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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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. [/quote]

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![/quote].

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?[/quote]

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?[/quote]

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. [/quote]

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

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. [/quote]

You KNOW that there are more cars than there are spaces, and that this works, because not everyone is parked at the exact same time.  When it DOESN'T work is when people block off their spots despite not being parked there.  You know this.  You also know that it has been over a week and people are living their normal lives again.  You also know that some people were at work at hospitals, or out of town and stuck, or had to go stay at work for the weekend because they were essential and needed to be there (such as the person in charge of landscaping/snow removal at an apartment complex or shopping center).  And you know that those people came back, a few days later, to streets that were 100% blocked off with chairs that apparently no one intends on moving until the snow thaws, which will take weeks.  You KNOW this.  But you keep saying "if everyone cleared a space, there wouldn't be a problem!" and I actually agree IF there were one space for every car that needed one, but you know that is not the case.  You do. [/quote]

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