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ERROR: type should be string, got "https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/xnr6ta/theres_a_moving_truck_blocking_my_driveway_and_i/\n\n\nLocation is New York\n\nThe renters next door are moving out. Their U-Haul is one of the big fuckers and it's blocking 75%+ of my driveway. There's no room to go around it and my car can't make it up the curb. I'm going to a wedding today. It's a little over 100 miles away and I need to be on the road in about an hour. I'm gonna take an Uber up there if necessary, and will probably have to do the same to get from my hotel to the venue and back. I'm hoping to catch a ride home with someone in the morning but don't like the odds, so that's probably gonna be another Uber. Looks like this will cost a little north of $500, which isn't a life altering expense, but I don't intend to shrug my shoulders and eat it.\n\nWhat I've done, in order, starting around 9AM\n\nKnocked on the door: No answer. Tried the same a couple more times since then, still no answer.\n\nCalled the homeowner: He gave me two numbers. I left voicemails/sent texts to both, no response. He's also trying to get ahold of these assholes, nothing yet.\n\nCalled the police: Said they'll send somebody over. They haven't sent somebody over.\n\nCalled a few towing companies: First two didn't have the right equipment to move this type of truck, the third sent a guy out to take a look. Same issue but he said they wouldn't be able to get the truck linked up either way because it's parked about a foot behind a full dumpster. Wonderful.\n\nTook about 7,000 pictures of the truck/my driveway: Guess I got some photography experience points?\n\nQuestions:\n\nI definitely want to sue these pricks if I have to shell out for 200+ miles of Uber rides, will I have a case?\n\nIs there anything else I should do?\n\nThanks\n\nAppreciate the advice I received anyway. I tried the fire department but they said it'd be a while before someone gets here because this isn't an emergency. The truck isn't blocking a hydrant or anything so I get it.\n\nEdit: The clock ran out and I've got an Uber coming to get me.\n\n\nEdit 2: I'm officially en route to the wedding in an Uber. The homeowner/their soon to be former landlord is going to swing by this afternoon to make sure the truck is gone, and he's promised to make sure my driveway is clear by the time I get home one way or the other.\n\n\nUpdate 1:https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/xoofzz/update_on_the_moving_truck_blocking_my_driveway/\n\n\nI'm just gonna call the neighbor's landlord Bob because \"the neighbor's landlord\" or \"the homeowner\" creates some awkward sentences.\n\nBob texted me shortly after I got to the hotel yesterday to let me know that he'd tracked down the neighbors. He followed up to confirm that the truck had been moved while I was at the wedding, and I just got home to an unobstructed driveway. I'm actually heading right back up there because my wife and I took a few days off from work to do some hiking in the area (she was in the bridal party and all of the bridesmaids had been up there since Friday).\n\nBob wants to cover my expenses himself, then see if he can figure out a way to get reimbursed from the security deposit. I'm going to decline this offer because I know NY is a very tenant friendly state, so it seems like Bob's plan could end with his (soon to be previous) tenants putting him over a barrel. I'm not gonna go into detail, but he's a great guy who only started renting his house out because of a shitty situation he found himself in a couple of years ago. I'd feel terrible if he wound up in another shitty situation by going out of his way to make things right for me when that shouldn't be his responsibility in the first place.\n\nSome of yesterday's righteous indignation has faded, and I'm starting to think it might be a good idea to forget about the money. It wasn't enough to have an impact on my budget, and letting it go would allow me to wash my hands of these assholes altogether. I'm going to put it out of my mind for the time being and focus on enjoying the mini-vacation that my wife and I have planned.\n\nThanks again for all of the advice.\n\n\nUpdate 2:https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/xqh477/final_update_to_the_uhaul_in_front_of_my_driveway/\n\n\nSo it turns out the Shithead family didn’t do a particularly good job of planning their move. Their lease actually ended on 9/15, and Bob had already given them two week-long extensions without charging any additional rent. Bob didn't do this out of the goodness of his heart; he won't be moving back into the house until mid-November at the earliest, and decided to take the path of least resistance so he could wash his hands of these people with minimal conflict.\n\nThe Shitheads asked Bob for another extension last night. Apparently a bunch of their furniture didn't fit in the U-Haul and they won't be able to pick it up for another two weeks or so. Bob told them this won't be a problem as long as they reimburse me for the Ubers, which caused a bit of a temper tantrum, but they ultimately agreed to it.\n\nI'd actually decided that I was going to let the whole thing go because much like Bob, I just wanted to be done with these assholes with minimal conflict. My wife and I are still upstate until tomorrow morning, and according to Bob the Shitheads will be en route to their new place by the time we get home. Probably stating the obvious here but I'm more than happy with the way things turned out.\n\nSome people in the Best Of forum had some very kind things to say about my response to this situation, and I appreciate those comments very much. That said, I know that choosing to forget about $500+ in order to avoid a headache isn't an option for everyone, and my wife and I are very aware of how fortunate we are to be able to make that type of decision in the first place. She suggested that we should figure out a way to take a \"pay it forward\" approach now that we're going to be reimbursed, and I'm 100% on board. We're currently leaning toward donating to a rent assistance or eviction prevention fund. I'm also definitely taking Bob out to dinner or something as soon as he's moved back and settled in.\n\nOnce again, thanks for all of the advice and kind words!\n\n\n\nI am not OP"