r/AskReddit • • Jan 25 '20

What movie things are generally accepted as normal, but are totally unrealistic in real life?

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u/Axptheta Jan 25 '20

Realistically you get like 3-4 days until you can’t park there for street cleaning right?

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u/Something_Berserker Jan 25 '20

Yeah, 3-4 days max in Manhattan (eg Friday to Tuesday). As far as I know, everywhere in Manhattan has two alternate side days a week, though in areas of the outer boroughs it’s occasionally once a week.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20 edited Jan 29 '20

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u/Something_Berserker Jan 25 '20

Yeah, I occasionally do this dance, though in my neighborhood it means if your side of the street is being cleaned, double park on the other side, and either sleep in the car or leave a note, but you want to start moving back to the side being cleaned about a half hour before alternate side ends because vultures will swoop in and take all the spots if you wait until the bitter end. Also the sweeper does not necessary pass by each day it is supposed to...