Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My neighbors have a two car garage, a giant frying pan shaped driveway that easily can accommodate 3-4 cars minimum and 5 cars for 2 drivers (they’re empty nesters so no kids) and they refuse to park any in their garage or driveway. INSTEAD they park their cars, strategically spaced just a little too far apart (so no one can try to park in between any of them) on the street directly in front of my driveway.

These people live across the street from me, so whenever you leave my driveway (backing out or driving straight) you almost hit their car. Every time. The people that sold us the house told us they’d hit their cars twice.

We have asked them to please not park directly in front of the driveway so we can get in and out. And we cannot park on the street on our side of the street because there is only parking allowed on one side (the neighbor’s side) because the street is so narrow. So we must use our driveway.

We now have a teen driver, and after 15 years of living here we have asked them, politely again, and they said no. They’ve become famous on the street for being difficult for absolutely no reason. They just insufferable.

While I genuinely (really!) sympathize with your plight PP, in all fairness the street is a public street and the neighbors have every right to park where they want.
I am specifically referring to them parking across the street on the only side where vehicles can park due to the narrow street - not parking close to your driveway.

Since taxpayers fund city streets I believe everyone has a legal right to park on it as long as they are not blocking driveways or leaving abandoned vehicles parked longer than three days.

I believe it is a first-come basis.

Anonymous wrote:For me, it's an overly manicured front lawn.

There's a difference between having a nice looking house and being psychotic about a lawn and spraying it with chemicals. Anytime you see two houses where there is a huge difference in lawn color, going in a straight line along the property line, you know the one with the unnatural green side is unhinged.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seeing the shape of a person, a shadow, standing at the window facing my house.

Stabbing my tires.

Growing lawn to 3 feet of weeds.

No trash collection.

Making special needs roomers carry trash half mile uphill to dump it because they have no trash collection, and are mean.

Holes in roof and bay window falling off.

Gutter falling off onto the lawn.

This is so specific. I want more of this story.

Anonymous wrote:When they put up 4 signs saying dogs don’t poop here for their 4 foot x 8 foot lawn

Anonymous wrote:Seeing the shape of a person, a shadow, standing at the window facing my house.

Stabbing my tires.

Growing lawn to 3 feet of weeds.

No trash collection.

Making special needs roomers carry trash half mile uphill to dump it because they have no trash collection, and are mean.

Holes in roof and bay window falling off.

Gutter falling off onto the lawn.

Anonymous wrote:Trump flags year round. For years.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My neighbors have a two car garage, a giant frying pan shaped driveway that easily can accommodate 3-4 cars minimum and 5 cars for 2 drivers (they’re empty nesters so no kids) and they refuse to park any in their garage or driveway. INSTEAD they park their cars, strategically spaced just a little too far apart (so no one can try to park in between any of them) on the street directly in front of my driveway.

These people live across the street from me, so whenever you leave my driveway (backing out or driving straight) you almost hit their car. Every time. The people that sold us the house told us they’d hit their cars twice.

We have asked them to please not park directly in front of the driveway so we can get in and out. And we cannot park on the street on our side of the street because there is only parking allowed on one side (the neighbor’s side) because the street is so narrow. So we must use our driveway.

We now have a teen driver, and after 15 years of living here we have asked them, politely again, and they said no. They’ve become famous on the street for being difficult for absolutely no reason. They just insufferable.

We have the same or very similar neighbors. Ours have had their car hit by the neighbors whose driveway they’re parking across from at least once- maybe more, I’m not sure. Also, ours park cars across from two different neighbors’ driveways- and, the vehicles are “vintage,” a nice way of saying that they are old and beat up looking. So, we all get to look out the window at their junky-looking vehicles, while they can’t see them from their house. Crazy.

I doubt people would intentionally park their junky looking car somewhere across the street from their home just so they won’t have to see it! 😂

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Neighbors who have parking in front of their home, AND a driveway - but park on the street across/down from their own home, in front of someone else’s house - because their 20 yr old Toyota Highlander has an oil leak. So they park there so the oil puddles don’t stain their own driveway or street parking.


