This needs to be fixed people cant save their spots when it snowed over a week ago... ignorant ignorant ignorant

snow began to fall at 4:30pm- did you even shovel a flake of snow from the spot? maybe you should take a look at the so called "rules" you shovel you save, can't just throw a cone in a spot b\c we are getting snow that night...LAZINESS is ignorant!

Renters? Apparently you don't know the rules. You shovel it, you own it.
"I found an open spot marked it and went out for 15min. "
Doesn't work that way. You give Southie a bad name.

Go to city of boston website-48hrs
You are a renter I've lived her my entire life
And NO if you shovel it you don't own it- you get it for 48hrs and you have to mark it
Its been like this for 28yrs
Go check out the mayors website

I know how to fix it next time just smash their window.

Menino's rules are 48 hours. SOUTHIE RULES are that the spot is yours if you shovelled it. Claiming the spot with a cone when the clock hit 48 hours is a pansy move. Follow the tried and true SOUTHIE RULES and you won't have a problem. I agree with other commenter - you were lucky you didn't get your windows smashed .

I'm confused. You marked a spot that you didn't shovel? You need to shovel a spot to claim it as your own.

Good. Sounds like you didn't do anything but stick a cone there then whine about it. And this is from a 4th generation Southie resident.

You do not own the spot if you shovel it. You get the spot until the parking ban lifts.
Next time just smash the persons windows

Smashing windows? That's how we resolve parking problems? Nice to know I live amongst so many thugs. I've lived in Southie since 98, so I'm no newbie. But that's disgusting. Destroying someone's personal property for taking a freaking parking spot? An OPEN spot? Grow up, animals.

Why didn't the girl who shoveled it out mark it? You don't mark it, you lose it. She said it was an OPEN SPOT. Meaning the girl who shoveled it out didn't mark it herself, how was this person supposed to know it was hers? ESP? I would fully expect to lose my spot if I didn't mark it.

You can't claim a spot if you didn't shovel it, that's the rule

you have no argument....you did not shovel out that spot. I hope you do not try to pull a stunt like that again b/c it will probably go very badly for you. True Southie residents do NOT go by Menino's rules we go by Jim Kelly rules....if you shovel it it is yours....and you never put a cone out before you shovel..NEVER!

The yuppies like it here in southie..but they forget we southie people made this place what it is...a close knit community..things they are changing..but life long southie residents will never change..most (but not all) yuppies are here for a short time..no roots..(come,party.get married,leave to the burbs)..I urge all of us southie people to keep on trucking...stay loyal to your remaining friends..and never forget "SOUTHIE IS OUR HOME TOWN"..

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