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Found the guy from Manchester
Basically any city or town or village that was built before the invention of the car, and in the UK that's basically everywhere. The house I live in was built before plumbing. God damn the road is narrow.
If we didn't park on the curb no one would be able to get past. The other day an ambulance came up here, and it was a squeeze but it was fine so I don't think it's actually a problem.
My road is narrow (built 1860) and you can't park on the curb because the trees are enormous. You also definitely can't fit any vehicle down which isn't a small compact car.
Delivery drivers and vans never even try, you see people reversing daily because there's zero chance of turning around if everyone's drive is occupied.
My driveway gets blocked in weekly and have to fight off people "just parking for 10 mins" on a regular basis. I hate those people, my wife needs to do emergency visits to patients and often can't LEAVE the driveway for hours.
It's a absolute nightmare and parking is out of control, people feel they have a right to park outside of their destination.
We have tried to hang the car into the road just so we can't get blocked in but then that defeats the purpose of the drive (and blocks the pavement. There's no winning for us
Basically true for Bristol too. Barely any rail network (despite having two main stations), a terrible bus system under a monopoly, and often no choice but to drive if you want to keep your job.
We've also got some very tight roads, and terraced housing that isn't really fit for purpose any more, especially outside of the main city.