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Cul-de-sacs are small by design. One family’s parking habits have made this one feel even smaller.

One homeowner lives across from a household with four grown children, a rotating work vehicle, two broken-down cars parked in the driveway, and four more vehicles regularly lining the street.

On most days, that adds up to five occupied spaces on a street where space is already tight.

But when the homeowner tried a direct conversation, the selfish neighbor’s response was simply “it’s free for all,” which was technically true, but still completely unhelpful.

Now every trip home comes with the same frustrating question: is there even a spot left to park in front of your own house?

Keep reading for the full story.

Bad neighbors/parking

I live in a cul-de-sac in Los Angeles County, and unfortunately, our homes are all pretty close together.

The neighbor is known for bringing quite a few cars around.

Our neighbors across the street have four grown children living with them, along with a work vehicle that they regularly swap with their carpool person’s vehicle, so that space is always occupied.

They also have two broken-down cars sitting in their driveway, plus four additional vehicles belonging to their children parked on the street.

This really doesn’t leave much space for anyone else on the cul-de-sac.

Mind you, 3 of them don’t work, so 4 cars are always there.

I understand that street parking is technically first-come, first-served, but how is it fair that one household can consistently occupy five street parking spaces while the rest of us can’t even park in front of our own homes when we need to?

The neighbors don’t really seem to care that they’re inconveniencing anyone, but one homeowner thinks they’ve gone too far.

I’ve already spoken to them about it, but they don’t seem to care because, in their words, “it’s free for all.”

I understand the rules, but there’s a big difference between having the right to park on the street and taking up the majority of the available parking on a small cul-de-sac every single day.

I wish I could get as far away from them as possible, but can’t afford to move.

These neighbors really need to start being a little more neighborly.

Redditors are sure to have some strong opinions on this.

This user is actually going through something very similar.

This user shares some leverage these homeowners may be able to use against this neighbor.

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This user shares some major beef with this particular type of neighborhood configuration.

Street parking being first-come, first-served is a fair rule on paper. However, It stops being fair the moment one household treats it as a green light to dominate nearly every available spot, every single day.

Two broken-down cars sitting unused in a driveway isn’t about need, it’s just extra clutter eating up space that could otherwise ease the pressure on other people who need to find a parking spot.

“It’s a free for all” are the words of a neighbor who clearly doesn’t care about anyone else but themselves.