‘Yeah… I’m still parking there:' Entitled neighbor has been 'scaring’ people into not parking near his house for 12 years, bold new tenant starts parking stand-off for 8 months

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Mar 20, 2026 4:00 PM EDT

It's one thing when there is a street full of open parking spaces, and you still choose to park somewhere that inconveniences someone else. It is a completely different thing when parking is scarce, and it's every car for itself. Then it is fair game to park anywhere. Unfortunately, there are still entitled people who think they can claim these rare spots due to made-up reasons. They WILL use Karen scare tactics like passive-aggressive notes and tantrums, just like this guy did! 

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  • The rules of the road apply to everyone. Period. Whether you are part of that community or just a drifter passing through. The laws are there for a reason. Like, for example, the laws that say where you can and cannot park. For instance, there is a reason you can't park in front of someone's driveway, and a reason a certain road is permit-only parking. However, in many neighborhoods, the streets are fair game for parking unless otherwise stated. So, you can pull up to any free spot and park. However, that is not going to stop the entitled neighbors from getting upset that you parked right in front of their house. If there were other spots open, fine, that is a little annoying. But in cities like NYC, Toronto, etc., when you find a parking spot, it is yours. The end. 

  • "The neighbor who thinks the street parking belongs to them"

    i moved into my current place about 8 months ago. it's a normal residential street with street parking. no assigned spots, no permits, nothing like that. people just park wherever there's space. my house doesn't have a driveway
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  • so i usually park along the curb directly in front of it. never had any issues the first few weeks. then one morning i walked out and saw a folded piece of paper tucked under my windshield wiper. it said
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  • something like please don't park here, this spot is taken. i honestly thought someone left it on the wrong car because... it's a public street. nobody owns the curb. i ignored it.
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    Man driving car, hands on the steering wheel. 

  • a couple days later i parked there again and the next morning there was another note. this time it said i've parked here for 12 years, find somewhere else. at that point i realized it had to be someone on the street who genuinely believed
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  • the spot belonged to them. things got weirder after that. sometimes when i came home from work there would be two orange cones placed in that exact spot like someone was reserving it. one
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  • night the cones were there but no car, so i moved them onto the sidewalk and parked anyway. the next morning my car had another note, this one a lot angrier.
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    Cones on the side of the road holding a parking spot. 

  • Apparently, this entitled neighbor decided that the spot in front of someone else's house is his, because he's been parking there for years. However, that is not the law. So those cones he put? That's actually illegal. And him coming out trying to intimidate the person parking? Well, that could also be considered illegal. Unfortunately for him, the newest tenant isn't falling for this guy's tantrums and passive aggressiveness. Parking is fair game, bestie. 

  • a few days ago i was pulling into the spot again when a guy from the house across the street came outside and started waving his arms. he told me that was his parking spot and he's been using it for over a decade. i told
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  • him it's a public street and i live here too. he kept insisting everyone on the street knows it's his space. i asked the
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  • neighbor next door later and apparently he's been doing this for years and just scares people into not parking there. i'm still parking there.
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