Parking in Koreatown

Overview

Parking in Koreatown refers to a Twitter thread that follows two cars fighting for the same parking spot in Los Angeles.

Backround

On April 1st, 2019, Twitter user @Mrhflrs^[1] posted "Parking in Koreatown, Los Angeles. A thread:" (shown below). The tweet gained 19,376 retweets and 49,752 likes in two days.

The thread includes short instagram story videos that follow the incident. An update was posted saying, "I would also like to add that I have no clue how us 3 ended up here but it seems like black car drove past and did a fast stop and reverse and silver car was like 'absolutely the fuck not' and did a classic box in" (shown below). The tweet gained over 100 retweets and 2,000 likes in two days.

@Mrhflrs posted a "plot twist" video in which the car infront of the spot left leaving two spots open (shown below). The tweet gained over 6,500 likes in two days.

After an hour of update video posts @Mrhflrs then posted a poll regarding which driver will leave their car first (shown below). The video received over 1,400 likes in two days.

Notable Developments

On April 1st, 2019, @Mrhflrs started an email account for emails regarding the incident and posted pictures of the notes left on each car (shown below, left). The picture of the note left on the silver car received 300 retweets and 8,800 likes in two days. @Mrhflrs also posted a picture of themself infront of the car (shown below, right). The picture garnered 100 retweets and 4,200 likes in two days.

On April 1st, Mrhflrs posted photos of an elaborate email that includes a sappy fictional story about one of the cars (shown below). The emails accumulated 2,000 likes in two days.

On April 2nd, Model @chrissyteigen^[2] reposted the thread and tweeted, "This is a DREAM thread. #TEAMBLACKCAR" (shown below). The tweet gained 6,200 retweets and 40,000 likes in a day.

Twitter users began posting their opinions on which car was in the right. @MikeyTheChosen1^[3] tweeted, "'Front first, that's how you park when you're pulling a bank job.'-Seinfeld Season 3 Episode 22 in 1992 where this exact same situation played out. #TEAMBLACKCAR" (shown below, left). The tweet garnered 101 likes in a day. @_girlAlexis^[4] tweeted, "Everyone talking about if you’re #teamsilvercar you don’t know how to parallel park are missing the point. If you see a spot you’re supposed to put a blinker on BEFORE passing it. Just because you weren’t paying attention doesn’t mean the person behind you isn’t 🙄" (shown below, right).

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