We live on larger street in a Kensington neighborhood, west of Connecticut Ave and south of Knowles Ave.

And I’m pretty sure she reads this forum.

Why do you care if they park in the street? Is that not what the purpose of on-street parking spaces is?

Stop acting obtuse. Park in YOUR driveway or in front of YOUR house. Especially if you are leaking oil.

I'm genuinely not acting obtuse. I have never ever understood why people care about cars parking in the street if they're not blocking a driveway or a hydrant. People who park on the grass of a house that's not their own -- I get that! People who block the driveway? I get that. People who park so inconsiderately that it makes it difficult to get through? I get that. But I don't care if they park in the street. Oil leaking sucks, but the street isn't my house -- if it's not leaking on my lawn or my driveway, why do I care?

Really, genuinely curious. Do you feel like it affects the look of your house or something?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My neighbors have a two car garage, a giant frying pan shaped driveway that easily can accommodate 3-4 cars minimum and 5 cars for 2 drivers (they’re empty nesters so no kids) and they refuse to park any in their garage or driveway. INSTEAD they park their cars, strategically spaced just a little too far apart (so no one can try to park in between any of them) on the street directly in front of my driveway.

These people live across the street from me, so whenever you leave my driveway (backing out or driving straight) you almost hit their car. Every time. The people that sold us the house told us they’d hit their cars twice.

We have asked them to please not park directly in front of the driveway so we can get in and out. And we cannot park on the street on our side of the street because there is only parking allowed on one side (the neighbor’s side) because the street is so narrow. So we must use our driveway.

We now have a teen driver, and after 15 years of living here we have asked them, politely again, and they said no. They’ve become famous on the street for being difficult for absolutely no reason. They just insufferable.

We have the same or very similar neighbors. Ours have had their car hit by the neighbors whose driveway they’re parking across from at least once- maybe more, I’m not sure. Also, ours park cars across from two different neighbors’ driveways- and, the vehicles are “vintage,” a nice way of saying that they are old and beat up looking. So, we all get to look out the window at their junky-looking vehicles, while they can’t see them from their house. Crazy.

Anonymous wrote:My neighbors have a two car garage, a giant frying pan shaped driveway that easily can accommodate 3-4 cars minimum and 5 cars for 2 drivers (they’re empty nesters so no kids) and they refuse to park any in their garage or driveway. INSTEAD they park their cars, strategically spaced just a little too far apart (so no one can try to park in between any of them) on the street directly in front of my driveway.

These people live across the street from me, so whenever you leave my driveway (backing out or driving straight) you almost hit their car. Every time. The people that sold us the house told us they’d hit their cars twice.

We have asked them to please not park directly in front of the driveway so we can get in and out. And we cannot park on the street on our side of the street because there is only parking allowed on one side (the neighbor’s side) because the street is so narrow. So we must use our driveway.

We now have a teen driver, and after 15 years of living here we have asked them, politely again, and they said no. They’ve become famous on the street for being difficult for absolutely no reason. They just insufferable.

Anonymous wrote:My neighbors have a two car garage, a giant frying pan shaped driveway that easily can accommodate 3-4 cars minimum and 5 cars for 2 drivers (they’re empty nesters so no kids) and they refuse to park any in their garage or driveway. INSTEAD they park their cars, strategically spaced just a little too far apart (so no one can try to park in between any of them) on the street directly in front of my driveway.

These people live across the street from me, so whenever you leave my driveway (backing out or driving straight) you almost hit their car. Every time. The people that sold us the house told us they’d hit their cars twice.

We have asked them to please not park directly in front of the driveway so we can get in and out. And we cannot park on the street on our side of the street because there is only parking allowed on one side (the neighbor’s side) because the street is so narrow. So we must use our driveway.

We now have a teen driver, and after 15 years of living here we have asked them, politely again, and they said no. They’ve become famous on the street for being difficult for absolutely no reason. They just insufferable.