Response
I can certainly understand your frustration about having your vehicle towed. At the same time, though, I don't think you should expect your neighbors to simply ''knock[] on my door to see what [your] plans are'' if they think that you are violating the City ordinance.
The fact is, most people don't feel comfortable confronting their neighobors about something like this, especially when, if you tell them to ''screw off,'' as you put it, they would then be forced to call the police. I mean, think about it, how would the conversation go? ''Howdy, neighbor. I see that you haven't moved that old truck of yours in months. Are you going to move that piece of crap or what? I mean, sheesh, it's really an eyesore. It's making our neighborhood look like the set of 'Sanford & Son.''' Even if the neighbor didn't use those exact words, that's exactly how you'd take it. And of course, you'd be offended and would probably make it very clear to the neighbor that you were offended.
So, as a result of confronting you, two things would have happened: (a) you wouldn't move the truck (since, as you've said, you didn't think that you should have to), and (b) you and your neighbor would have become mortal enemies, or at least have bad feelings toward one another.
In my opinion, that's the real reason why your neighbors didn't come over and ask you to move your truck. It wasn't because people aren't friendly, or because they wanted to ''hassle'' you or ''screw'' a charity out of donation. (And no, I'm not one of your neighbors.)
By Aaron
I can certainly understand your frustration about having your vehicle towed. At the same time, though, I don't think you should expect your neighbors to simply ''knock[] on my door to see what [your] plans are'' if they think that you are violating the City ordinance.
The fact is, most people don't feel comfortable confronting their neighobors about something like this, especially when, if you tell them to ''screw off,'' as you put it, they would then be forced to call the police. I mean, think about it, how would the conversation go? ''Howdy, neighbor. I see that you haven't moved that old truck of yours in months. Are you going to move that piece of crap or what? I mean, sheesh, it's really an eyesore. It's making our neighborhood look like the set of 'Sanford & Son.''' Even if the neighbor didn't use those exact words, that's exactly how you'd take it. And of course, you'd be offended and would probably make it very clear to the neighbor that you were offended.
So, as a result of confronting you, two things would have happened: (a) you wouldn't move the truck (since, as you've said, you didn't think that you should have to), and (b) you and your neighbor would have become mortal enemies, or at least have bad feelings toward one another.
In my opinion, that's the real reason why your neighbors didn't come over and ask you to move your truck. It wasn't because people aren't friendly, or because they wanted to ''hassle'' you or ''screw'' a charity out of donation. (And no, I'm not one of your neighbors.)
By Aaron
