“You kids get off my lawn” is the phrase that seems to define curmudgeons. I cannot say I have ever used this statement, but I understand the sentiment and I have been tested.
My house is next to a house inhabited by a large number of college students. There are probably laws that apply to this situation, but the existence of statutes does not mean expectations are enforced. One issue concerns the number of vehicles associated with a household and where these vehicles are parked. My neighbors do not have enough room to park their cars AND park on the street rather than arrange their cars in the driveways. I would think the number of spaces is the responsibility of the landlord and the use of the available space the responsibility of the students.
The lawn? One of the issues that can result from parking on the street is on garbage day the garbage truck may not be able to get at your garbage container and will leave the garbage rather than get out of the truck and move the container. The solution evidently is to place the container in front of my house. This would be the shortest distance between the normal location for the garbage container and an open location along the street. Taking the shortest distance is easier than moving a car and easier than moving the garbage to the other end of the lot. The easiest way is good enough.
I suppose I could have moved the container back into an appropriate location and allowed the city employees to address the issue. I have no idea if that would happen. It seemed more fun to get a picture and finally be able to explain why the expression “get off my lawn” exists.