Snow Etiquette - 'Saving' the clear parking space that you cleared of snow

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Anonymous wrote:Our street is small and there is enough parking for everyone who lives here. Everyone has dug out a space or spaces for their cars. Our street is also near a Metro and a few schools and retail. Sometimes people park here who don’t live here. We all have chairs in our spaces and will till the snow melts. Visitors will need to dig out their own spots.

Hilarious. I’d move that chair so fast it would make your head spin.

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Anonymous wrote:Our street is small and there is enough parking for everyone who lives here. Everyone has dug out a space or spaces for their cars. Our street is also near a Metro and a few schools and retail. Sometimes people park here who don’t live here. We all have chairs in our spaces and will till the snow melts. Visitors will need to dig out their own spots.

No, I’ll move your chair and run my errand.

No one has done this. Have you?

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Anonymous wrote:Our street is small and there is enough parking for everyone who lives here. Everyone has dug out a space or spaces for their cars. Our street is also near a Metro and a few schools and retail. Sometimes people park here who don’t live here. We all have chairs in our spaces and will till the snow melts. Visitors will need to dig out their own spots.

Hilarious. I’d move that chair so fast it would make your head spin.

Have you?

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Anonymous wrote:Our street is small and there is enough parking for everyone who lives here. Everyone has dug out a space or spaces for their cars. Our street is also near a Metro and a few schools and retail. Sometimes people park here who don’t live here. We all have chairs in our spaces and will till the snow melts. Visitors will need to dig out their own spots.

Hilarious. I’d move that chair so fast it would make your head spin.

Have you?

I haven’t had the need to so no. But I most definitely would.

[Anonymous]

If you steal someone's spot, they'll vandalize your car if they catch you, and you won't know who did it (even if your car has a camera points at their parka), and you will deserve it.

If someone steals your spot, don't steal someone else's. (See above.)

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Anonymous wrote:Idk, I think in the city where the cars turn over a lot and people come and go all day, you can’t save a space. But in the burbs, I think it’s okay to park in a cleared space temporarily but not overnight. Like if I take my kid for an afternoon play date, I will park in a cleared space on their street if it’s vacant and not blocked. But I wouldn't park overnight in someone’s cleared space near my house.

Don't do it! We spent 3 plus hours digging our cars out. If I run to the store, I'm going to need that spot back. We don't have a driveway and rely on street parking!

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But what if someone else on your block also ran to the store and their spot was gone because someone on the next block also ran to the store and THEIR spot was gone? I mean if everyone is driving to work and to the store then parking is free game again. Sorry. We all dug spots out, how do you think we are all driving around? Because we dug our cars out, right?

Just because someone does you a bad turn, you do it others?

I don't get this logic because if 10 people did out their cars and one of them gets their spot taken, someone is going to be out of luck. By taking a neighbors spot if this happens to you, you're just deciding it won't be you. you see why that's kind of sh**ty, right?

No, because once everyone is back to school and work and popping out to the store for an hour, then the snow emergency is over, and everyone just takes whatever spot is most convenient to them when they return home, just like every other day of the year. And yes it means some people will be closer to their front doors than they were before, and some people will be further away, and some people will really get the shaft and have to go park in metered parking a quarter mile away for a few hours and come back and circle the block later. Just like every. other. day. of. the.year.

No, because not all spots are the same. The space I cleared for my sedan is not the same as a space your SUV or truck rolled out of. You can get into the spot I cleared, but I can't get into yours. Clear your space well and thoroughly, and we wouldn't have this issue.

There is no “my space” once you leave. It’s called public parking. Good lord. How entitled are you?

What? You think you're entitled to a spot I put hours in to clear?

I think you need to check yourself - you're the entitled one. Once again, clear your own spaces well, and no one would need to save a space.

You are definitely entitled. Demanding public parking space belongs to you because you shoved snow is as Karen as it gets.

Not surprising that a selfish jerk who thinks they are entitled to take what someone else created with the sweat of their own brow is also a mysogynist.

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Anonymous wrote:Idk, I think in the city where the cars turn over a lot and people come and go all day, you can’t save a space. But in the burbs, I think it’s okay to park in a cleared space temporarily but not overnight. Like if I take my kid for an afternoon play date, I will park in a cleared space on their street if it’s vacant and not blocked. But I wouldn't park overnight in someone’s cleared space near my house.

Don't do it! We spent 3 plus hours digging our cars out. If I run to the store, I'm going to need that spot back. We don't have a driveway and rely on street parking!

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But what if someone else on your block also ran to the store and their spot was gone because someone on the next block also ran to the store and THEIR spot was gone? I mean if everyone is driving to work and to the store then parking is free game again. Sorry. We all dug spots out, how do you think we are all driving around? Because we dug our cars out, right?

Well, and why is this any different than a normal day? You leave to go to the store, you come back and all the spots are taken. It is what it is, you live somewhere you don't have dedicated parking. I understand the additional layer of having done the work of digging the sport out, but the fact remains that you live on a street with public parking, so people can park wherever they want.

