Parking Space Rentention Etiquette

[fuzzycraig]

Some advice please.

OK. I, like many of you, spent considerable time and effort digging my car out of the snow this weekend. I did a kick-ass job and have a beautiful parking space that I'm quite proud of. Ironically, this means I'm now reluctant to actually move the car, lest I lose the space. Problem is, I need to be somewhere tomorrow and public transport isn't a realistic option.

So, the obvious solution is cones/chairs/trashcans/etc. But what is the moratorium on that sort of thing? Is three days after a snow storm too long to still be saving your space? Am I being an ass assuming that I have any "right" to the space at all? I mean, sure, of course, I am...but it is a really great space. Grrr...

Any etiquette advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

C

[desolate]

As a long time city resident I will say if you own you home and know your neighbors and you are parked in front of you house you can usually get away with this until the snow subsided until normal parking is capable. Meaning the hills are gone.

If you rent or dug out a spot not in front of your house I wouldn't be surprised if they move your stuff.



If you grew up in the burbs and moved to the city you will obviously think saving spots is wrong because it's a "public street" and you should like ride your bus to the bike stop or some crap.


Since I don't have a spot that's in front of my house, i did not chair my spot. I will leave it for the homeowner in front of the spot.

I tried to get "my" spot by the city made it the snow storage area for the intersection.

[Butter Sandwich]

you don't own the parking space. so, you can't save it. I will kick the garbage (which is what something is when it's sitting in the street) out of the street if I'm walking down the street and see it there so that the spot can be used.

[RonMcNasty]

No space saving. Everyone with a car had to dig theirs out. It's just a parking spot. Worst case scenario is that you have to take 15 minutes to shovel some more snow. It's national heart month anyway, so getting your blood pumping isn't a bad thing.

[Macromaniacal]

I'm pretty sure that there is a 10 page thread about this very topic in "general discussion". But as far as I'm concerned, an empty spot is fair game, and I won't expect it to still be there with me.

[kotter]

Originally Posted by fuzzycraig

Some advice please.

OK. I, like many of you, spent considerable time and effort digging my car out of the snow this weekend. I did a kick-ass job and have a beautiful parking space that I'm quite proud of. Ironically, this means I'm now reluctant to actually move the car, lest I lose the space. Problem is, I need to be somewhere tomorrow and public transport isn't a realistic option.

So, the obvious solution is cones/chairs/trashcans/etc. But what is the moratorium on that sort of thing? Is three days after a snow storm too long to still be saving your space? Am I being an ass assuming that I have any "right" to the space at all? I mean, sure, of course, I am...but it is a really great space. Grrr...

Any etiquette advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

C

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If you leave then aren't you going to park in a spot that someone else shoveled? Are you going to take your shovel with you and shovel your own spot?

If I get up early and shovel the snow around your car does that mean you should move and I own the spot?

Do you expect to park in a new spot that someone else shoveled and your space is supposed to sit EMPTY all day just waiting for you?

When I am mayor I will solve this problem by having the garbage men collect all the chairs and cones that are holding spots.

The worst is when the slackards that leave a chair in the street when there is a half inch of snow.

[Sycamore]

See this thread: Parking spot etiquette after a snowstorm?