassionally have people who drop off cars there and then ubers/cabs pick them up with luggage. I think they are using Dulles and avoiding parking fees there and getting a cheaper Uber fare. I know this has happened in many neighborhoods here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a kid of the suburbs, I love the idea of complaining about living in the suburbs and having cars in my field of vision.

My neighbor (Eleanor!) planted a holly bush that is aggressively growing across the front of the yard and overhangs the road a foot or more. Nobody parks there a second time after they discover the scratches on their car. You can complain and might even get the county to trim it back to the curb but it only takes a couple months to grow back.

Haha thank you for this, I might consider it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Report them.

It’s not illegal. One of our kids has been upset about cars parking in front our house since he could talk. He’s always wanted to call the police or have them towed. We’ve told him he was born, ready for to live in a 55+ community.

[Anonymous]

Are we talking about random people visiting your neighbors or you?

Or are you talking about neighbors who park their own car in front of your house instead of their own when there is plenty of open space?

The former does not bother me, the latter does. When my neighbors did this, I had my teens friends park in front of their house.