Anonymous wrote:Park your car in front of their house if they've taken the spot in front of your own house. Or - better yet - rent a POD and park it in front of their house for a month.

LOL! Love this idea!

Anonymous wrote:It is not illegal, but it is not neighborly. Neighbors park their cars in front of our our house ALL THE TIME. Almost 5 cars can fit in front of our home but we almost never get to park there as there is no room left.

It's Rude, especially because we have kids. It's not fun we we have a car load groceries. Being neighborly would mean leaving, at least, The spot directly in front of my front steps empty.

If you want toive in an urban area, having a modicum of common courtesy is required to keep relations positive.

Also, it is poorr form to let your neighbors clear a space of snow the take that space when it is obvious that another has done the work.

You really need a lesson on courtesy, which is about making things easier for others, not for yourself. It is stupid and entitled to think that you get to keep a parking space when you're not in it. Presumably, you're parking somewhere else when you're not at home, and the people visiting your neighborhood might not live there. So why do you get to use two spaces for one car? If everyone respected your "rule" pretty soon there would be nowhere to park, except the place where you were parked when it started snowing. But if you didn't need to move your car you wouldn't have shoveled it out in the first place. If everyone clears out one space, it won't matter who cleared out which space. Sure, sometimes you will wind up shoveling before you leave and again when you come back, but you should feel good for having helped someone. Maybe they will do the same when they get home.

Note: I park in my garage, and I've shoveled the entire alley, by myself, to get out, hoping that other people would find it useful.

It is not illegal, but it is not neighborly. Neighbors park their cars in front of our our house ALL THE TIME. Almost 5 cars can fit in front of our home but we almost never get to park there as there is no room left.

It's Rude, especially because we have kids. It's not fun we we have a car load groceries. Being neighborly would mean leaving, at least, The spot directly in front of my front steps empty.

If you want toive in an urban area, having a modicum of common courtesy is required to keep relations positive.

Also, it is poor form to let your neighbors clear a space of snow the take that space when it is obvious that another has done the work.

I have designated numbered spot and reading replies here I'm shocked at how many dcum neighbors do this!

Anonymous wrote:The problem with OP and her ilk (and especially the PP above who just doesn't like cars that aren't his in his view), is that the urge to call this rude comes from a place of entitlement. You think that owning the house means you also own the public roadway in front of your house, or at least you're entitled for it to be emptyif you don't want to park in it. I park in my garage and don't care who parks in front of my house, but I've been to neighborhoods like PPs, where my friends tell me to park all the way down the block because some entitled jerk thinks he owns the roadway.

Here's a question for OP and those who think this is rude: Would you care if the car were parked in the exact same space on the other side of the street? If so, your entire argument boils down to your right to a "view" of about 15 feet of blacktop.

No. They wouldn't care. Bc thenbi twilight be in front of the OPs house.

The problem with OP and her ilk (and especially the PP above who just doesn't like cars that aren't his in his view), is that the urge to call this rude comes from a place of entitlement. You think that owning the house means you also own the public roadway in front of your house, or at least you're entitled for it to be emptyif you don't want to park in it. I park in my garage and don't care who parks in front of my house, but I've been to neighborhoods like PPs, where my friends tell me to park all the way down the block because some entitled jerk thinks he owns the roadway.

Here's a question for OP and those who think this is rude: Would you care if the car were parked in the exact same space on the other side of the street? If so, your entire argument boils down to your right to a "view" of about 15 feet of blacktop.

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Anonymous wrote:Those of you who don 't see the problem or don't care must live in the sorts of neighborhoods where there are a preponderance of cars parked in the streets anyway, or where the houses are close together. If you lived in an area where there are no cars on the streets, and the houses are farther apart, you'd find it annoying too to have a stranger's car parked in front of your house.

Actually, I am one of the people defending OP and I am defending him/her specifically because I live in an urban area where I rarely get to park anywhere near the front of my house. So it astounds me that people are so rude and discourteous that they purposely park in front of others homes rather than their own. It just reinforces my general view that common courtesy is completely lacking. I also have no doubt that these people railing against OP would be thowing toddler tantrums if it was something they cared about on the line.

+1

Of course they would! They are poorly feigning ignorance - so boring and predictable.

OP, you are within reason. If people are looking to use "legal" interchangeably with "right", they have bigger issues than where they park. They are stuck with themselves, after all.

Anonymous wrote:Those of you who don 't see the problem or don't care must live in the sorts of neighborhoods where there are a preponderance of cars parked in the streets anyway, or where the houses are close together. If you lived in an area where there are no cars on the streets, and the houses are farther apart, you'd find it annoying too to have a stranger's car parked in front of your house.

Actually, I am one of the people defending OP and I am defending him/her specifically because I live in an urban area where I rarely get to park anywhere near the front of my house. So it astounds me that people are so rude and discourteous that they purposely park in front of others homes rather than their own. It just reinforces my general view that common courtesy is completely lacking. I also have no doubt that these people railing against OP would be thowing toddler tantrums if it was something they cared about on the line.

I share a driveway with neighbors. The driveway straddles the property line and there's a shared easement, but the neighbors treat it like it belongs to them exclusively. They even tell their visitors to park in "their" driveway. The only time we get to use it is when they go on vacation-- assuming that their house sitter doesn't get there first!

The street is a public space and I am sure they pay their taxes like you do so they are as entitled to park anywhere they want to as are you.

If it truly bothers you, move.

Or start TP'ing their car every night.

Perhaps your street is not very wide and there are already people parked on your side of the street. If he were to park on the other side traffic would have to navigate a narrower lane and might increase the chances of an accident. Our street is this way. While I usually park in the driveway. If I, or a guest needed to park I would park on the opposite side because there are already about ten or so cars on that side. On our side there are none or very few.

Anonymous wrote:Those of you who don 't see the problem or don't care must live in the sorts of neighborhoods where there are a preponderance of cars parked in the streets anyway, or where the houses are close together. If you lived in an area where there are no cars on the streets, and the houses are farther apart, you'd find it annoying too to have a stranger's car parked in front of your house.

Maybe the neighbor came from a neighborhood like that and doesn't see the rudeness and isn't being rude intentionally. Why assume the worst?

Anonymous wrote:Large screws under the tires.

Lol

Large screws under the tires.

Start parking your car in front of your house. They'll get the message.