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Newbies don't realize you have to shovel out a space first to save it
By adamg on Sun, 01/24/2016 - 11:03am
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Throw it in the trash.
Wheeee
I love Uhub space saver stories and comments! It's entertainment I can count on in the winter!
Don't throw it in the trash!
Don't throw it in the trash! That sends the wrong message entirely. Smash it to bits and leave it in the space, maybe along with a horse's head.
Ban all space savers
That's one thing I love about living in Winthrop. The town doesn't allow this space saver nonsense and if anyone were to put out a space-saver, the owner of the residence (either single or multi-family residence) will get cited by the town. Also, during snow emergencies the town bans all on street parking, but people can park at the town lots for free. It allows the roads to be cleared efficiently and quickly.
People and their space savers.....#feelings of self-entitlement in many instances.
Spot the difference?
People have to move their cars to city lots so the city can properly clear the streets. Clear streets = no need for space savers.
Logistics?
I'm against space savers and didn't use them in Dot until the end of last winter. I drive a 4WD And made my own spaces. Then peeps in 4WDs took those spaces and either stayed there or space saved. I didn't need the drama so I found a spot blocks away and saved it. It worked.
I'd love to see them banned but they'd have to be picked up daily.
How about a fine on unshoveled walks to pay for space saver enforcement? Or rede dictate traffic officers for s few days?
Not exactly
They'd have to be picked up daily until people got the message or ran out of space savers. I'm in favor of doing it.
you're in favor?
And whereabouts are you typing that from? Just curious.
From your mom's house
I lived in the Fenway for 12 years, anon (not verified); where I'n typing from is immaterial. I know what I'm talking about.
classic UHub-ism
When stuck, resort to calling out who's anonymous. Cause there's so much more nobility in the guy who hides behind an alias than someone who uses the one the site gives by default.
Again, what part of the city do you live in? Anywhere even close to the Boston area? I think even you know you're full of it.
Yeah. Space savers are
Yeah. Space savers are supposedly banned in Cambridge. Still see them all the time here. Entitlement cannot be legislated.
There's no space saver problem in Arlington
because there's no overnight parking on the street allowed. At all.
(Personally, I think they should relax that in the summer. But right now, it works just fine.)
(at all)
you can call the PD and let them know and they've never once given my family or i problems with this.
there are also a number of private streets in arlington unless they've completely done away with that- where parking certainly is allowed.
The title is misleading...
Actually looks like what the "veterans" do all the time.
But this is entirely subjective. :)
Transplants do things like
Transplants do things like this all the time, when they move to a new area but don't fully understand all the little rules. Brighton is a very transient part of the city.
Citizen complaint about space-saver technique
Bro!/a>
3 inches
There are three inches of snow. You don't get a place saver.
If you cannot beat 'em join 'em
If you cannot beat 'em join 'em
Looks about right
No snow emergency. No shoveling. Yup, space saver seems legit.
But yea, tons of space savers here in Southie too. Boston should just ban them.
The spacesaver drama is a reminder
that there's some truth to the TV stereotype of Bostonians as selfish and dim thugs.
In the past, the mayors have wimped out, endoring spacesavers by making special cases in which spacesavers are OK. And then everyone ignores the special case conditions, and keeps doing the same thing anyway, all the time.
It's time to say "idiots spoiled it for everyone" and have an easy-to-understand "no spacesavers - there will be a big fine".
And anyone caught vandalizing cars is looking at thousands of dollars of damage, plus jail time.
im curious
what other stereotypes involving thugs you might have discovered to be true?
Let's ban space savers!
Let's ban space savers!
I have been removing space savers as I pass them. A bunch of is in the neighborhood are pointing our wifi cams on the street to catch people, should be fun posting on youtube!
Not so much fun for someone
Not so much fun for someone who parks in one of the spaces you've "unsaved" and gets their car vandalized. But hey, whatever works for you.
Shared Blame Not Appropriate Here
The vandal is the one responsible for the vandalism. Period. If we want to spread blame further back in the causal chain, let's include the car owner for even having a car.