I am curious if this is a regional thing. I’m from the Midwest. Whenever I go visit a friend and street parking is plentiful, I always park on the street and then walk up to their house. I never park in a friend’s driveway unless directly told to do so or they live in a place where street parking is not available or impractical.
My wife is originally from upstate New York. She doesn’t park on the street. She pulls right into the friend’s driveway and parks there. Moreso, she tells our children’s friends that it’s OK to park in our driveway. I wish I had a dollar for every time I had to have a car moved so I could pull out of the garage.