A small dispute in one of the richest neighborhoods of San Francisco broke out in a full war between tenants and billionaires over a parking space.
The prosperous district of Pacific Heights, also known as the row of billionaire, has a long -term lack of parking, although for some of the richer inhabitants of the area so far – so far.
The lush neighborhood, which is covered with historic, millions of dollars of mansions owned by technical founders and famous philanthropists has a peculiar phenomenon – dozens of white traffic tiles along the street that encounter the street to park.
The problem then started a tenant, frustrated by the constant lack of parking, moving the mysteriously occurring traffic limits and cleaned up a space to park his car.
Within a few hours the tenant, who spoke with Sfgate, claimed on a condition of anonymity, which had parked a white lexus double and blocked him in what felt like a clear act of retribution.
Now hectic, because he had an appointment to make, the resident shot the neighborhood, knocked on doors, hoping to find the owner of the car.
After he had called several doorbells, he finally found a house where a man answered.
“He was very aggressive,” the tenant said, adding that the angry homeowner “looked silently at him” before he agreed to move the luxury vehicle.
The prosperous district of Pacific Heights, also known as the row of billionaire, has a long -term lack of parking, although this was for some of the richer inhabitants of the area, this was not really a problem so far
The lush neighborhood, which is covered with historic, millions of dollars of mansions owned by tech founders and famous philanthropes, has a special phenomenon: dozens of white traffic tiles along the street that prevents the street to park against parking
A few weeks later the resident parked outside the same country house, but this time there were no white traffic cones along the street.
But to his surprise, when he returned to his car, he realized that it was destroyed.
In the beginning he was not sure whether the damage was intentionally caused, because the scratch was only a few centimeters long and he had no evidence of who did it.
But he said 'it felt too coincidental', so in the future he made a conscious attempt to prevent parking near that property.
Earlier this week, however, the situation got worse, because the concerned tenant was forced to park in the same area due to street cleaning, just to return to another malignant attack on his vehicle.
“I would hardly even call it that it was,” he said Sfgate. “It seemed that someone took a pair of tongs or a hammer to my door.”
The resident then turned to social media to air his complaints.
“The cone people went too far,” he wrote, adding that the residents of these mansions have made it clear that they believe that the street is of them to check.
“They have escalated from passive aggression to straight vandalism and send a message that parking here is not only a matter of convenience – it is a privilege that is accompanied by their approval,” he continued.
Different images of Google Street View show white cones that are placed in particular around one home, 2808 Broadway, over the course of a few years.
Many have reported the cones to 311, but the issue remains, the resident said.
The problem then started a tenant, frustrated by the constant lack of parking, moving the mysteriously occurring traffic cones and cleaned up a space to park his car
“It feels a pity that they have been doing this clearly for years and clearly get away with it.”
Objects such as cones and garbage cans cannot be used to turn off parking spaces, according to the representative of San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Michael Roccaforte.
“Public streets are for the public, and people have to observe parking instructions to help with the parking turnover to share limited curbs,” he wrote in an e -mail.
“This can help to keep neighbors happy and prevent conflicts about parking spaces, and also to retain the resources of the city where they are most needed to run our streets.”
