Ruining my “good neighbor” reputation

"smobgirl" (smobgirl) 08/12/2020 at 11:04 • Filed to: None

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Today is street sweeping but I need to load the van for a trip. I’m not lugging all of my shit halfway down the block on the wrong side of the street.

Figured statistically it was better to risk the 1% chance of a $75 parked-in-yard ticket versus the 100% chance of a $50 parked-in-front-of-my-house ticket.

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > smobgirl 08/12/2020 at 11:13

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They give you tickets for parking i n your yard there? Aside from hoping to keep David Tracy from moving in, why?

smobgirl > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: 08/12/2020 at 11:19

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David Tracy is precisely the reason. 

MonkeePuzzle > smobgirl 08/12/2020 at 11:22

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“oh? park in yard is a thing? sowwy officer”

realistically though, the park in yard (if not done often) is unlikely to get you a fine the first time.

can always tell them you were planning to wash the van, and wanted to make sure the run off water went onto grass instead of being wasted just flowing down the street.

smobgirl > MonkeePuzzle 08/12/2020 at 11:29

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In my neighborhood having just one car in the yard is considered good for property values.

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > smobgirl 08/12/2020 at 11:29

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We should totally fill his yard with shitboxes while he’s i n Germany, for the lulz.

For Sweden > smobgirl 08/12/2020 at 11:33

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Convert  street  parking  to  bike  lanes  and  legalize  yard  parking

WilliamsSW > smobgirl 08/12/2020 at 11:39

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You’re not a bad neighbour until you take the wheels off, set it on cinder blocks, and let it rust out for a year or so.  

shop-teacher > smobgirl 08/12/2020 at 11:41

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Good call.

facw > For Sweden 08/12/2020 at 11:51

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That’s a take I haven’t heard before. Though I’m not sure it’s a good one, might just mean cyclists and pedestrians getting hit by cars going to/from lawns.

For Sweden > facw 08/12/2020 at 11:52

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The drivers can hopefully look both ways before entering the street.

facw > For Sweden 08/12/2020 at 11:53

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You haven’t met many drivers have you?

benn454 > smobgirl 08/12/2020 at 12:27

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 I didn't even know getting tickets for parking in your yard was a thing. I live in a medium sized suburb and the city hasn't ever said anything about the two SUVs in my backyard. Of course, we share a driveway with a neighbor, so it's the only way any of us can get in and out.

i86hotdogs > smobgirl 08/12/2020 at 12:39

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Always starts with 1. Soon, you’ll have a project car under a tarp, couple of blocks, 4 Jeeps, and you’ll start calling yourself David for some reason.

ranwhenparked > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: 08/12/2020 at 12:41

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My city will ticket anything without a current registration that's parked in plain view, including the lawn or driveway. 

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > ranwhenparked 08/12/2020 at 12:45

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That i s a bit more common, and slightly more reasonable.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ranwhenparked 08/12/2020 at 12:49

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Fascists.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > smobgirl 08/12/2020 at 12:51

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I park my tent trailer on my front lawn. Have been for ten years. It has a cover over it. One day I got a letter in the mail from the County telling me to move it. Someone had filed a report. Same day, or next day, someone left a handwritten card on my door asking me if I’d like to sell it. What a coincidence, eh?

Brickman > smobgirl 08/12/2020 at 12:52

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That is so dumb. I can park in my ditch if I want to.  Upside down too :P

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > smobgirl 08/12/2020 at 12:53

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I feel like a fine for doing something on your own property is perhaps slightly just a little bit unconstitutional .

ranwhenparked > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/12/2020 at 13:00

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Considering how many people around here don't know how to use a garbage can or an ashtray, and don't know what an auto body shop does, I can imagine how bad things would get if derelict cars were allowed to start accumulating.

mazda616 > smobgirl 08/12/2020 at 13:10

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You can get a ticket for parking in your own yard? Yikes.

I’m glad I live in rural western Kentucky surrounded by cornfields. I can’t imagine someone telling me not to park in my yard.

diplodicus forgot his password > smobgirl 08/12/2020 at 14:05

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I got a blight notice because someone complained I park one of my cars on my grass next to my driveway. They also gave me a notice that the lawn was too long even though I mowed it the day of the citation. So now I’m thinking of mowing my lawn at 5am just to piss off whoever called and complained I park a car on the grass.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > smobgirl 08/12/2020 at 17:10

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...wait...sorry, I am a simpleton from a semi -rural place in Nova Scotia....there are tickets for parking your OWN vehicle on your OWN property??? How the hell does that wo rk???