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

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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.

Would the jerk have been less of a jerk for taking one of the other spots, who someone other than you dug out?

[Anonymous]

If the spot is saved, I won’t park there, but if it’s open, it’s fair game.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm parking in whatever spot is clear. I don't care about your chair.

It’s legal but not moral. Why do you think this is right to do?
Glad I live in the suburbs where we all just worry about our own driveways.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm parking in whatever spot is clear. I don't care about your chair.

Just like I don’t care about breaking your windshield.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, moving someone's chairs to park is very rude. Nobody should be touching your car, though.

I think it is rude to place chairs in a shoveled spot. Street parking is public parking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am truly baffled at the people that think it is fine to take a spot someone else dug out and view it as rude to put chairs to mark what you shoveled out. Using chairs to mark the spot you reclaimed from the snow seems common sense.

I am truly baffled that you think spots can be reserved on a public street.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Would the jerk have been less of a jerk for taking one of the other spots, who someone other than you dug out?

I’m not talking about others spots; I’m talking about mine. You touch my folding chair? You risk the consequences!

[Anonymous]

Each one, clear one. It is as simple as that.

And in the day and age of cameras everywhere, your “bashing in the windshield” schtick doesn’t really hold water, tough guys.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm parking in whatever spot is clear. I don't care about your chair.

Just like I don’t care about breaking your windshield.

You’re not actually going to do this. You’ll stew about it and threaten it because you’re big mad, but you’re not breaking any windshields. We both know this. Get over yourself.

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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?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm parking in whatever spot is clear. I don't care about your chair.

Just like I don’t care about breaking your windshield.

All mouth… You’d make a good prison beeyach.

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Anonymous wrote:I am truly baffled at the people that think it is fine to take a spot someone else dug out and view it as rude to put chairs to mark what you shoveled out. Using chairs to mark the spot you reclaimed from the snow seems common sense.

I am truly baffled that you think spots can be reserved on a public street.

This is a courtesy that greases the skids of community life in a cold climate. There is no snowy area on earth that doesn't have this general agreement about parking spots in the snow.

It's somewhat similar to picking a spot on the beach and laying out your towel and then heading to the water. Is it baffling to think you can reserve a spot on a public beach? You'd be annoyed and slightly incredulous if someone broke the social contact by moving your towel so they could have your spot. Now imagine how you'd feel if you'd had to work 2 hours to lay your towel in that spot. It would reveal an incredible sense of entitlement and lack of empathy towards others to move your towel in that circumstance.

And that's at the beach where you don't know anyone. But now you're in your neighborhood, looking at your neighbor's car in the spot you dug out and it's your neighbor basically saying, "screw you, I got mine."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Would the jerk have been less of a jerk for taking one of the other spots, who someone other than you dug out?

What would make the jerk less of a jerk would be to say, i guess there really isn't free parking on this street today.

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Anonymous wrote:It seems I disagree with most is these posters. It is public street and you can park where you are able. How do we know if the person who dug out the space is coming back?

It sucks for sure, but park where you can. If you can’t afford to move your car, take uber.

Some people learn this lesson from a broken windshield

A person is 100% legally able to park in the spot that you cleared on the public street. The guy who cleared that spot has no right to it if they drive away.

However, the car that takes over the spot might get keyed, deflated tires, a broken windshield or simply buried in new snow that gets watered and frozen.

But maybe that's just in my home town of Pittsburgh

Lol, I grew up in rural New England so snow parking was never an issue but I quickly learned the rules when I lived in Pittsburgh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It seems I disagree with most is these posters. It is public street and you can park where you are able. How do we know if the person who dug out the space is coming back?

It sucks for sure, but park where you can. If you can’t afford to move your car, take uber.

How do you know if they’re coming back? The chairs might be a good clue.