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Street parking can become surprisingly complicated when neighbors feel entitled to public spaces.

The following story involves a woman whose neighbor repeatedly tried to stop her from parking in front of his house.

The neighbor lives in the basement and doesn’t seem to have a job, so he has all the time to police whoever parks in “his parking space.”

She tried to confront the neighbor and learned that he has a troubling reason for objecting to certain people parking nearby.

Read the full story below for all the details.

Jobless basement dweller neighbor parking dispute

I live across from a guy who is in his mid-50s.

He is living in his mom’s basement and doesn’t seem to have a job or family.

His full-time job is not letting people park in front of his house.

He leaves his garbage cans out all week, placed just far apart to block anyone from parking there.

He has a no-parking sign in his yard and has now put 2 notes in my car telling me not to park there.

This woman confronted his neighbor about the street parking.

I confronted him about this, and he said he doesn’t want the Mexicans on my street to park in front of his house.

He said he hopes ICE comes to get them.

Today, when I got the 2nd note, I went to confront him, but he didn’t answer.

So I wrote him a note back with this:

“Legal street parking, you will be ok. Please call the cops if you are unsure of rules.”

She didn’t want to push it too far, as she has a baby.

This guy has nothing to lose, and I have a 9-month-old, so I don’t want to personally push this too far.

But I want to know what I can do to make this guy’s day a little worse legally.

I left a message to my local parking enforcement, but I doubt anything will come of that.

For context, I live in Washington state.

She parks in front of his house only about 1 hour in the morning.

I park in front of his house in the morning when I get back from the gym.

So that the people who watch my child can park in front of my house.

I’m there for maybe 1 hour in the morning and obviously give him plenty of space, way more than 5 feet from his driveway.

Thanks in advance for maybe some humor and help.

It makes sense for OP that she didn’t want to escalate things, especially with a nine-month-old kid at home.

Perhaps talking to her neighbor and explaining her need to use the space for an hour every morning could help reduce the ongoing tension.

I’m positive her neighbor would understand after clearly sharing her side, instead of communicating via notes.

What do you think? Let’s find out what others have to say about this.

This user shares their personal thoughts.

I wouldn’t assume, says this one.

If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about a person who calls on dozens of whirlygigs to combat the neighbor’s complaints about the fence.

This one makes a valid point.

Finally, here’s another honest opinion.

Some people believe that a public street comes with a private parking reservation.