Anonymous
Post 03/27/2014 14:08     Subject: Street parking spaces etiquette
Anonymous wrote:I live in a residential, SFH neighborhood of North Arlington. All of the houses on my block have driveways, and most have garages. We park our cars in our garage or driveway, and if we have visitors, they park in the one spot in front of our house.

For the past few weeks, our neighbors across the street have inexplicably been parking their car in the spot in front of our house (instead of the spot in front of their house or their driveway, which are both always empty). This makes trash pick-up difficult because the garbage collectors won't go behind a car to get our cans. It just seems weird that they insist on parking in front of our house. I know that we don't have the legal right to the parking space, but it just seems like bad etiquette. Worth talking with them about this?


Maybe they park on our side because that's the direction they drive straight out to go to work?
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2014 14:04     Subject: Street parking spaces etiquette
Anonymous wrote:I'm houshunting and 100% don't understand why people don't park in their driveways?? I'm talking about homes with plenty of driveway space (not like the OP) and these people STILL don't park in their driveways. I think it looks tacky and I hate weaving around cars parked in the street.


You must not be house hunting in an urban neighborhood. These houses have narrow driveways, with one car garages if they are lucky. So you have to tandom park. PITA if you need to drive the front car out.

I'm guessing OP's neighbor has some reason for parking other side street; maybe there's a massive pothole or have a delivery that needs access to the front curb. They are fine to park in front of OPs house, and she should just chill and call the county and learn where she supposed to put her trash cans, b/c it sounds like she (or moreover, her DH) is doing it wrong.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2014 14:02     Subject: Street parking spaces etiquette
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Not worth talking about. It's a public street.


+1 I am in Arlington, too on a quiet side street of SFHs with driveways. My next door neighbor parks in front of my house every singe day and has for 8 years. They, too, have a driveway and completely open front space in front of their house. Why she does this, I haven't a clue. We have never spoken to her about it directly, nor will we ever because we know she won't change and it would become an "issue". It drives me crazy and I think its incredibly rude.

I feel your pain, OP.


Geez, you think after 8 years you might wise up and just park YOUR car there. She'd get the message.


Geez, maybe because I don't want to load and unload my three young children/toddlers curbside when I have a driveway that sits 6 feet from my side door.


Ah, the sign of a wealthy entitled Arlignton SAHM. Having THREE children is the new black.

So this in no way impedes you driving into your driveway; why don't you buy them a nicer car in a color that complements your house, would that help?
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2014 14:00     Subject: Street parking spaces etiquette
I'm houshunting and 100% don't understand why people don't park in their driveways?? I'm talking about homes with plenty of driveway space (not like the OP) and these people STILL don't park in their driveways. I think it looks tacky and I hate weaving around cars parked in the street.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2014 13:59     Subject: Street parking spaces etiquette
Put the garbage in the spot.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2014 13:55     Subject: Street parking spaces etiquette
Very rude, especially if they have a driveway and are not using it. I also live on a street where some neighbors have driveways and some (like me) do not and have to park on the street. We all pretty much park our cars in the same spots in front of our houses so it would be weird if a neighbor all of a sudden started consistently parking in front of my house. Sure, it's a public street, but there's such thing as neighborhood etiquette. What if a neighbor starts putting their trash on the street in front of your house? Is that okay, too?
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2014 13:51     Subject: Street parking spaces etiquette
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Not worth talking about. It's a public street.


+1 I am in Arlington, too on a quiet side street of SFHs with driveways. My next door neighbor parks in front of my house every singe day and has for 8 years. They, too, have a driveway and completely open front space in front of their house. Why she does this, I haven't a clue. We have never spoken to her about it directly, nor will we ever because we know she won't change and it would become an "issue". It drives me crazy and I think its incredibly rude.

I feel your pain, OP.


Geez, you think after 8 years you might wise up and just park YOUR car there. She'd get the message.


Geez, maybe because I don't want to load and unload my three young children/toddlers curbside when I have a driveway that sits 6 feet from my side door.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2014 13:45     Subject: Re:Street parking spaces etiquette
It is not a big deal but yes it is annoying and rude.
By law, you don't have to say hello, thank you or excuse me but not doing it is annoying and rude as well.
My neighbor had to park her car in front of my house for a few days and she came to apologize about it even if the street belong to everybody.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2014 13:40     Subject: Street parking spaces etiquette
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Not worth talking about. It's a public street.


+1 I am in Arlington, too on a quiet side street of SFHs with driveways. My next door neighbor parks in front of my house every singe day and has for 8 years. They, too, have a driveway and completely open front space in front of their house. Why she does this, I haven't a clue. We have never spoken to her about it directly, nor will we ever because we know she won't change and it would become an "issue". It drives me crazy and I think its incredibly rude.

I feel your pain, OP.


Geez, you think after 8 years you might wise up and just park YOUR car there. She'd get the message.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2014 13:34     Subject: Street parking spaces etiquette
It looks nicer to look out onto the street rather than look out onto a parked car. It feels more spacious and open.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2014 13:33     Subject: Street parking spaces etiquette
Maybe they want the car to face that way because of how they go to work or something.

I'd be bugged, too, OP, but there's not much you can do. Park in front of their house?
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2014 13:29     Subject: Street parking spaces etiquette
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Not worth talking about. It's a public street.


+1 I am in Arlington, too on a quiet side street of SFHs with driveways. My next door neighbor parks in front of my house every singe day and has for 8 years. They, too, have a driveway and completely open front space in front of their house. Why she does this, I haven't a clue. We have never spoken to her about it directly, nor will we ever because we know she won't change and it would become an "issue". It drives me crazy and I think its incredibly rude.

I feel your pain, OP.


Seriously, you folks should move to Fairfax. Chill out.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2014 13:26     Subject: Street parking spaces etiquette
Anonymous wrote:Not worth talking about. It's a public street.


+1 I am in Arlington, too on a quiet side street of SFHs with driveways. My next door neighbor parks in front of my house every singe day and has for 8 years. They, too, have a driveway and completely open front space in front of their house. Why she does this, I haven't a clue. We have never spoken to her about it directly, nor will we ever because we know she won't change and it would become an "issue". It drives me crazy and I think its incredibly rude.

I feel your pain, OP.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2014 13:21     Subject: Street parking spaces etiquette
Anonymous wrote:Just park in that spot for a couple days. They'll get the message.


+1000
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2014 13:18     Subject: Street parking spaces etiquette
Park you rare there. Ours does that too and it really pisses me off. They have plenty of spots in front of their house and refuse it.