# The game called "Good Neighbor or !@#hole commences shortly. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 20, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-called-good-neighbor-or-hole-commences-shortly/521969 "2009-12-20T17:56:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-called-good-neighbor-or-hole-commences-shortly/521969/101 "2009-12-23T18:51:52Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > \ > Part of it is, too, the general dynamic in the urban neighborhoods I’ve lived in, where culturally speaking one was expected to have first use of the public street/sidewalk directly in front of their domicile–with no off-street parking, this sort of thing was the easiest way to keep the peace in the neighborhood. \ Agreed. If I’m working downtown, I’ll often park in a neighbourhood close to downtown and walk in so I don’t have to pay $30+ per day parking. When I do so, I am perfectly within my legal rights to park anywhere I want to in that neighbourhood, but I’m careful to try to park with half my car in front of two houses, not taking the prime spot in front of any one house, because I’m visiting the neighbourhood, not a resident. (Or, ideally, park in front of a park or church or something.) ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-called-good-neighbor-or-hole-commences-shortly/521969/102 "2009-12-23T20:04:08Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Here in Florida, we all have parking. And it doesn’t snow. And like here in Texas, you have skeeters large enough to be required to file flight plans. One of the things that I like about living in Texas is that we rarely have to deal with frozen water in any of its myriad forms. I’ve shoveled snow, and I can say with complete honesty that I don’t like it. The places that do have snow don’t have our summer weather, and they don’t have our large economy sized mosquitoes and roaches, either. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-called-good-neighbor-or-hole-commences-shortly/521969/103 "2009-12-23T20:38:15Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > One of the things that I like about living in Texas is that we rarely have to deal with frozen water in any of its myriad forms. What - no gin and tonics? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-called-good-neighbor-or-hole-commences-shortly/521969/104 "2009-12-23T20:52:46Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > I dunno, but if you like having a good relationship with your neighbors you’ll dig out a spot. That’s my point. I already did. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-called-good-neighbor-or-hole-commences-shortly/521969/105 "2009-12-23T21:04:04Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > What - no gin and tonics? 😛 I said “rarely”. And our tipple of choice is usually margaritas. I like mine frozen, with a salted rim, please. Mmmmmm, a lime slush for ADULTS! ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-called-good-neighbor-or-hole-commences-shortly/521969/106 "2009-12-23T21:15:51Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > That’s my point. I already did. As far as I’m concerned, if you live there and the sum total of “spots you dug out” and “spots you occupy with your cars” are equal, then you’re good. I suspect most people would react that way. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-called-good-neighbor-or-hole-commences-shortly/521969/107 "2009-12-23T21:41:28Z")
> [@Tamex](#): > > Is the “snow emergency” just a Minnesota thing? I don’t think so - I remember it also being enforced in Madison and Milwaukee when I lived in Wisconsin. You’re right that it’s absolutely confusing, and I believe that Minneapolis and St. Paul do it in exactly opposite ways, which is obnoxious. That’s why a) each city has services to call and leave a message when one is coming to reiterate which side to park on and b) Robbinsdale avoided the whole thing and just went with the “all streets curb-to-curb” rule. When I lived in apartments in Wisconsin, their only stipulation during snowstorms was that you had to move your car at least once per day during the snowstorm. So if you were home when they were plowing, you could move your car from its unplowed spot to a recently plowed one. Me, I just went to work or school. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-called-good-neighbor-or-hole-commences-shortly/521969/108 "2009-12-23T21:43:00Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > As far as I’m concerned, if you live there and the sum total of “spots you dug out” and “spots you occupy with your cars” are equal, then you’re good. I suspect most people would react that way. How would \*\*Doors \*\*know whether I am an asshole or not without seeing me dig my own car out? ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2009, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-called-good-neighbor-or-hole-commences-shortly/521969/109 "2009-12-24T02:44:31Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > How would \*\*Doors \*\*know whether I am an asshole or not without seeing me dig my own car out? If you live in the neighborhood, presumably he can look down the street and see if there’s an asshole parked in your (clear) spot. I recognized all the cars on my block when I lived on a block like that after a few months, and I knew pretty much all my neighbors at least by sight. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-called-good-neighbor-or-hole-commences-shortly/521969.md?page=5)