Since moving to AZ, we've noticed an interesting habit in the way people park their cars. In the residential areas, where there is no vertical curbing, but rather a sloped section of concrete, most people tend to put the passenger side tires up on the sidewalk (not just on the slope) even when the road is quite wide to allow cars to pass parked vehicles. Is this just an AZ thing, a regional practice?

That looks more New England (or perhaps Northern California) than Scottsdale. Sure you have the right picture?

I park that way in front of my house so the debris that floats downhill won't be jammed against my tires.

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The picture isn't of AZ, it's just an example of what I've noticed. Sharp eye though.

3rd guess was some tiny mountain town in the north of AZ, the architecture would be just barely possible though vegetation doesn't look right.

No brick buildings in NorCal, not since 1906.

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Wasn't speaking to the SF Bay Area, but much farther north. Brick/masonry construction isn't too rare. (Sorry for the tangent.)

http://www.fadingad.com/blog/california/ukiah_toggery01.jpg

The truck guy has no idea where the left half of his vehicle is and normally stops pulling over at the jolt of the curb, in this instance he had to notice the change in relative elevation on his dash inclinometer to decide he was over enough. Not specific to any region, just those with low proprioception skillz. Think of the truck as an extension of ones self.

That's 105 N. Church Street in Clayton, NC.

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That particular road looks like it has a pretty decent crown. In a sedan with normal ground clearance, parking with the passenger-side tires in the low point of the curbing will tilt the car to a degree that will guarantee scraping the passenger front door against the curb if you open it.

You'd get a ticket parking like that here in CA!

While it's not the road-side-rape that they hit you with for something like speeding, it still is a $50 ticket!

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In Columbus you'd get a ticket in under a minute for that, in Cincinnati in the older ends of town they do it on particularly narrow streets.

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Since nearly everybody in the valley is from someplace else, my guess is it's an imported custom.

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I believe you're right. Just how did you figure that out?

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NOPE

Still extremely uncommon even in Ukiah.

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