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Buckeye_Democrat

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20. Everyone in my childhood neighborhood.

Wed Feb 12, 2025, 06:16 PM

Feb 12

And it used to be that way in my current town too, when I moved here 25 years ago, but NOW it's a hassle to drive on the streets around here because of the numerous cars parked along the curbs on each side! There's often only enough room for one car to drive through the gauntlet of parked vehicles, meaning that opposing traffic has to stop momentarily to take turns getting through! It's ridiculous!

So either those garages aren't being used for cars anymore, or those home owners have a lot of extra cars now! Maybe adult children living there too?

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When you were growing up, how many people actually parked their car in the garage? [View all] underpants Feb 12 OP

Nobody in my neighborhood had a garage Wicked Blue Feb 12 #1

In this climate you're insane if you have a garage and don't keep your car in it. Ocelot II Feb 12 #2

We have a spot for my wife's car underpants Feb 12 #9

Some of them big old cars wouldn't fit. Historic NY Feb 12 #3

You should have seen our garage. greatauntoftriplets Feb 12 #4

Growing up, we had a 3 bay detached garage Marthe48 Feb 12 #5

The vast majority in my neighborhood . surrealAmerican Feb 12 #6

I grew up in an inner city row house. cloudbase Feb 12 #7

Yeah I kinda supposed a more suburban setting underpants Feb 12 #10

Absolutely. cloudbase Feb 12 #14

From '65 until her '91 passing, Mom parked her Impala (four over time) in our SoCal garage. quaint Feb 12 #8

My dad always parked his Henry J in the garage. Emile Feb 12 #11

I grew up in the middle of nowhere and nobody had a garage. catbyte Feb 12 #12

3 cars all garaged every night justaprogressive Feb 12 #13

Everyone in my area. Garages were for cars. JoseBalow Feb 12 #15

Dad. Dorothy V Feb 12 #16

I grew up with a career USAF dad. Onthefly Feb 12 #19

(Sogo raises hand.) We did! Sogo Feb 12 #17

We never did. Two reasons: MissB Feb 12 #18

Everyone in my childhood neighborhood. Buckeye_Democrat Feb 12 #20

We had a 3 car garage with a storage area up top. All cars were always parked in the garage and the doors (manual) beaglelover Feb 12 #21

I remember the manual doors underpants Feb 12 #22

No, no out buildings and we had inside plumbing too! beaglelover Feb 12 #25

Hahahaaa. I thot you meant in the city... electric_blue68 Feb 12 #23

That's me underpants Feb 12 #24

Both my parents and since I am way old, .... me and husband. I do not like in driveway. LizBeth Feb 12 #26

We never had a garage, but ... k8conant Feb 12 #27

My parents never parked there cars in the garage. applegrove Feb 12 #28

my parents garage was used strictly for storage. When I bought my house, I insisted on an attatched garage that I use Meadowoak Feb 12 #29

Growing up, we had an attached 2 car garage on a ranch style home Niagara Feb 12 #30

Parked our family car in the barn. Didn't have a garage. Clouds Passing Feb 12 #31

We always put our car in the garage. I grew up in northern Iowa. rsdsharp Feb 12 #32

That's hilarious underpants Feb 13 #37

Everybody thought it was -- except my mother. rsdsharp Feb 13 #38

My brother did something like that. underpants Feb 13 #41

first you had to have a garage yellowdogintexas Feb 12 #33

When we had a garage MustLoveBeagles Feb 12 #34

City raised. Street parking only. Solly Mack Feb 12 #35

Lower middle to middle class neighborhoods in Hawaii and California -- nope. In Hawaii we had a carport with open sides... Hekate Feb 13 #36

Hell, I can't park my car in the garage now. Aristus Feb 13 #39

😆😆😆😆 underpants Feb 13 #40

My parents always parked their cars in the garage. LogDog75 Feb 13 #42

We parked in the garage but I grew Luciferous Feb 13 #43