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Residential parking ettiquette

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EyeMWing

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So you're going over to a friend's house. There are going to be a few other people there. Your friend lives in a quiet residential neighborhood.

When you arrive, you find that your friend's green Saturn is already in the driveway, and 2 other friends have parked their red Subaru Legacy and blue Toyota Corolla in front of the house. The neighbors across the street have their pink Suzuki in front of their house, as pictured. You intend to stay for three hours. The other friends, parked in the street, will be leaving at the same time as you. Thereby, it doesn't matter if you "block them in"

Note that the road is actually wide enough for vehicles to pass unimpeded if both sides of the road are parked.

Mailboxes are denoted by the brown squares on the sidewalk.

For simplicity's sake, lets assume that these are the only 2 houses on the block - you can't park in front of the next door neighbor's house.

Where in the hell do you park?

Diagram for parking
 
I'd ask the neighbor if they mind you parking there for the duration of time. Otherwise, park ehind the green saturn.
 
My thoughts: If you EVER park in space C, you're a total dickhead and should be shot. It's not that you're in front of the neighbors house, it's that you're blocking their mailbox, AND you're blocking their driveway. DIAF.

If you ask the neighbor, you're retarded. Only a few anal retentive morons care about people parking in front of their houses when they don't need the space. If they need it, they'll ask. And the people who care, well, they have no rights to the space anyway.

Anyway, this is modeled after a real-world scenario that I actually do deal with on a regular basis and under all these varying times and conditions. The following answers are where I really parked, Im' not saying they're 100% correct, but they worked out just fine for everyone involved.

It's some time during the day, on a mail delivery day, and cars are parked as shown.
- I parked in space D.

It's the middle of the night, and cars are parked as shown.
- I always park in space B.

It's some time during the day, on a mail delivery day, and space D is blocked by construction on the stormdrains.
- I tried space A once, but my car's nose dragged on the curb backing out of the driveway. Not gonna do that again. Space B from here on out.

It's during the day, on a mail delivery day - spaces A and D are blocked.
- Space B. F the mailman.

It's the middle of the night - spaces A and D are blocked.
- Space B. 'Cuz mailmen don't work at night.

It's during the day, on a mail delivery day - spaces B and D are blocked.
- As much as I hate space A, this is the only thing that gets me into that space.

It's the middle of the night - spaces B and D are blocked.
- Same as above.
 
Originally posted by: quasarsky
Originally posted by: Turkish
I'd park on the yard, on grass.
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In real life, the curb is vertical, and there's literally no way to drive up into the yard without going through a fence. Besides, there's a bigass tree in it that prevents it's use as a parking space.
 
:confusedl;

Since when do people care if you park in front of their house, on the parkway? Is there some kind of law in the US that says: that bit of parking is only meant for the owner of the house? If not, some people can be anal. I've never heard the argument "It's in front of my house, so I deserve to be able to use that spot, GTFOff of it"
 
Originally posted by: logic1485
:confusedl;

Since when do people care if you park in front of their house, on the parkway? Is there some kind of law in the US that says: that bit of parking is only meant for the owner of the house? If not, some people can be anal. I've never heard the argument "It's in front of my house, so I deserve to be able to use that spot, GTFOff of it"
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There's a thread with people bitching about just that EVERY WEEK in here. There was one today.

Legally speaking (unless a HOA is in the mix, at which point all bets are off and you probably can't have more than 1 car parked at any given time anyway) they have NO rights to that space. But people like to bitch anyway.
 
There is one legal parking spot: D. I'd park there. If D is unavailable, I'd drive on a little bit and find another legal parking spot.

No tickets = better for Dullard. No tickets = proper parking ettiquette was followed.
 
I wanna know for the 11 morons who marks a for both of the last 2 questions how they got into spot A without completely destroying whatever car was parked in spot B
 
Originally posted by: sao123
I wanna know for the 11 morons who marks a for both of the last 2 questions how they got into spot A without completely destroying whatever car was parked in spot B
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It's possible. I've done it 😛

Not terribly difficult, either. It's just a minor curb hop with your right side.
 
Originally posted by: dullard
I'm sensing an incongruity here.
Originally posted by: EyeMWing
In real life, the curb is vertical
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Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Not terribly difficult, either. It's just a minor curb hop with your right side.
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The curb drops for the driveway. Thereby, you're only hopping a few inches instead of a 1ft vertical wall.
 
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