A fed-up citizen grouses that three weeks after the blizzard, this space saver on East Cottage Street in Dorchester needs some D-I-S-R-E-S-P-E-C-T.
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Ad:A fed-up citizen grouses that three weeks after the blizzard, this space saver on East Cottage Street in Dorchester needs some D-I-S-R-E-S-P-E-C-T.
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So much fail
By Jenn Martinelli
Tue, 02/26/2013 - 5:01pm
I always hate space savers but this one is particularly upsetting, and VERY MUCH overstaying its welcome.
should be more of a Rodney Dangerfield
By Sarcastic Sam
Tue, 02/26/2013 - 5:15pm
I mean it only snowed how many weeks ago?
Just set it on fire
By anon
Tue, 02/26/2013 - 5:43pm
That'll teach the owner, and it'll leave the space-saver as a remnant so no one unwittingly parks in the spot and gets his/her tires slashed.
People SHOULD show the appropriate respect
By Michael
Tue, 02/26/2013 - 5:44pm
They should be bringing their full-bladdered dogs from miles around to coat it with respect and honor.
a big thank you to adam for acknowledging my complaint
By LaLa
Tue, 02/26/2013 - 5:54pm
a big thank you to adam for acknowledging my complaint -- now i'll just have to wait and see if menino does the same!!
Was the case resolved to your satisfaction?
By adamg
Wed, 02/27/2013 - 5:39pm
I see it's marked "resolved" today.
YUP! still quite a few
By LaLa
Thu, 02/28/2013 - 3:53pm
YUP!
still quite a few holdouts in the neighborhood but that particular space saver is now gone.
ups and downs
By bostnkid
Wed, 02/27/2013 - 8:00am
is that the missing stool?
Still saving spots in Dorchester
By anon
Wed, 02/27/2013 - 8:34am
The people on my street are still saving spots. Its ridiculous. I live in a neighborhood of triple deckers, so its not like the spot in front of your house can be your own. And there is generally enough parking, but only if people don't claim spots 24/7. The cars that are gone at night need somewhere to park during the day and vice versa. I have no spot since I have a garage about a block from my house. So, I have to walk from the garage with two small kids every time I go out. Regardless of whether or not I will only be home for an hour.
i will be the first person to
By cleokid
Wed, 02/27/2013 - 8:51am
i will be the first person to back ANY mayoral candidate who runs on a 'ban all space savers, period.' platform.
save it til spring ;)
By DaveA
Wed, 02/27/2013 - 12:20pm
It kind of depends on the condition of the rest of the street and whether or not commuters use the neighborhood to avoid paying to park elsewhere. I have been chipping away at a pile of ice in front of my house now for 3 weeks. Nobody else has been able to park on the north-facing side of the street because the city never plowed anywhere near the sidewalk and beyond the spaces I've cleared, it is still 6-8 feet out from the curb and 4 feet high. I'm not using space savers, but we have resident parking stickers so it hasn't been an issue. But I see plenty of spaces in Roslindale where it is still one space at a time with piles of ice separating the spaces in residential neighborhoods in front of single family or 2-family homes. There is nothing more aggravating that dropping the kids off at school and coming home to park the car and catch the T only to find nowhere to park because a commuter slipped in while you were gone.
If the homeowner is taking
By anon
Thu, 02/28/2013 - 2:05pm
If the homeowner is taking the T, then they're also a commuter.
Put a big note on any
By anon
Wed, 02/27/2013 - 6:36pm
Put a big note on any remaining savers, saying:
"This space reserved for a selfish jagazz."
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