It will vary. If there is an ‘individual meter’ for each spot or there is twenty feet of space between each individual meter, then you'll be paying at the one in front of your car.
Make sure you are parked within the meter space. A safe rule is to keep the meter roughly two to three feet in front of the front bumper.
In the case of a ‘double meter pole’ the space between the meter poles is forty feet. You will have to visualize the midpoint between the meters.
If you park with the double meter at the rear of your car feed the meter at your rear bumper. A safe rule is to keep the meter pole two or three feet behind your rear bumper.
If you park with the double meter at the front of your car feed the meter at your front bumper. A safe rule is to keep the meter pole two or three feet in front of your front bumper.
When you have a car you not only need to obey the road rules while you’re driving, but also when you’re parked too. The costs of parking tickets and the ways they are applied will vary from state to state and when you get into the cities the parking tickets can be even more of a worry than parallel parking.
Check out these tips to avoid parking tickets in the city shared by Spothero.com.