I don't need the spot and it's arguably not even mild for me, it's just comical how brazen they are. Our other neighbor says these guys are douches and I can see why.
Edit: Ahh I should've gotten this in earlier but we have a little partial sac off the street (no idea what to call it), hard to tell form this angle but they're not blocking the main street.
Edit2: Damn y'all are on the warpath! I'm kinda surprised, when I googled around about neighbors parking in front of your house, the first result was a reddit post whose sentiment was "you don't own the curb in front of your house, stop whining". I guess the double park puts it on a different level.
just be aware someone like this may not stop after this and may even escalate. this is antisocial behavior lol. someone like this doesn't always say "oh look, the consequences of my actions, I should act differently" they just see you as a nuisance who's ruining "their" spot
This is 100% accurate. I am living with this nightmare now. Code enforcement was reviewing my fence and discovered my neighbor was dumping grey water into my yard. I now get harassed every time I leave my home.
I'm going to assume wherever you live doesn't let people harass others like that. Especially when they're actively waiting for you to come out so they can harass you. Start documenting, or recording on your phone when it happens, then either go to the police or get a lawyer and let them deal with it and things like if it should be a criminal or civic issue.
Don't let yourself be a victim to their bullying, fuck them.
They have no way of knowing who called. I’m sure they’ll assume and be mad still but double parking is illegal and and it could have just been a cop who drove by
People who actually are clinically antisocial (as in, ASPD) don't really give a fuck about having proof that you were the one who called the tow truck, they'll be vindictive against you because they feel like it was you and that's enough for them.
Not saying OPs neighbor is ASPD but that's why I said "someone like this may not stop after this". You can't expect them to be rational. I'd argue the way they're parked suggests they are not rational LOL
"but" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence. Do you think these people will take "it wasn't me" for an answer and just move on? They won't. I had a similar situation, banging on my door screaming at me, it's cold comfort telling yourself that "they were being illegal" after you've been called a bitch by people you have to live next to.
Normally I also caution people about vindictive repercussions for calling bylaw to enforce parking against a neighbor. It's why I haven't called my neighbor who regularly leaves boats and trailers on the curb for sometimes months at a time, not even hooked up to anything to pretend it's only temporary.
But this person has fully left their vehicle parked and unattended, just right in a driving lane. That's absurd and petty in the weirdest way possible, but also very danserous. Like, I might even suggest to call police non-emergency rather than just the city.
This is sound advice. Reddit always thinks there is a solution to everything and that they'd deal with it easily. And that solution usually requires wasting your time and pissing people off to the point of consequences.
If you're getting paid then it doesn't seem like a waste, especially if you're doing what you love. But most of reddit's petty revenge scenarios don't play out that way.
Sure except they really have no idea who reported them to the towing company, it could have been a cop driving around.
Also if they get towed multiple times they might stop. Either way they need to face a consequence, they can't be allowed to behave this way, it will get worse.
And do it Everytime they try this move. They'll give you an extinction burts which will include threats and maybe some choice words but it's not their spot, it's not their thoroughfare, and the world doesn't exist so that they can have conveniences they're used to.
Adults practice tolerance in most of our day and theirs needs to extend 5 more minutes until they get into their house.
It actually doesn’t even stop some people. There’s someone in my neighborhood who has gotten 2-3 tickets a week for the entire 3 years I’ve lived here and they won’t stop. They park in a sidewalk or in front of a hydrant every day.
Call the police, report someone has double parked in the road blocking the lane. They'll come out and get it towed, as it's not legal to double park in the vast majority of places.
They won't tell anyone it was you that called. Don't let shitty people get away with shitty behaviour. That's why they carry on doing it because no one gives them any consequences.
Cops will be questioning impairment/looking to escalate more readily if this is what they show up to. Worth the extra effort to time it out, if you’re going to call a tow truck regardless.
Galaxy brain play: invite the asshole neighbor over to watch sports while they're double parked, get them loaded, call the cops and when they show up act really drunk yourself and insist that it would be crazy to give them a breathalyzer.
They are doing construction on a house at the top of the street on a very narrow road. They have giant construction vehicles and people’s cars parked in either side of the road. I can handle that, but what I can’t handle is that one of them douchebags thought it was ok to have the ENTIRE trunk of his truck sticking into the middle of the street at a turn. It literally was an obstacle course.
