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Crankiness, kindness in the snow

A concerned citizen alerts the city this morning about a situation on Foster Street in Brighton:

I watched [a guy] snowblowing snow from his sidewalk in front of 31 Foster St. into the street. I walked over and asked him if he knew it's illegal to blow snow into the street and he said he'd been here for 35 years and this is how we do things and that there's no place to put it. Well, he could blow it into his front yard, which is where I put *my* snow, in compliance with the law.

Last night, before the snow really kicked in, a concerned Charlestown resident reported from Lyndeboro Street:

Space savers out before snows. Resident made threatening comments when attempting to park.

But balance that with this photo of several guys in Southie helping out somebody in a stuck car (and you cynical types, cut it out, I can tell you're thinking they just wanted the space).

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Wish I had more kindness around me. TO be fair, I actually live on a pretty great street that does a good job in the snow but the bad apples are outsized in their destructiveness. One jerk did a lazy job shoveling out a spot so he was parked several feet off the curb. He did this before the last storm and it caused our street to only get half-plowed. I spent hours clearing out the part of the street that didn't get plowed to keep my driveway clear. Well, someone stole his spot so he decided to be even worse by parking behind someone in a driveway. Behind someone who was already parked into the sidewalk. This added another foot onto the part of the street that can't be plowed. Now everyone on the street needs to deal with no more than a car width of space. He's single-handedly doubled the space I need to clear for a path for my driveway. The real kicker is that when clearing out his illegally parked car this morning, he dumped a load of snow onto my sidewalk after it just got cleared. Naturally, I returned the favor.

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will have little impact if dumped on the adjoining street. It's not the ideal thing to do, but just be glad that he shoveled the sidewalk at all. Lots of folks don't.

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Did the cranky Foster St. guy have an Irish accent? There is an older man who walks his dog in the park there and refuses to pick up after them and has told me to "$*!$ Off" when I asked him if he needed a bag to pick up after them. He said some stupid "I've been here longer than you've been alive line" then hobbled away.

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I've said it before, and I'll say it here: Snow brings out the best and worst.

Our street has people helping one another out.
No yelling/no shouting.
Neighbors helping neighbors.
We've got teenagers walking around and raising some cheese by shoveling folks out.
Kids happy to have no school (again!).
Awesome sledding.

I'm glad I moved to Rozzie.

However, the flip side are the following:

People who haven't shoveled walk once!
People who do not remove snow from roof of car.
People who don't share the single lane on what used to be 2-lane roads.
People who don't remember to check on their elderly neighbors.
People who yell at snow plow drivers for pushing snow into their driveway (Hey - it happens to us all.)
Businesses who think that the 2X2 area in front of their front door is the only area which they need to shovel (Bank of America - I'm talking to you)
Businesses who shovel, but no wheelchair could ever get there.
Public transportation areas (bus stops, Commuter rail) where this isn't a safe place to embark/disembark from bus or train.

Like I say - best and worse.

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