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Originally Posted by cabmandone
If it's a public street they're well within their rights to park there and have no responsibility to ask. That's the legal answer. The right answer is, the neighbor should ask if it's okay. That's what a good neighbor would do. My son bought a house last year. The neighbors across the street parked in front of the house even though there is enough room for them to park their cars on their side of the street. It seems they don't understand how to use reverse in their vehicles. Anyhow, we were remodeling his home and their vehicle was parked right in the middle of the space in front of his house... so we parked their car in. After that I started asking them if they'd move their car when I needed to park out front with my trailer. The neighbor said "it's a public street you know?" I said, remember that when my trailers are parked in front of your house and my truck is parked in front of my son's. My son didn't want to cause any trouble and asked me not to park my trailers in front of their house. I didn't. They still park in front of his house. I could have fixed the problem. I did decide to pressure wash his sidewalk while their car was parked in front of his house. That nice black mold that grows on concrete ended up all over the side of their car.
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This is the correct answer. And I have about 10 cars + an RV that I could park in front of their house. Hell, if someone wants to be a big enough AH, I'll pay some bum to park his RV in front of their house and take a dump on their lawn every morning.
FWIW, I have exactly one car on the street and it's a Mini on a street with apartments and tight street parking. No one has an expectation of parking in front of their building, we're happy to be anywhere on the block. When I want to drive that car, I pull my other one out of the garage and switch them.
If people are nice, I'm Prince Charming. If they want to be a prick, I'll show them how it's done. Show them the deficiencies in their technique.