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We live on an estate with a one car per household policy. When we bought the house we had two cars, the vendor assured us that in practice many households, including theirs, have more than one car here, and that parking was never an issue as there are also enough households with no car. We naively believed him and bought the house. Once here we soon realised that parking is a contentious issue and the subject of many an angry post in the estate’s social media group, as well daily notes left on cars that are parked in the wrong spot. DH therefore decided it best that he got a moped for his daily commute which he promptly did. So, we are no longer contributing to the parking issue anymore, moped lives in the garden when not in use. Someone today has complained that the moped is very loud, and that they’d have thought whoever owns it would have had more consideration for everyone else on the estate.
I feel quite irked by this as DH sold his car and got the moped primarily so we wouldn’t be contributing to the parking issue anymore, although obviously it does also mean less hassle for him hunting around for an empty visitor’s spot, or parking off the estate and walking across which he used to do, instead of nicking someone else’s spot as many others seem happy enough to do.
My question is this: is it unreasonable to use a moped for your daily commute when you live on a housing estate? I can’t see how it’s any more or less inconsiderate to using one when you live in other scenarios e.g on a street etc. Or is it just inconsiderate no matter where you live?