Back in everywhere, all the time, is a phrase I've said to many people. There is never a reason to not back in, and the end result is always a better parking job and an easier exit.

I picked it up driving ambulances and I'll never go back. Being able to drive really well in reverse is an added bonus, I had to back an F430 with a box on the back up some steep, thin, windy driveways.

Envisualized

Usually I just find somewhere that I can pull through so I don't have to reverse in either scenario ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

This is why I set my car on fire whenever Ieave it.

Too bad OP feels that way. Eventually you have to leave. You don't have to go home but you can't stay here.

Maybe the job should pay better then. Just saying.

People who do not back into parking spots cannot be truly present. You have not prepared for the future, so you cannot remain in the present without anxiety.

Assuming parking spot is perpendicular to the roadway, backing in is just the correct way for a vehicle with front wheel steering. The centre of rotation is in line with the rear axle. The front needs to move through a bigger arc to line up with the spot, than the back does.

Sure you can make it work by driving in forwards, but then you need to swing way wide out first, to get the turning done (or even, god forbid, reverse back out for a second bite at the apple).

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Cracked-out wall kitten ain't so wise if it hasn't considered that I never wanted to be there in the first place, so why the hell would I want to be truly present, huh?!

I only back into my parking space at home. I'll gladly spend the extra time when I'm awake in the evening if it means that I don't have to think about backing out in the morning.

Backing in allows me to be present by freeing up the part of my brain which creates anxiety for backing out.

I back into my spot when I get home as a gift to Future Me. She's always in a hurry.

Also, as a short person driving a raised/lowered minivan (floor is lowered so the whole is raised until it kneels as the ramp comes down) with a rear camera, it's easier to back in exactly all the way than to see down over the hood.

The person who backs in is a person who always knows where the exit is

Backing into a spot is safer. Not just because you are less likely to hit something on your way out, but because in case of emergency, you are able to get out quickly.

Yeah, that's exactly why I do it. Now you get it.

Expired tags.

With all due respect ominous wall entity, that is not universally true.

You back into a parking spot so it's easier to leave. I back into a parking spot because I'm paranoid of people tracking my plates. We are not the same.

Me backing into a parking spot in Alan Wake (a horror game): "You're goddamn right I did. I want to get out of here as soon as possible."

My gramp used to say; kid you wanna go foward in life, not backward.

Try driving a car that doesn't even have reverse for over 3 years. You gotta get extra creative while parking, as you only have forward gears, unless you park on a slope and let the car roll backwards in neutral to back out.

Hard agree, can’t stand Musk-style asshat parking.