See what happens when you back up? Don't back
In my portion of the hood I am constantly backing at intersections because most streets are too narrow to drive down (or at least, not if you wanted to keep your job when Shirley complains about a scraped bumper, even if most are technically possible) and I will park on whichever corner is unoccupied and walk them off from there. Often leaving the same way I came in, which of course involves a minimum of 1 backing maneuver. The streets that run directly adjacent to larger throughfares are the ones you have to watch out for, the kids will use these streets to bypass the main road for god knows what reasons, and I would not be surprised if they are the same demographic that would pull a gun on me.
Most of the streets clear up on garbage day, go figure, then go right back to awful a day later.
With all those backs though, I can't imagine trying to parallel park.