Anonymous
Post 01/31/2026 22:52     Subject: Snow Etiquette - 'Saving' the clear parking space that you cleared of snow
I'm parking in whatever spot is clear. I don't care about your chair.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2026 22:36     Subject: Snow Etiquette - 'Saving' the clear parking space that you cleared of snow
I expect that my cleared spot will not be saved for me and I will take another open spot. I don't care who cleared it. That's fair.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2026 22:02     Subject: Snow Etiquette - 'Saving' the clear parking space that you cleared of snow
Saving shoveled-out spots used to be the norm in Chicago when I lived there. Folding chairs, cones, whatever you could get your hand on. People knew not to mess with those saved spots.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2026 21:54     Subject: Snow Etiquette - 'Saving' the clear parking space that you cleared of snow
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Now that your car has been dug out of the parking space, do you have the right to 'reserve' it for when you come back? Is it an etiquette breach if I should remove your folding chairs and park on up in the space? Am I rude? If you punch my car, is it rude?


If you remove my folding chairs, I slash your tires. This is basic snow etiquette, and you shouldn't expect any less.

Okay there keyboard tough guy.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2026 21:52     Subject: Re:Snow Etiquette - 'Saving' the clear parking space that you cleared of snow
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think it is horribly rude to take someone's hard-earned/shoveled parking spot in a storm such as the one we have had. It is more than rude and rings of the person's sense of entitlement.
However, it is not illegal to steal that spot so there is that. But, yes, in the world of "snow etiquette" a person should not take another's spot ever.


It's not stealing though. It's an open space. Anyone can park there.

Agreed, but don’t be surprised if your car is vandalized.


Thank God for cameras.

I’ve been able to not get caught by cameras. Been doing it for years. Good luck with your cameras.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2026 21:43     Subject: Snow Etiquette - 'Saving' the clear parking space that you cleared of snow
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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


Not my hometown, but I lived there five years and concur.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2026 21:42     Subject: Snow Etiquette - 'Saving' the clear parking space that you cleared of snow
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:That’s bullshit. Works in Boston, tho.


In Boston you are only allowed to save a spot 48 hours after the end of the official snow emergency.


This seems pretty reasonable as a compromise - if you have to move your car within 48 hours normally.

But I live on a street where business vehicles from the next street over or AirBnB guests will constantly park in front of my house on a Thursday or Friday before 5 PM and not leave until Monday. So I have to park far away to unload groceries many weekends since. It's incredibly annoying without the snow. If you can leave your car in front of my house for up to 6 days without penalty, seems like I should be able to reserve a spot i shoveled out for that long.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2026 21:37     Subject: Snow Etiquette - 'Saving' the clear parking space that you cleared of snow
Anonymous wrote:That’s bullshit. Works in Boston, tho.


In Boston you are only allowed to save a spot 48 hours after the end of the official snow emergency.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2026 21:35     Subject: Snow Etiquette - 'Saving' the clear parking space that you cleared of snow
If you take a spot you didn’t shovel, expect to get your tires slashed. That’s basic snow etiquette in the north.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2026 21:32     Subject: Snow Etiquette - 'Saving' the clear parking space that you cleared of snow
Anonymous wrote:
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
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2026 21:29     Subject: Snow Etiquette - 'Saving' the clear parking space that you cleared of snow
Where I grew up, someone who poached a spot someone else cleared would return to find they no longer had intact tires.

Where I live now, you’ll probably get away with just urine in your vents.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2026 21:29     Subject: Re:Snow Etiquette - 'Saving' the clear parking space that you cleared of snow
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think it is horribly rude to take someone's hard-earned/shoveled parking spot in a storm such as the one we have had. It is more than rude and rings of the person's sense of entitlement.
However, it is not illegal to steal that spot so there is that. But, yes, in the world of "snow etiquette" a person should not take another's spot ever.


Question. I worked overnight in the hospital through the weekend storm. Parked in hospital garage. Drove home (very carefully) on Monday. All spots within about a mile radius of my home are blocked off with chairs. What do I do here? Other than just go back and park at the hospital garage and commit to living on my work unit for the next 3 weeks until the snow melts, because I am not allowed to park on my street due to the fact that it snowed a few days ago and there are chairs and cones blocking all the spots (since everyone is back to work etc and driving around normally)


Park in one you can see while you shovel yours out.

We have a driveway but I know my neighbors and their schedules fairly well, and I moved a chair so I could free my driveway space for my house cleaner. But I kept an eye on it (working from home) and the neighbor could have texted me if they came home early for some reason. But they didn't, and I just put the chair back when I was done.


Every single spot on my block and the next block up is shoveled out and blocked with chairs. Not joking. There is no spot for me to dig out. They are all dug out! And marked with cones! I’ve been parking in spots 6-7 blocks away (I’ve dug out a few in the last week since I’m able bodied) but it’s ridiculous for people to decide I’ll never park on my block again because I was working in the ER during the storm and wasn’t here for the digging on Monday morning. Like, when can I park on my block again? March? People are ridiculous. Monday morning when they all drive into work yet again and block their spots yet again, I’m throwing all the chairs in the trash.

So you live in a spot where you routinely can’t park on your street. What is your problem then? Park on other streets like normal.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2026 21:25     Subject: Snow Etiquette - 'Saving' the clear parking space that you cleared of snow
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
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2026 21:25     Subject: Snow Etiquette - 'Saving' the clear parking space that you cleared of snow
That’s bullshit. Works in Boston, tho.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2026 21:23     Subject: Snow Etiquette - 'Saving' the clear parking space that you cleared of snow
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Now that your car has been dug out of the parking space, do you have the right to 'reserve' it for when you come back? Is it an etiquette breach if I should remove your folding chairs and park on up in the space? Am I rude? If you punch my car, is it rude?


If you remove my folding chairs, I slash your tires. This is basic snow etiquette, and you shouldn't expect any less.


+1

And I only do 2 or 3 tires never 4 iykyk