Neighbours have decided that myself and NDN park some of our cars in another street to make it fairer for everyone. AIBU to ignore the request?

[SumoFarah]

I live on a street with unrestricted parking and few driveways. I know it might sound excessive but my family and NDN family have 7 cars between us. I can’t get a drive out in as the street is really narrow so I would need the space opposite to be empty in order to exit.

A neighbour on the street knocked on my and NDN to explain that our six cars take up too much space and means that:

1. neighbours who finish work late can never get a space so have to park on another street and walk
2. their weekend visitors can never get a space
3. on weekends they sometimes have to park in the middle of the road to unload their shopping and then go and find somewhere else to park

We we’re told that ‘they all’ think everyone should agree to use a maximum of 2 spaces to use as they wish and any further space needed should be used in the free car park about 1/2 mile away.

Also that the two teenagers (one mine, one NDN) don’t need cars as they are still in school so should have no need for cars anyway.

I get that parking spaces are at a premium, and can be frustrating when all the spaces are taken, but I don’t want myself or my dc to walk 1/2 mile in the dark (or the light, for that matter) just to placate the neighbours when there’s a space available. All our cars are pretty much used on a daily basis.

NDN told the messenger neighbour that it’s first-come-first-served. I do understand the annoyance but don’t agree with the suggestion because some houses only have one car and some houses don’t have a car, so should balance out in theory, but obviously doesn’t in practice.

Would I be unreasonable to ignore the ‘request’?

Suggestions welcomed.

Hang on, children old enough to drive but you don't want them walking in the dark?

We're going around in circles with this, though.

It's the residents that own and use the cars, not the houses themselves.

It makes as much sense as saying that every household gets paid two lots of child benefit - whether they have 2 children living there, 5 children or none at all.

It's massively unfair to penalise people for not being able to afford to live in smaller households - and then, by contrast, to effectively reward those who can.

We seem to expect young adults to be dependent little children one moment and then suddenly transform into successful self-sufficient big grown-ups the next, with no transition in between those stages whatsoever.

Once they're adults, getting themselves established, working (and training for working) as adults in the community, doing a lot of the basic jobs that keep society functioning, why should they be told to run along and pop their cars somewhere out of the way so that the 'real' adults can take priority?

Because no woman aged under 25 was ever raped, attacked, threatened or mugged after dark in her own locality...

From the information that we have I doubt that the other residents would get very far.

Depending on the other residents I would be more concerned about them damaging the OP's property, But and I say this again, it depends on the type of people that the other residents are.

Well if the other residents started to damage OPs property, then that proves all along that they are CF cunts.

You poor neighbours, you are SO UNREASONABLE. How selfish!

I agree.

One car each and one each for teenage/adult children in residence is not excessive. Just ignore the neighbours, public street, anyone can park where they like.

YABU unless you have a disability.
Walking a few hundred metres can be nice to decompress anyway.