Neighbor disputes are never a good time. Not only can they make your living situation stressful—after all, how can you escape a conflict when it literally lives right next door—but they can also be inconvenient. That’s because a problem that is happening on your own street can be hard to ignore.
But what happens when you’re actually the problem?
That’s a question Reddit user Independent_Ants is likely going to have to ask themselves after turning to the AITA subreddit for advice on a parking situation on their street. According to the post, the OP can’t stand when people park in the street. That’s become quite the problem, since the OP says that their neighbors are constantly parking in front of the Redditor’s house instead of in their own driveway.
However, the OP may have gotten more than they bargained for when they asked Reddit for advice, since it seems like most people are siding with the neighbor on this one.
AITA – For talking to my neighbors about street parking
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u/Independent_Ants in
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The Street Parking Is the OP’s ‘Biggest Pet Peeve’
According to the OP, they had only just moved into the property when they first noticed an issue with the parking situation in their cul-de-sac. While the OP says that everyone in their little community has a driveway that can fit between four and six cars, the neighbors rarely take advantage of the space.
“Our neighbor across the street from us is notorious for having monthly family parities where 4-ish car will come over,” the OP wrote, saying that the parties aren’t “anything crazy” and not the point of the post. Instead, the OP says that they’re annoyed by the fact that nobody uses the neighbor’s driveway during these little get-togethers.
Instead, they say that the cars are parked all along the street, according directly in front of the OP’s house and right at the bottom of their driveway.
“They do this for any family event or even if the grandparents were to come over to babysit, which happens at-least once a week,” the post continued. “WIBTA if I brought this up to them casually or even offered to have his family park in my longer driveway when having an event? It just makes it difficult to pull in/out and maneuver and it just annoys me at this point.”
The OP ended their question by adding that they were both new to the area, so this issue is going to be a sore subject for years to come if it’s handled poorly. “What do I do? Say something or suck it up?”
Reddit Was Almost Unanimous in the Comments
If the OP was looking for reassurance that they were peeved over a totally understandable issue, they definitely came to the wrong place. “YTA the street is public parking,” the first, and highest-rated, comment said.
“Do you have trouble pulling into and out of parking spots in parking lots where cars are parked directly next to you and across the row from you? If not, why do you have trouble at home,” another person wrote. “If street parking is legal, leave it alone. YTA. Busy bodies who complain about street parking just make me want to tell my guests to park in front of their house.”
This is hardly the first time someone has come to Reddit with this very question. And every time we learn that there is a difference between the law of the road (literally) and what’s considered being neighborly. And while etiquette pros like the one who spoke with Southern Living in 2025 say that you should always park in your own driveway or garage first, there’s not really too much you can legally do if you don’t like where your neighbor parks.
That being said, the expert did note that the responsibility of being neighborly falls to the host, and they should be communicating with guests about where they can park, and letting their neighbors know that there may be a few more cars than usual in the street during their event.