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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/Neither-Pride6571 on 2023-08-07 14:24:52.
I live in a city where we get several feet of snow every winter. I always clean off my sidewalk because it’s the law and the right thing to do. I used to clear off the street parking in front of my house too because I didn’t want to get stuck. One of my neighbors would take advantage of this and occasionally park one of his cars there until they had a chance to speak their spot. Which meant I had to park down the road. I asked them not to buy they said, rightly, that no one owns the street parking.
Last summer I bought myself a Bronco. Last winter I didn’t clear the snow from in front of my house either. I just packed it down with the Bronco. It was a couple of lumpy little icebergs in front of my house. He tried parking on it but he got stuck on the soft snow between the icebergs and had to spend almost an hour digging himself out.
He tried complaining to the city bylaw enforcement but was told that the sidewalks were all I was responsible for since “I didn’t own the parking spot on the street”.
I got to park in my spot all winter with no problems. It was kind of funny in the spring. All the other snow in the area had melted but my icebergs made it into may. Yesterday he talked to me after work. He asked if I was planning on cleaning the snow this coming winter. I said no because I bought a car that didn’t require me to do so. He said that everyone else on the street cleaned in front of their houses and that I was a dick for not following suit.
I told him that when I cleaned in front of my house sometimes assholes would park there taking advantage of my work. He didn’t like that at all.