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Unassigned street parking operates on a first-come basis, unless one neighbor appoints patio furniture as private security.
This new resident happily shared the open spot until the neighbors began reserving it with a chair whenever they left.
When they could not claim it themselves, they even blocked access so nobody else could park there.
Behold, the suburban parking throne.
WIBTA for moving my neighbors chair out of a parking spot
Hi I recently moved into a house with friend and its kind of a suburban neighborhood.
When I moved there I started parking in the spot beside my house because it seemed like noone was parking there and my roommate said there’s no assigned parking.
I then notice that my neighbor would park in the spot as well and even park in it while Im gone which is fine, it isn’t assigned.
Now the neighbor is trying to hold the parking spot.
The problem started arising when they would leave and then put a chair in the spot, basically prohibiting me from entering the spot.
They will also tend to block the spot which further irritates me because they have the “if I cant have it no one can have it” mentality.
So ive been thinking of just moving the chair since its rediculous to hold a spot that isn’t assigned, but would I be a jerk for doing this is the question.
Move the chair. The neighbor shouldn’t put it there.
Let’s see how Reddit reacted to this story.
This person says to move the chair.
Do people put chairs in parking spots in Boston?
Pittsburgh must have some weird parking rules.
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Free chair!
Moving the chair would not make this resident the villain, since household furniture cannot legally reserve an unassigned parking space.
A quick conversation might reduce the drama, but the neighbors need to stop treating shared parking like inherited property.
That chair had no license plate or legal claim, but it carried itself like neighborhood royalty.