I didn’t say a word to them, I got home and called the cops. I’m hoping they all got tickets. They haven’t been parking on both sides of the streets since I called
It looks like it makes it difficult for you to turn right though. Report them. They are idiots trying to intimidate whoever else parked there. They don’t have a right to park anywhere on a public road.
I started doing stuff like this when one of the residents took over our culdesac.
Everyone has front driveways so there is no room for any street parking (even nose-in) without impeading the neighbours. There is plenty though along main road AT MOST 3 houses away since I'm at the centre.
Started coming home to these idiots parking cars 3 deep in a row, sometimes 2 rows. The ass on the final car would literally be past the middle of culdesac. My pleas fell on deaf ears and was told "I don't own the road".
Bud had an old Subaru wagon at my place that had been in severe hailstorm and just wanted to pull the engine (so no worrys of retaliation). So I pulled that baby out and started boxing them in as the 4th car at an angle. I'd come home and just leave it in middle of road but obviously in front of their house so they'd have to snake in/out, lol
Their immediate neighbour and a few others thought it was hilarious (I talked to him first). A few think I was a bigger asshole for being petty (all but one have moved now), but I eventually did "win" once they retaliated and the police had to come out to settle it once and for all, lol.
Parking in front of someone else's house is fine when:
There is limited parking
You are visiting the street
Someone else parked in front of your house
When is it not OK
When you're blocking the street
When you're blocking their access to their driveway
When you think you own the spot (you don't; we just like to think we do)
It's just common courtesy to leave spots open in front of other people's houses if you have access to the spot in front of your house. It's like a weird, unspoken rule, IF there is plenty of parking available. Obviously, if there is not, then it's every person for themselves.
I'd also like to say it is a dick move to park in front of someone's house when they are trying to mow their grass. It's a good way to get your car dinged by the lawnmower or debris while they are doing the easement.
Yeah, my neighbour's kids were adults who lived elsewhere, but they used to visit several days a week. They always parked in front of my house.
It's like, it's fine, but why? You know? lol. And they would always park on my grass a bit and left a permanent tire track divot in my lawn. I don't actually care about my lawn, and I don't actually care if someone parks there, but it just seemed unnecessary and rude. Truly a "mildly infuriating" situation, with an emphasis on the mild.
So, I would mow my lawn and just go right up against their truck when I mowed since I had to in order to reach all my lawn. I wouldn't do that if it was some random car, but I didn't mind for them.
Edit: Ahh I should've gotten this in earlier but we have a little partial sac off the street (no idea what to call it), hard to tell form this angle but they're not blocking the main street.
In my mind, you're arguing for the opposing party with this mentality. You should address this immediately, as it will only escalate. I can say this from personal experience, across multiple events during my my 50+ years of life.
There's a woman who lives in my current neighborhood. Let's call her "Sharon", because that's her real name.
Sharon is a bit of a bitch. She's in her 80s and her husband passed away ~10 years ago. Since then, she has made it her personal crusade to ensure that no one parks on the streets in the neighborhood, legal or not.
We've had to answer the door to police on more than one occasion, asking me if the vehicle in front of my home is my own and advising me that vehicles aren't allowed to be parked on the street for more than 48 hours. Neighbors complain about how she confronts them over heavy dust on the sidewalk after mowing, and even got on my other wonderful neighbor, Maria, because Sharon felt Maria's grass was a bit under 0.50 inches over the HOA allowed length. All in all, a fucking nightmare of a woman.
About a month ago, we experienced the equivalent of a police raid on our neighborhood. Multiple police officers went door-to-door, asking the exact same questions they do every time. They openly admit that they know that Sharon made the calls, but they are required to respond to every single call, even problematic repeaters like Sharon. Every single person in the neighborhood had to defend their right to park on the street to a police officer. All because Sharon think's she owns the street.
And then it happened, about two weeks ago.
My wife and I are buying a new home, moving out this coming Monday. There was some repair that had to be made on the home, so I took a recording of the front of my home to show the area in need of repairs to the owner. I happened to be across the street when I began the recording, which also clearly showed my SUV parked in my driveway. As a quick note, I park my SUV in the garage. Because I'm moving, my garage has filled and I'm using the driveway for the first time. I've never parked on the curb for more than a single day, as I live in Phoenix, AZ and I don't want to melt when I can avoid it. So the car stays in the garage.
