Strange Question: Why do some people park outside their garage? (Austin: renting, homes)

[TexasHorseLady]

Originally Posted by llkltk

When it hails, maybe you will understand THL. It's not about a sterile set, I don't understand your thought process.

It's simple. Vehicles always parked in the closed garage at every home, except when entering or leaving, where all evidence of people actually living in the homes they've purchased is hidden, can give an impression of a neighborhood where people are hiding from their neighbors (whether this is, in fact, the case or not) or are living a "Stepford" existence where everything must appear to be perfect all the time (whether this is, in fact, the case or not). For some people, this is off-putting, as they find such an existence or appearance sterile; for others, it is comforting (everything will always be exactly the same). Both are matters of aesthetics; both can be valid for the individuals involved, both are equally valid in general.

[mimimomx3]

Ha ha, OP, I make observations like that too when i walk through my neighborhood! Personally, I don't care about cars parked in the driveway or street, but I HATE messy garages packed to the gills with JUNK. Another observation: why do people have dead plants in their yards?

[woodinvilleguy]

Because I choose not to. My property, my right. I would rather do wood working or work on my bikes than park inside a garage. They are just cars.

[woodinvilleguy]

Originally Posted by mimimomx3

Ha ha, OP, I make observations like that too when i walk through my neighborhood! Personally, I don't care about cars parked in the driveway or street, but I HATE messy garages packed to the gills with JUNK. Another observation: why do people have dead plants in their yards?

If it is in the winter, they could be dormant. We have to bring our hibicus inside the garage during the winter.

[woodinvilleguy]

Well, good luck in your future compound.

[TexasHorseLady]

We probably wouldn't be a good match, although I'm perfectly comfortable helping people find housing in HOA communities, if that's what they want. (I do make sure, if they're buying, that they get the restrictions and read them, preferably before making an offer, but that's just good business.) Because, after all, I'm not the one who's going to be living in the house and neighborhood, they are, and finding them what they want, not what I want, is what it's all about.

But how is it ridiculous that some people might have aesthetic preferences that are not identical to yours, and that both could be equally valid? Saying that that's ridiculous is like saying that it's ridiculous that one person could like the Mona Lisa and someone else could like Pablo Picasso and both preferences could be equally valid and worthy.

[jidranth]

We had a three car garage growing up (just outside Houston) and didn't park our cars in it.

The 1-car part of the three-car garage was my dad's at-home office and the two-car part was his shop. None of our cars were worth enough to take up valuable garage space. (nor did we care if they got hail damaged.)

[texastrigirl]

I lived in Circle C on a really nice street and many of us parked outside of our garages. Esp. those of us with smaller houses to begin who had little ones. Not that I liked parking in my driveway but there was not much choice. With all the bikes (my husband and I each had a road bike and a mtn bike), trikes, golf clubs, ride ons, kids toys etc. it just didn't happen. But yeah, it sucked when it hailed, that's for sure and it would have been nice to park under cover when it's 100 degrees. But I don't think it means it's a trashy neighborhood!!

[llkltk]

I didn't say I had a problem with people parking in their driveways, I just don't understand how you can knock people that park in their garages.

[woodinvilleguy]

Originally Posted by TexasHorseLady

We probably wouldn't be a good match, although I'm perfectly comfortable helping people find housing in HOA communities, if that's what they want. (I do make sure, if they're buying, that they get the restrictions and read them, preferably before making an offer, but that's just good business.) Because, after all, I'm not the one who's going to be living in the house and neighborhood, they are, and finding them what they want, not what I want, is what it's all about.

But how is it ridiculous that some people might have aesthetic preferences that are not identical to yours, and that both could be equally valid? Saying that that's ridiculous is like saying that it's ridiculous that one person could like the Mona Lisa and someone else could like Pablo Picasso and both preferences could be equally valid and worthy.

You are so much more politically correct than me.