A concerned citizen complains about this creative reuse of the sidewalk on Loring Street in South Boston:
While working with the elderly we had to leave the sidewalk and walk in the street because if these 2 cars taking up there own sidewalk parking spots. Every weekend into Monday it is like this...... Really????
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Ha ha, good one.
By Scratchie
Tue, 01/21/2014 - 11:26am
Ha ha, good one.
Hi, I'm Earnest and I'll be your waiter tonight.
By Bob Leponge
Wed, 01/22/2014 - 12:22pm
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Call in
By Anon
Tue, 01/21/2014 - 9:29am
The tow yourself. I'm sure the tow company would not only be glad to make the money, but have to get in touch w BPD/BTD as well....with a bit more influence.
I grew up on the next street
By Just Sayin'
Tue, 01/21/2014 - 9:52am
I grew up on the next street over. I have to correct the person who said ‘those houses were built with families in mind who owned one car’. This is not the case; when those houses were built in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, that area of Boston was extremely poor and people did not owned automobiles and would often use horse and carriage to get around (if they could even afford that luxury). I’ve seen black and white photographs from my dad’s generation and those streets are completely empty. Even when I was growing up in the 70’s, you’d be lucky to see 5 or 6 cars (usually station wagons) parked in and around the neighborhood. The automotive industry has since exploded and South Boston has gradually, in the last two decades, become the latest hot spot and more recently with the redevelopment of the Seaport District and Broadway Station, it has become the trendy place to live with people moving there in droves to take advantage of its proximity to Downtown Boston, it’s beaches, and its easy highway access.
Those who have adopted illegal parking practices and the space-saver mentality are both ‘outsiders / yuppies’ as well as the ‘locals’ who grew up there. It’s a constant ‘us vs. them’ battle. Yet, both sides are guilty, and both sides feel validated in their actions. Both sides are actually wrong by not merging into one community and working collectively to resolve the issues. It’s like a balloon being filled with air, eventually it will pop. Things in South Boston will get a lot worse before they get better and I suspect more people will get hurt, probably even seriously hurt.
Hey now!
By John-W
Tue, 01/21/2014 - 11:40am
That kind of talk will get you in big trouble around here!
If and when someone gets seriously hurt or killed,
By mplo
Thu, 01/23/2014 - 11:26pm
it'll really be way too late! Something has to be worked out between the locals and the newer residents of the community, in order to resolve the issue before it reaches that point.
That would be a violation of
By anon
Tue, 01/21/2014 - 11:08am
That would be a violation of the Americans with Disability Act as well. How would somebody in a wheelchair get down that street?If I saw it not only would I flatten your tires, I'd break every single window and mirror. (My mother is wheelchair bound)
I find it really funny that
By andJelly
Tue, 01/21/2014 - 6:02pm
I find it really funny that not a single person has suggested that these people might be visitors to the neighborhood. It's as if the concept of having friends is completely foreign to the people who post here, which isn't surprising and actually explains a lot. People get so up in arms about minor issues like this or anything to with riding a bicycle but more serious news like people getting shot or a store getting robbed just gets a few passing comments about how the perpetrator deserves to die or get locked up for life.
As for your handicapped mother or the handicapped people who had to go around these cars... get over it. Most wheelchair-bound people I've met are used to dealing with inaccessible buildings and walkways and don't mind going around (which takes all of two minutes tops) and don't really seem to complain about minor inconveniences like this. It's always the PC oh-so-caring white liberal who gets upset over this sort of thing even though it doesn't affect them in the slightest. The same people who gasp when someone says "nigger" while any nearby black people just dismiss whoever said it as a racist and move on with their lives. Yes, whoever parked like this is a dickhead but who cares? Get over it and move on with your lives
Um...huh?
By Sally
Tue, 01/21/2014 - 7:31pm
What in God's green does this have to do with being a liberal? Or white? Or that being a "visitor" to the neighborhood gives you the right to park like a freaking MORON? Is this some kind of special out-of-towner, Hannity-watching parking technique? I don't care who you voted for. Go find a parking space like everyone else and MOVE YOUR CAR OFF THE $@&# SIDEWALK.
Apparently
By BPlusPlayer
Tue, 01/21/2014 - 11:39am
That Honda has 9999 problems, but finding a parking space ain't one.
Quit conplaining
By Tom J.
Tue, 01/21/2014 - 12:15pm
Quit your crying. Commenting on a dumb website is not going to get anything accomplished. Shove your sorries in a sack and stop being angry that these cars are parked there and yours isnt. People hav too much time on their hands, if they are not complaining they are not living. You are the ones who chose to move into the town and you can chose to leave elsewhere with parking too
And I think we have a winner!
