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Just when you thought JP couldn't get any more JP...
Don't have too much faith...
I'm friends with the person who did this. It was the result of a series of back and forth notes over a parking spot in dispute. The other party was the kind of old school parking spot saver that makes you think twice about living in Boston.
Somehow I knew it was about
Somehow I knew it was about cynicism and revenge than good faith.
Public parking spaces are for
Public parking spaces are for everyone... sorry, but this is obnoxious. Who does this guy think he is that he has the right to invite or not invite someone to park in a public parking space? Congrats, you shovelled! Do you want a gold star pinned to your lapel? Get over yourself.
Welcome to Boston, friend
I always enjoy visitors from Florida or Texas who have never seen the vicious parking wars we have around here. Bundle up tomorrow: I hear it's going to be really cold!
It's one of those Mobius comments
It loops and twists back on itself in such a way that I can't stop looking at it.
I think "public parking spaces are for everyone" was kind of, sort of, exactly the point being made by the shoveler.
Is it hard being a walking stereotype?
I always joke that Bostonians will complain about literally anything, but this is beyond the pale.
seriously
take it in the spirit that it was meant! I always joke that if you gave a Bostonian a bag of gold, they'd complain about the weight. Looks like it's true.
Seriously. I shoveled out an
Seriously. I shoveled out an extra spot too but I didn't pat myself on the back with a sign.
That's all fine and good, but...
I also shoveled out an extra spot, and didn't leave a sign to pat myself on the back. But then, someone else stuck a space saver in the spot.
I removed it. For my troubles, I had snow dumped on my car and my license plates stolen.
Maybe next time, I'll put up a sign like this.
That's so sweet
Despite what some claim, this guy (gal? Guys?) put the effort, we'll say a half hour, 45 minutes clearing snow to the curb not for themselves, but for people they don't even know.
I used to clear the spot in front of my house for semi altruistic purposes- I wanted the lady who lived next door to park in front of the house so the plow wouldn't put snow on my sidewalk- street snow sucks.
9 hours, man. It took NINE
9 hours, man. It took NINE HOURS to shovel that spot out.
Whatever the time
That's time they could have spent doing something else, like not freezing their asses off.
No doubt.
No doubt.
It does take pregnant women
It does take pregnant women longer to shovel, after all.
Yeah, no
I live in JP. Met a friend for dinner on the South Shore last night and drove back to JP around 11 PM. Looked for parking for 15 minutes in the Boylston/Spring Park/Paul Gore area. Every single open space on these streets (25+) had a space saver in it. So, yeah, my faith in humanity has not been restored. Thank you to whatever human being lives at 15 Beecher and did not feel the need to commandeer public property.
Also, there is no penalty for removing space savers, right? I'm around and bored Saturday afternoon. Might do a neighborhood sweep.
Did you shovel out a spot
Did you shovel out a spot after the storm?
There is no city penalty for such an action but I would advise against it. While the Townies dontv have message boards like this to run to they do talk. You get seen by one person doing that and you become that person they all Hate. Yes with a capital H. Contrary to popular belief the townie population of most cities don't hate new people individually, they hate them as a group. You most likely haven't experienced a full scale shunning.
That's assuming you are caught by the more genial townie members. There is always that chance you hit a street with someone who is angered by such actions. Heck I am a "townie" who spends most of my time with newer people and I'd still come out of my house and say something to you. Others might not be so nice, especially if they see what car you are driving.
If you don't like the system then reach out to your current political representatives and ask them to enforce it.
I have yet to see anyone in
I have yet to see anyone in this exact neighborhood in JP using a space saver that I would qualify as a "Townie" in your "Townie" vs. "Newer People" debate. Not saying that there isn't because I'm not doing an official census but from what I have seen it is the regular cross-section of JP residents who have moved in over the last 5-10 years, many with out of state license plates. So, basically everyone. Most of the people in this neighborhood who have lived here for long enough time to be cast in your "Townie #1" role have houses with driveways. The triple-deckers were all condo-ized or rented out to young people after the last few waves of gentrification.
It's like all pro-space saver people on here live in 1983 want to be an extra in a Lehane movie.
Nope
I did not shovel out a spot this time. Subaru with snow tires, blah blah. But I have shoveled in the past and never call savesies. And is this really a townie/newbie issue? I've been in JP since 2003 and never seen it this bad. If anything, I see more newbies saving spots.
Whatever. Spending time in the White Mtns today so life is good.
As for the "current system," that's the problem. There is not one. The informal 48 hours rule has morphed into forevers because I had to WORK for some amount of time.
My theory
If you are on a street with a stable set of neighbors who know each other, by sight or car, there will be respect of the job done shoveling out a space. For the 10 years I parked my car on the street until I moved to Waquiot Manor, everyone knew everyone and lawn furniture stayed indoors in winter. Where I am now, people know each other less and savers come out.
Of course, one neighbor who feels entitled to the area in front of their homes so much that they put cars out in July tosses my theory out the window.
In short, be excellent to each other.
Careful...
I agree that you should think twice about removing space savers, but for different reasons. If you park in the space and someone does damage to your car in retaliation, that's one thing, but if someone parks there after you and wasn't aware that there was even a space saver there to begin with, they might be the victim of the retaliation instead of you. So be careful.
I shoveled that spot in 1956,
I shoveled that spot in 1956, so I am going to vandalize any car that parks there until the end of days.
I have a feeling that the
I have a feeling that the type of people who make it thier weekly goal to battle for parking spots/put up space savers with though guy notes would not even park here. It's much too sensible for someone like that to comprehend
Are you kidding me?
They'd rip the sign down, park there, and leave a trashed fixie as a space-saver when they left.