And people can move snow around your car and block you back in.

But why? Does that get you "your" spot back? It just means I'll take the train until the snow melts I guess. Or Uber. I don't really care honestly. You'll get that spot back once your snow and ice melts off my vehicle, even if it's not for a few weeks. You sure showed me!

Good for you, accepting the consequences of your selfish behavior, pretending not to care to try to scare off people defending civilized behavior.

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Anonymous wrote:The people who say "no" to saving spaces always have big SUVs or trucks. Or do a poor job of clearing their space.

If you put in the time to do a good job cleaning out a spot, it's yours until it melts. If everyone actually did a good job, no one would need to "spaces." But just because you half assed it, doesn't mean I did, and it doesn't mean you get my thoroughly cleared spot.

Just saying that in Boston, where this practice is kind of famous, you get the storm day and the next day. They even announce on the news when you have to remove your space saver.

Interesting, good to know.

Boston has really strict rules around this and tickets violators. Space savers can only be used during an actual snow emergency (after it has been publicly announced) and for 48 hours after the declared end of the snow emergency. Also, there are parts of Boston where space savers are banned--you can't use them in the South End. There are also many streets where you cannot park at all as soon as a snow emergency is announced because they need to keep them completely clear for plows.

You also have to clear your sidewalks within 3 hours of the end of the snow (or 3 hours after sunrise if it stopped snowing overnight) and you can't put the snow in the street.

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Anonymous wrote:If you park in our spaces that we’ve shoveled, you’re going to have a cracked windshield when you get back.

Already done it a half dozen times since last Monday. Just a little thump at the passenger side lower corner of the windshield with one of those orange plastic rescue hammers. Puts a little tiny crack that will spread quickly the next time the defroster is turned on. People won’t even notice it at first, they’ll think rock caused it.

Learned this nasty little trick in Buffalo years ago. Those people are SERIOUS about parking space etiquette up there. You NEVER park in someone else’s spot they shoveled out.


Not even the least bit sorry. And no one can prove a thing.

You've shoveled out a half dozen spots? You should send a bill to the municipal government.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some jerk took my spot in 45 minutes at 6am. I couldn't belive it, other spots were open and available but the jerk wanted mine.

Your spot how? You own part of the street? A total dick move for sure, but it's not "yours"

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Anonymous wrote:During some snow storm years ago, my husband had to get into work to do something quickly. He had a truck and got out of his spot without issue. I stayed outside and shoveled it. It was snowing so much that I planned to just keep shoveling the spot until he got back.

My neighbor from Rochester pulled up and started back in to take the space! I was standing in the spot with a shovel! There's no way someone from Rochester didn't know better.

During a storm and for the day after, be nice.

After a day, the spots are up for grabs.

So what happened?

I stayed standing there, she rolled down the window, and I said "You're from Rochester and I'm from Boston. We both know snow etiquette." She must have gone down the street because I kept working on the spot.

She was such a nasty neighbor. Never friendly. I don't think she stuck around very long. Maybe she's taking spots in a new neighborhood now!

That is so rude when you clearly just cleared the space to park in it.

I am the nurse who is sick of this sh*t and even I think that neighbor was totally out of line to take that spot!

What does being a nurse have to do with anything?

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Anonymous wrote:If you steal someone's spot, they'll vandalize your car if they catch you, and you won't know who did it (even if your car has a camera points at their parka), and you will deserve it.

If someone steals your spot, don't steal someone else's. (See above.)

IT IS NOT YOUR SPOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Anonymous wrote:Idk, I think in the city where the cars turn over a lot and people come and go all day, you can’t save a space. But in the burbs, I think it’s okay to park in a cleared space temporarily but not overnight. Like if I take my kid for an afternoon play date, I will park in a cleared space on their street if it’s vacant and not blocked. But I wouldn't park overnight in someone’s cleared space near my house.

Don't do it! We spent 3 plus hours digging our cars out. If I run to the store, I'm going to need that spot back. We don't have a driveway and rely on street parking!

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But what if someone else on your block also ran to the store and their spot was gone because someone on the next block also ran to the store and THEIR spot was gone? I mean if everyone is driving to work and to the store then parking is free game again. Sorry. We all dug spots out, how do you think we are all driving around? Because we dug our cars out, right?

Just because someone does you a bad turn, you do it others?

I don't get this logic because if 10 people did out their cars and one of them gets their spot taken, someone is going to be out of luck. By taking a neighbors spot if this happens to you, you're just deciding it won't be you. you see why that's kind of sh**ty, right?

No, because once everyone is back to school and work and popping out to the store for an hour, then the snow emergency is over, and everyone just takes whatever spot is most convenient to them when they return home, just like every other day of the year. And yes it means some people will be closer to their front doors than they were before, and some people will be further away, and some people will really get the shaft and have to go park in metered parking a quarter mile away for a few hours and come back and circle the block later. Just like every. other. day. of. the.year.