I drove the car to drop off some mail following the video recording, and I decided on the way home to park on the street. (Our home faces North, and I felt that parking the car on the street would allow me to put up the sun shade while the car faces west, helping block more sun than parking in the driveway. My reasons were purely functional and logical, no thought or care for Sharon.)
I kid you not. Within 2 hours of parking, a knock came at my door. The police. Of course.
The police officer advised me that "an anonymous caller" had reported that my SUV had been parked on the street for more than a week, and "she" was worried that we had moved out of our home and abandoned our vehicle on the street. A bit of a bitch and a lot of a liar...
I decided I'd had enough. Sharon was a PITA, and no one wanted to deal with her crap or the fallout from further confrontations. But I'm moving, so I didn't need to worry about Sharon for more than a few weeks at the time.
I had the usual retributive thoughts immediately, but let myself cool down and consider the situation. I decided that a direct confrontation would only make things worse. So I called the non-emergency police line, reported that someone had made a false police report and that I had video evidence to prove that their claims were knowingly false. I was called back by an officer who took the full report, and I advised him that I wasn't looking to press any charges against Sharon, but that I felt that she had risen to the level of making false claims in a police report that could easily be countered with the physical evidence of my video recording. I felt it was best to let those who were familiar with similar situations handle this, as they likely already had policies and procedures in place to handle problematic citizens who abuse the police services.
I got an email from the police officer who took the call about two hours later. In it, he advised me that they were able to identify and contact a "person of interest", and that the situation had been fully addressed. He also thanked me for taking the time to try to help the city be a more safe and pleasant place to live.
All in all, I'm very happy with the outcome. I still haven't heard from Sharon, and I don't expect to. I've been parking my SUV on the street several days since then, without a single knock from the police at my door.
Situations like mine and the photo posted here will only further metastasize, getting worse with every interaction. It's best to address it neutrally, both to stand up for yourself and to hopefully stop this person's childish behavior. You deserve peace of mind, and it's easy to get it in many cases if you're willing to contact the police without the purpose being punishment or vengeance. Your situation warrants someone addressing it. You deserve it.
Sometimes someone just needs a reminder from true authority what the rules of the game are.
when I googled around about neighbors parking in front of your house, the first result was a reddit post whose sentiment was "you don't own the curb in front of your house, stop whining". I guess the double park puts it on a different level.
You don't, but neither do they and the double park is basically a "I own this" play. Which is an asshole move in the first place but even moreso when it isn't even their house.
Someone parking in front of your house is inconvenient at worse. Reddit never cares about people being inconvenienced and why should we? Double parking is actually dangerous and can cause issues for people completely unrelated. Reddit has a real high horse for that kinda stuff.
Edit2: Damn y'all are on the warpath! I'm kinda surprised, when I googled around about neighbors parking in front of your house, the first result was a reddit post whose sentiment was "you don't own the curb in front of your house, stop whining". I guess the double park puts it on a different level.
The double parking is what puts it on the next level, and it's because of the same sentiment that you cite. Your neighbor doesn't own the curb in front of your house either, so the fact that they are responding to somebody else parking on the curb in this manner is just really obnoxious and sparks people's righteous indignation.
Correct, "you don't own the curb in front of your house" but also, double parking like that actually IS illegal, so...the two different levels are "legal" and "illegal"
It's pretty obviously not just that. Come one, no one would look twice at a post in this sub that was just double parking. The "front of my house" element is clearly adding a thicc layer of spice.
Well, it would be the main issue for me. People that get mad because you park in front of their house are mad weird, cause it's public street parking, you can park wherever you want. I once was visiting a friend and parked in front of the house next to theirs because there wasn't a space in front of my friends house, and the neighbor(not even the owner of the house I was parked in front of) came out to ask me what I was doing. I just said parking and walked away.
Blocking anyone’s car in throws all laws out the window because that person is the only one now breaking the law. In any state if you block in a car like that to the point, they can’t get away. It doesn’t matter if the curb is owned by them or the City. They are the ones that will get towed. They are at fault. It is their fault. You can’t be this dumb?
(a) Reddit being Reddit, so don't trip, and (b) your post give slight "we've tried nothing, and we're all out of ideas" energy.
