'I'll just report you like you did me': Greedy neighbor with five cars hogs all the parking spots, new residents get petty payback

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    "Neighbor likes to play musical cars"
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    Neighbor likes to play musical cars I bought a condo earlier this year in a subdivided historic home in my city. The home has 6 units, each unit with (minimum) one car. Street parking only.
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    Our neighbors are the absolute worst. I'm guessing mid-late 60s, married M/F. The wife never leaves home. For months I thought they had 4 vehicles: SUV, truck, mini, & work van. They are one of the few homes on the street with a driveway which comfortably fits his work van + truck. They also could fit 3 of the 4 vehicles in front of their house on the street if they wanted. Despite that, they park their mini in the driveway, truck in front of my house, work van across the street, and SUV in fron
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    And they NEVER deviate. Someone moved out of one of the units in my home & they wouldn't even move for the moving van. Nor when I was doing renovations and moving lumber in & out. Or when landscaping crews come in.
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    Since it's a city, we have mandatory no parking one day a month in designated hours for street sweeping. This is when they move two cars into their driveway (& how I know two cars comfortably fit). Well, first month I lived here they moved their cars back too early during the no parking times & got tickets on truck + SUV. It made my day but not enough.
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    I've slowly been trying to figure out how to steal the spot back. You see, they like to play magical cars. When husband leaves with his truck, wife comes out with him and like clockwork pulls the mini out of driveway into his "spot" in front of my home leaving no cars in driveway. And she parks 6+ feet in so there is always room for the truck when he returns. EVERY DAY. For months.
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    My BF moves in. Gently asks if we can share. Husband says "yes of course!" Next day, truck is parked elsewhere. We thought "wow they are nice" and now see a beat up Jeep there. After a few weeks it didn't move. One night, late, we see this -nozzle cleaning the Jeep. IT IS HIS. So 5 cars, not 4.
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    Slowly I start learn the city parking codes. Report the Jeep as an abandoned vehicle and got it towed. Mail them an anonymous package of horse with a note calling them as as this package. Everything legal. But still scheming how to steal the spot back we are to "share" in front of MY HOME. J with them. I
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    It's been 10 months (edited from 7 because I can't math) and NO ONE has parked there but the truck or mini (to hold his "spot"). I watch them every day to find time to steal the spot back but they ALWAYS beat me to it. But today was the day. No parking for street sweeping. An hour before the ban ends I say 1. Walk across the street where I was parked to move my car. Like clockwork I see the husband come out (who was clearly watching me). As I open my car I see him unlocking the mini so he can be
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    I'm in my car shaking with excitement and the starts taking pictures of my car. I get out and ask why. Apparently I'm in violation of the code (he studied, too) of having to park >3 feet from driveways (his). I walk over, step with my feet, and count. Not good enough for him. I tell him to get a tape measure and he's like "nah I'll just report you like you did me 3 times." (I did once so this tells you how much the entire neighborhood hates them).
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    I walk myself inside, grab a tape measure, lay on the bare pavement, measure three feet & mark it on the sidewalk. Ask him again if that's good enough and say "so much for sharing, huh?" He says “this is all public parking so good luck, you can't park here forever." BET.
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    I work from home boyfriend does, too. 1. And my You don't know petty you self entitled boomer. Now it's your turn to watch musical cars in action from the pettiest millennials around.
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    NoContribution9322. 17 hr. ago Please update as this progresses 195 Reply Share
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    Sofa_Queen 16 hr. ago . Bird seed. Pour it all over the cars. 4 137 Reply Share
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    Flat_Raspberry_6255 OP 14 hr. ago . I thought about things like that but I KNOW they've gotta be watching. How else would he have known the EXACT second I walked out to move my car today so he could beat me to it?
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    Qu1tyerbitchin 10 hr. ago I live in suburbia, my driveway will comfortably hold 10 cars, no that's not an exaggeration, it has at this moment a bronco, suburban, ram pickup, Durango, partners work van,Pontiac sedan and there is 1 full open space next to Pontiac, 5 or so ft between each vehicle BECAUSE if there is any open space anywhere our freaking neighbors just pull right up in our drive. I'm not talking about a street driveway, this sucker is a literal attachment to our home.
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    3 different neighbors AND their friends and family just use it at will. We had 2 towed last year after putting up no parking signs because we couldn't get any of our cars out because both sides were blocked by someone else's car. And THEN, those started parking across the bottom of the drive way so we were blocked in anyway. Code enforcement giggles every time he answers my call almost giddy because he knows he's gonna get to tow someone that day lol. People are crazy.
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    DeafByMetal 12 hr. ago The next time the street sweeper is due, drive your car around the block. Wait around the corner out of sight. When the street sweeper drives by, follow right behind him right to your spot.
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    Flat_Raspberry_6255 OP 12 hr. ago . Omg so smart. Old neighbor can't track me then because he wouldn't even see me leave my house to alert him the spot will be taken!

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