Driver Unwittingly Invaded A Territorial Neighbor’s Parking Spot, So Tensions Boiled Over Into Vandalism
This neighborhood may be running low on space, but they’re running even lower on goodwill.
In big cities and crowded neighborhoods, parking is less a convenience and more a battleground.
When one resident unwittingly defied another neighbor’s unusual stake to a spot, they found themselves in the middle of a turf war for the ages.
Read on for the full story!
I live in a high-rent city where investors plague neighborhoods with modern-day slumlord rentals.
In my high-density hood, we have maybe more than 10 people in a house, another few in a coach house, and everyone drives.
It’s so congested, it could take me 20 minutes just to get a few miles onto the freeway.
All this to say, space is a precious thing – especially parking spots.
Needless to say, the parking situation is even worse. I have to park blocks away sometimes.
And neighbors are willing to go to great lengths to protect their space.
Anyway, my neighbor across the street decided to reserve parking spots in front of their house with orange cones.
Yesterday, I saw an empty spot where their cones were, so I decided to park there.
As I walked away, I saw that their cones were chucked into their yard. I thought nothing more of it.
But it turns out, those cones were a warning.
This morning, I found fresh key scratches on the passenger side of my door and a handwritten note that said, if I have a problem with the rules of this street, I am welcomed to settle it face to face.
The shaken parker gets the authorities invovled.
I called the police, and they’ve been making their rounds interviewing other neighbors on the street.
They’re hoping the cops catch on to their sketchy landlord, too.
I sure hope they call the building inspector in — I’m certain they’re not allowed to have that many people in a residence.
The parking saga continues with no real resolution…
It seems parking in this neighborhood comes with a heavy price.
What did Reddit make of all this?
According to this commenter, the location of the scratches may not have been random at all.
Vandalism is a two-way street!
People know they can’t just reserve a spot, right?
One city even has a charming name for it.
The cones were moved out of the way, and then all you know what broke lose.
This neighborhood may be running low on space, but they’re running even lower on goodwill.
If you thought that was an interesting story, check out what happened when a family gave their in-laws a free place to stay in exchange for babysitting, but things changed when they don’t hold up their end of the bargain.
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