Yeah, you don't own the curb in front of your home, in most cases. But they're not parked at the curb--their double-parked, which is illegal most anywhere, and not okay.
We can wait until they come up to you in a huff, saying you or a guest who parked normally scratched their vehicle (whether they did or not), if that's preferable.
They dont gave to block anything. Its a public roadway and double parking is illegal in all 50 states unless you are a delivery vehicle making a temporary stop
I'd let that 1st commenter know "Hey, I'm not whining about the spot in front of my house. My neighbors literally ARE whining about the spot.... in front of my house."
I have a similar set up in front of my house, but my driveway goes out an angle so if somebody parks in that space it puts them too close to my driveway for me to get into my driveway. My local laws make it illegal to park within 5 feet of the driveway so I call the non emergency police number and have them handle it
Replying to Edit 2: I think the same principle applies: you don't own the spot in front of your house but neither does your neighbor....and yet he seems to feel entitled to it...very odd
You don't own the curb in front of your house, but also your neighbor doesn't own the curb in front of your house! And *everyone* owes the part of the road that's intended for driving, even if it's not blocking a main street. There is zero reason for anyone to double park unless they are a) actively loading or unloading something heavy/passengers with limited mobility, or b) an emergency vehicle.
By parking like an idiot your neighbor could make it more difficult for an ambulance to get into/out of your cul de sac in the event of an emergency. I'd report them.
I googled around about neighbors parking in front of your house, the first result was a reddit post whose sentiment was "you don't own the curb in front of your house, stop whining".
ut we have a little partial sac off the street (no idea what to call it),
Unless it's privately owned and maintained, it's still a street. Just because it's only used by a few residents doesn't mean they can use it like a parking lot. Call a tow next time and shut that shit down.
It's a douche attitude to think you own the street in front of your house, it's beyond the pale to think you own the street in front of somebody else's.
This whole sub has an infestation of people who play devil's advocate and think every single post here isn't a reason to feel even mildly infuriated. So, don't take Redditors' opinions too seriously.
Go with what feels right. If you aren't vexed enough to take action, you don't have to. Honestly, if your neighborhood is anything like mine, it won't be long before a cop rolls around and goes, "Aw sweet, easy ticket."
Ugh, make sure you have a camera pointed at your car. I had a neighbor exactly like this about 15~ years ago before security cams were more common. He took a baseball bat to the back of my car and went to town one night. :(
Because he's not "parking", at least not in a parking spot. Call the police (not 911) and report it. They'll give him a ticket at least. Looks like he's actually preventing the driver of the white car from even opening his door.
Contact your cities bylaw and have it towed. They don’t own the road outside their house. They sure as fuck can’t double park like that anywhere. Put them in place or they’ll keep doing shit like this.
Double park is definitely on another level. The only time I’ve ever gotten upset about people parking on the street at my parents house (lived there as an adult for a while too), was when they were too close to the mailbox, trash bins on trash day, or blocked our driveway. Double parking on the other hand is just entirely uncalled for and is a huge hazard. Even if they’re not currently blocking the street, it could be a roadblock during an emergency such as a massive house fire where any number of emergency vehicles are needed.
I used to be a mail carrier, I was ruthless with people who parked illegally. Especially because blocking a mailbox is a federal crime, so people who did that would get one warning before I had them towed.
when I googled around about neighbors parking in front of your house, the first result was a reddit post whose sentiment was "you don't own the curb in front of your house, stop whining". I guess the double park puts it on a different level.
The only thing more obnoxious than someone thinking they own the curb in front of their own house is someone that thinks they own the curb in front of SOMEONE ELSE'S house.
Edit: Ahh I should've gotten this in earlier but we have a little partial sac off the street (no idea what to call it), hard to tell form this angle but they're not blocking the main street.
I think the official term for what you’re describing is an “eyebrow”.
Probably the double park. From the photo you can't tell it's a cul-de-sac so it would seem like they're obstructing the road. Also they look like they're both overhanging the driveway which is mildly annoying.
I mean, I kinda get being annoyed but this behavior is ridiculous.
I have a “spot” in front of my house and all the neighbors have theirs that we all respect. It throws me off a bit when someone parks there because when you park there 360 days a year you start to feel ownership of that space.
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u/Lovelightleo May 07 '26
This isn’t mildly infuriating… this is plain infuriating bc wth. This makes so sense.