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My house is in an undisclosed location. I can't just give someone an address - google maps will lead them astray. It's like one of those bars that you can't find until someone tells you about it. You can't find my house until someone tells you about it. I rather like this. I'm very close to downtown Ann Arbor, which is a great place to be close to. I'm tucked away however. Tucked into a little corner of calm in the middle of the hustle and bustle.

A good deal of the seclusion of my house comes from being behind other houses. There's the typical row of houses on the street, but my house is behind those. This leads to an interesting side effect: I share a driveway with two other houses. Those two houses are rental houses. For the last 3 years, there's been a constant group of people in one of the houses. I generally liked the people in that house. One of them is now my girlfriend. (Her moving in was the longest distance move... ever.).

That group has left the house, and now there is a new group. I haven't really gotten to know them yet. They're still moving in, and I've been busy as school is about the start. However, the car situation is like lord of the flies. People parking in the driveway, on my property, or blocking the center of the whole parking area.

Aren't there any grownups at all?
I don't think so.

I'm hoping that it's just ignorance. They'll realize that they have to park in spots, and that their guests need to follow the rules too. Hopefully they'll clue up, because I'm on good terms with their landlord and I have an egress/ingress easement.Until then, I'll just enjoy the show as a detached observer. Play the how-many-points-will-this-turn-be game. Will-they-move-before-the-tow-truck-comes roulette. Jack or Ralph?