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Posted: 12/30/2020 5:34:34 PM EDT
I'm not talking about parking a truck in the front yard for 15 minutes to unload a piece of furniture or even the long term anchoring of non-running vehicles on the lawn. I'm referring to the parking of daily drivers in the front yard, often even when there is ample parking space in the driveway.
I've noticed that this phenomenon seems to transcend racial and geographic (although it seems to be highly prevalent in Texas) boundaries but the one thing they have in common is socioeconomic status. On the other hand, I never see people of higher means park in their yards. Even the successful first generation immigrants do not do this. |
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Cars in the yard = no grass. No grass = no mowing.
Maybe we're the stupid ones |
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My brother would do that every time our dad was out of town in high school. He'd pull up to the front porch and park there.
And today? He is very poor. It must be a natural instinct. |
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Because the driveway is for the broken down cars on blocks...
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Are you sure that these poors have a driveway? Most of the ones I see around my neck of the woods don’t have one and have to park in the yard. That or the street.
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I can confirm this in the poorer neighborhoods I've worked in, and occasionally occurs in middle class neighborhoods with what I can only assume are trashy people. Right up on the grass. Sometimes next to the driveway, sometimes parallel to the road up on the sidewalk, or just planted in the middle of the yard.
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The people I see doing that don’t have driveways or have too many vehicles to fit in the driveway. I don’t tend to see them parking in the yard with a clear driveway.
Could be they want to leave the driveway clear for the car in the garage or for frequent guests/drug buyers. Poor people tend not to care about maintaining the appearance or condition of things, which explains the lack of aversion to parking in the grass but not the motivation for doing so. |
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I live in one of the wealthiest suburbs in Seattle, almost everyone has a two or three car garage - and the driveways and front lawns are covered in cars. It's because their garages are crammed full with other junk and/or they are too lazy to pull in.
I really don't get it, I love having my car secure and dry in a garage. And I hate having to maneuver past all their cars in our narrow street. One upside of the recent explosion of crime here is that people are moving their cars indoors to stop breakins. |
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I have always wondered the same. Every time I have moved and I was looking for a new home, I automatically eliminated any neighborhood where anyone parked in their yard or on the street. Best indicator for a shitty neighbor I have seen.
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I park shit all over my yard. My yard my rules. If I reach the point in my life where I’m worried about what people think of my parking, it’s time to take me out and shoot me.
Seriously, who gives a shit. |
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Because if they park in other people's yards they get towed.
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Not poor but when I have company over, most of them will park on the grass on one side of my driveway.
The driveway is about 175-200 yards long but not wide enough to park a bunch of cars on it and still have full access for cars coming and going. There is room for six cars on the pad in front of the house of which three are already occupied. So, it's grass or a bit of a walk to an area of the road you can park on. |
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Higher class people take more pride in their beautiful yards and homes. They’re also smart enough to know that parking on the grass looks like ass.
Poor people don’t know any better or just have no pride. |
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Are you aware that there are people in this world that have a severe medical condition which causes them to be that way? My mother for instance is one of those people. She is a truck driver that has bad knees and a bad back from driving the truck but you probably do not care about that case either. Oh well I am not one of those people I am 6'4" 245lbs and I exercise every day. I would love to see you say something like to my mother in front of me. Probably never happen though you are probably just an internet tough guy. I doubt very seriously you would say that to someones face. Just my thought.What do you think. Oh I am sorry you probably do not have a brain. I on the other hand will be happy to buy you a plane ticket to come here and see if you have the nerve to say that to someone I know.
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Quoted: Are you aware that there are people in this world that have a severe medical condition which causes them to be that way? My mother for instance is one of those people. She is a truck driver that has bad knees and a bad back from driving the truck but you probably do not care about that case either. Oh well I am not one of those people I am 6'4" 245lbs and I exercise every day. I would love to see you say something like to my mother in front of me. Probably never happen though you are probably just an internet tough guy. I doubt very seriously you would say that to someones face. Just my thought.What do you think. Oh I am sorry you probably do not have a brain. I on the other hand will be happy to buy you a plane ticket to come here and see if you have the nerve to say that to someone I know. View Quote Attached File |
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Then there's the people with a nice garage too full of junk to park a car in it.
Never understood either behavior. |
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I'm a poor and I don't do that. Some people do not care what kind of image they project, some others however are proud of being trash and love to show it off.
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If I hadn’t spent so much money to make my yard nice, I would park in the yard just because it is illegal.
Then I would brag about it in the thread where all the tough guys are claiming that they no longer follow the law!!! Then maybe, just maybe, I could be as cool as them?? |
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View Quote I have literally never done a copypasta, and couldn't resist the opportunity to break one out that actually kinda fit the thread. |
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From Adam Carolla's running joke, "Rich Man, Poor Man":
Multiple cars on the property. Other examples include: Being really into racing. Outdoor shower. Having a rapper as a neighbor. |
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I’m guessing because more vehicle owning poors stay in the house than their driveway can handle.
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drug house, driveway is for buyers. Car is prominently in front of the house so buyers know when dealer is home / open for business.
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Quoted: From Adam Carolla's running joke, "Rich Man, Poor Man": Multiple cars on the property. Other examples include: Being really into racing. Having a rapper as a neighbor. View Quote Attached File |
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