If you take the end spot and then park far away from the curb to be a dick, you probably deserve to get your car banged up. I love end spots. I snuggle right up against that curb.
Even when I’m driving my little mazda3, in love being by the curb or parking a few spots further away to have nobody on either side of me. Having the room and getting the extra 10 seconds of exercise are both good in my eyes.
I work in transport, it's a race every morning to get one of the 12-14 kerb spots so you can hug that kerb for safety, and it guarantees one side won't get a door opened into it.