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30. Growing up, we had an attached 2 car garage on a ranch style home

Wed Feb 12, 2025, 09:26 PM

Feb 2025

There was only room for one vehicle only. That would have been my mom's yacht (197something Caprice Classic) due to the chest freezer, massive tool box, the city trash cans, the bicycles and whatever else took up room in the garage.

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When you were growing up, how many people actually parked their car in the garage? [View all] underpants Feb 2025 OP

Nobody in my neighborhood had a garage Wicked Blue Feb 2025 #1

In this climate you're insane if you have a garage and don't keep your car in it. Ocelot II Feb 2025 #2

We have a spot for my wife's car underpants Feb 2025 #9

Some of them big old cars wouldn't fit. Historic NY Feb 2025 #3

You should have seen our garage. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2025 #4

Growing up, we had a 3 bay detached garage Marthe48 Feb 2025 #5

The vast majority in my neighborhood . surrealAmerican Feb 2025 #6

I grew up in an inner city row house. cloudbase Feb 2025 #7

Yeah I kinda supposed a more suburban setting underpants Feb 2025 #10

Absolutely. cloudbase Feb 2025 #14

From '65 until her '91 passing, Mom parked her Impala (four over time) in our SoCal garage. quaint Feb 2025 #8

My dad always parked his Henry J in the garage. Emile Feb 2025 #11

I grew up in the middle of nowhere and nobody had a garage. catbyte Feb 2025 #12

3 cars all garaged every night justaprogressive Feb 2025 #13

Everyone in my area. Garages were for cars. JoseBalow Feb 2025 #15

Dad. Dorothy V Feb 2025 #16

I grew up with a career USAF dad. Onthefly Feb 2025 #19

(Sogo raises hand.) We did! Sogo Feb 2025 #17

We never did. Two reasons: MissB Feb 2025 #18

Everyone in my childhood neighborhood. Buckeye_Democrat Feb 2025 #20

We had a 3 car garage with a storage area up top. All cars were always parked in the garage and the doors (manual) beaglelover Feb 2025 #21

I remember the manual doors underpants Feb 2025 #22

No, no out buildings and we had inside plumbing too! beaglelover Feb 2025 #25

Hahahaaa. I thot you meant in the city... electric_blue68 Feb 2025 #23

That's me underpants Feb 2025 #24

Both my parents and since I am way old, .... me and husband. I do not like in driveway. LizBeth Feb 2025 #26

We never had a garage, but ... k8conant Feb 2025 #27

My parents never parked there cars in the garage. applegrove Feb 2025 #28

my parents garage was used strictly for storage. When I bought my house, I insisted on an attatched garage that I use Meadowoak Feb 2025 #29

Growing up, we had an attached 2 car garage on a ranch style home Niagara Feb 2025 #30

Parked our family car in the barn. Didn't have a garage. Clouds Passing Feb 2025 #31

We always put our car in the garage. I grew up in northern Iowa. rsdsharp Feb 2025 #32

That's hilarious underpants Feb 2025 #37

Everybody thought it was -- except my mother. rsdsharp Feb 2025 #38

My brother did something like that. underpants Feb 2025 #41

first you had to have a garage yellowdogintexas Feb 2025 #33

When we had a garage MustLoveBeagles Feb 2025 #34

City raised. Street parking only. Solly Mack Feb 2025 #35

Lower middle to middle class neighborhoods in Hawaii and California -- nope. In Hawaii we had a carport with open sides... Hekate Feb 2025 #36

Hell, I can't park my car in the garage now. Aristus Feb 2025 #39

😆😆😆😆 underpants Feb 2025 #40

My parents always parked their cars in the garage. LogDog75 Feb 2025 #42

We parked in the garage but I grew Luciferous Feb 2025 #43