No, because not all spots are the same. The space I cleared for my sedan is not the same as a space your SUV or truck rolled out of. You can get into the spot I cleared, but I can't get into yours. Clear your space well and thoroughly, and we wouldn't have this issue.

There is no “my space” once you leave. It’s called public parking. Good lord. How entitled are you?

What? You think you're entitled to a spot I put hours in to clear?

I think you need to check yourself - you're the entitled one. Once again, clear your own spaces well, and no one would need to save a space.

You are definitely entitled. Demanding public parking space belongs to you because you shoved snow is as Karen as it gets.

I bet you did't even bother clearing the snow off the roof of your car, Brayden Hayden Jaden Kayden.

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Anonymous wrote:Idk, I think in the city where the cars turn over a lot and people come and go all day, you can’t save a space. But in the burbs, I think it’s okay to park in a cleared space temporarily but not overnight. Like if I take my kid for an afternoon play date, I will park in a cleared space on their street if it’s vacant and not blocked. But I wouldn't park overnight in someone’s cleared space near my house.

Don't do it! We spent 3 plus hours digging our cars out. If I run to the store, I'm going to need that spot back. We don't have a driveway and rely on street parking!

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But what if someone else on your block also ran to the store and their spot was gone because someone on the next block also ran to the store and THEIR spot was gone? I mean if everyone is driving to work and to the store then parking is free game again. Sorry. We all dug spots out, how do you think we are all driving around? Because we dug our cars out, right?

Just because someone does you a bad turn, you do it others?

I don't get this logic because if 10 people did out their cars and one of them gets their spot taken, someone is going to be out of luck. By taking a neighbors spot if this happens to you, you're just deciding it won't be you. you see why that's kind of sh**ty, right?

No, because once everyone is back to school and work and popping out to the store for an hour, then the snow emergency is over, and everyone just takes whatever spot is most convenient to them when they return home, just like every other day of the year. And yes it means some people will be closer to their front doors than they were before, and some people will be further away, and some people will really get the shaft and have to go park in metered parking a quarter mile away for a few hours and come back and circle the block later. Just like every. other. day. of. the.year.

No, because not all spots are the same. The space I cleared for my sedan is not the same as a space your SUV or truck rolled out of. You can get into the spot I cleared, but I can't get into yours. Clear your space well and thoroughly, and we wouldn't have this issue.

There is no “my space” once you leave. It’s called public parking. Good lord. How entitled are you?

What? You think you're entitled to a spot I put hours in to clear?

I think you need to check yourself - you're the entitled one. Once again, clear your own spaces well, and no one would need to save a space.

You are definitely entitled. Demanding public parking space belongs to you because you shoved snow is as Karen as it gets.

Not surprising that a selfish jerk who thinks they are entitled to take what someone else created with the sweat of their own brow is also a mysogynist.

LOL. Okay Karen. You will always be you.

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Anonymous wrote:Idk, I think in the city where the cars turn over a lot and people come and go all day, you can’t save a space. But in the burbs, I think it’s okay to park in a cleared space temporarily but not overnight. Like if I take my kid for an afternoon play date, I will park in a cleared space on their street if it’s vacant and not blocked. But I wouldn't park overnight in someone’s cleared space near my house.

Don't do it! We spent 3 plus hours digging our cars out. If I run to the store, I'm going to need that spot back. We don't have a driveway and rely on street parking!

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But what if someone else on your block also ran to the store and their spot was gone because someone on the next block also ran to the store and THEIR spot was gone? I mean if everyone is driving to work and to the store then parking is free game again. Sorry. We all dug spots out, how do you think we are all driving around? Because we dug our cars out, right?

Just because someone does you a bad turn, you do it others?

I don't get this logic because if 10 people did out their cars and one of them gets their spot taken, someone is going to be out of luck. By taking a neighbors spot if this happens to you, you're just deciding it won't be you. you see why that's kind of sh**ty, right?

No, because once everyone is back to school and work and popping out to the store for an hour, then the snow emergency is over, and everyone just takes whatever spot is most convenient to them when they return home, just like every other day of the year. And yes it means some people will be closer to their front doors than they were before, and some people will be further away, and some people will really get the shaft and have to go park in metered parking a quarter mile away for a few hours and come back and circle the block later. Just like every. other. day. of. the.year.

No, because not all spots are the same. The space I cleared for my sedan is not the same as a space your SUV or truck rolled out of. You can get into the spot I cleared, but I can't get into yours. Clear your space well and thoroughly, and we wouldn't have this issue.

There is no “my space” once you leave. It’s called public parking. Good lord. How entitled are you?

What? You think you're entitled to a spot I put hours in to clear?

I think you need to check yourself - you're the entitled one. Once again, clear your own spaces well, and no one would need to save a space.

You are definitely entitled. Demanding public parking space belongs to you because you shoved snow is as Karen as it gets.

Not surprising that a selfish jerk who thinks they are entitled to take what someone else created with the sweat of their own brow is also a mysogynist.

Don't bother with the MAGA man who thinks the work of others is his for the taking.