residential parking
I live in a house with three—sometimes five—roommates, depending on the day. Six people makes for a lot of cars. We have a long driveway, so that's great, but it's only wide enough for one car. Many in my house resort to parking on the street, which you'd think would be a non-issue since I live in a residential neighborhood, but it is. My neighbors are very protective of their curb space. One is even protective of the curb space that is not in front of his house. Several of these neighbors have come to our house to voice their disapproval at whoever happens to open the door, and by door I am referring to either front or back door, because when a neighbor does not answer their front door one must obviously open the gate to the back door and pound relentlessly until they are no longer ignored.
Aren't residential streets fair game? People do not own the curb space in front of their houses. My roommates and I have talked about chalking parking stalls on the streets. Maybe that would help.
I feel I must somehow remedy the "neighbors hating us" situation, but I'm not sure how. Cookies? Slip 'n' Slide parties? Doorbell ditching?
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That is lame. Streets are fair game. I think you should water balloon them.
-Becca C
Agreed. Fair game. Just say up front to them that the spots aren't reserved. I also never take into account that seeing these people every day could potentially be awkward after such an encounter, but I think that those kinds of "rules" are preposterous. That's right, I said preposterous.
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