By Sally
Tue, 01/21/2014 - 1:20pm
Complaining on a dumb website about people complaining on a dumb website...
Dude--just don't park on the sidewalk, ok?
It's you, isn't it?
By anon
Tue, 01/21/2014 - 1:29pm
It's you, isn't it?
Come on now
By Chad R
Tue, 01/21/2014 - 12:21pm
Get run over by a car on loring st. If you don't see the car you suck and deserve to get run over
Preventative snow removal?
By Daan
Tue, 01/21/2014 - 12:37pm
Perhaps the owner is protecting the sidewalk so that once the snow storm is done the sidewalk will still be clean. Rather thoughtful. Or the owner just doesn't care about anyone else in the area. Or it's the essence of a philosophy: My house. My sidewalk. My world. Just wait until the owner starts treating other people as though they are his or her property.
But...
By Zunk
Tue, 01/21/2014 - 1:32pm
...this photo was taken on Monday. That would be very, very early for this sort of thing.
The owner was a boy scout.
By Daan
Tue, 01/21/2014 - 1:49pm
Scout motto: Be Prepared.
Just wait until the owner
By Scratchie
Tue, 01/21/2014 - 1:48pm
Let me guess: He turns into an asshole townie who tells people to shut up when they complain about his behavior?
All depends
By Roslindaler
Tue, 01/21/2014 - 12:58pm
My reaction to this all depends on whether the cars in that picture were parked there or if they were driving down the sidewalk. Parking on the sidewalk in front of someone else's house is barbaric. After all, that side walk belongs to them and if you don't have a space, you probably aren't from the street anyway, so you should go park where you are from. On the other hand, if they are driving down the sidewalk that may be understandable, as who doesn't do that when, like, you just don't want to wait for the guy picking up his girl friend to move after he's blown and you know she's still getting ready, or you think the street may be too narrow, or to prove a point.
Seriously though, people used to drive on the side walk when I was a kid if there was an obstruction in the road (or not, as the mood took them). Boston driving has gotten better, not worse.
Entitlement
By Anon and on and on
Tue, 01/21/2014 - 1:40pm
The photo is an extension of the sense of entitlement and simple bad driving that many people seem to exhibit around here: U-turns in the middle of busy roads, failure to use turn signals, "blocking the box" at clogged intersections and the famous "Boston left-hand turn" without waiting for oncoming traffic to pass as dictated by the law.
This is freakin unreal!
By anon
Tue, 01/21/2014 - 2:05pm
Speaking as a life-long Bostonian, who thinks this is OK? Not me, for sure. I get that there are a whole lot more cars, proportionate to the number of residents, in Boston now than when I was growing up (much of the time, my family of 11 didn't own a car). But, there's also a whole lot more arrogance!
Can't forget my favorite pic
By Matthew
Tue, 01/21/2014 - 5:59pm
...when in a discussion about parking on the sidewalk...
[img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7039/6893750091_34e4...
This is absolutely asinine!
By mplo
Fri, 01/24/2014 - 10:43am
What on heaven's green-and-gold earth gives people the right to park their cars on the sidewalk, therefore compelling people to endanger their limb and lives by walking in the street?
Indeed!
By adamg
Fri, 01/24/2014 - 12:42pm
Who would do that?
Sidewalk parking is wrong; so are dangerous streets
By Matthew
Fri, 01/24/2014 - 3:50pm
It shouldn't be a risk of life and limb to walk anywhere on a city street. Especially the nice, human scaled streets of the North End (where this picture was taken) that were designed long before fast-moving vehicles.
Of course that still does not justify sidewalk parking. The sidewalk should be a refuge, a guaranteed zone of no cars. But that doesn't mean the remainder of the street should be dangerous. As always, it's all about speed. The key to safety is low speed.
That's exactly my point, Matthew.
By mplo
Sat, 01/25/2014 - 1:45pm
This is a public safety issue, especially in the winter, when there's often a considerable amount of snow and ice on the ground. It's also agreed that low speed is the best way to go. Drivers in their cars shouldn't be allowed to just come barrelling through those streets, either.
But very European
By Markk02474
Sun, 01/26/2014 - 4:07pm
So it must be good, right? Like them riding bicycles, having huge taxes on fuel, and trying to keep cars out of cities. Parking cars with at least 2 wheels on the sidewalk is common on narrow side streets along with parking scooters on the sidewalks, often blocking them.
Trying to keep cars out of cities?
By SwirlyGrrl
Sun, 01/26/2014 - 4:22pm
No. More like "cars don't fit in cities". Cars keep cars out of cities. See also "traffic jam".
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