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3 years in Lincoln Park taught me something about winter parking
Last week I watched a guy spend 15 minutes digging out a space he'd shoveled hours earlier, only to have someone else grab it. That was me my first winter here. After 3 years of street parking, I finally realized saving spots with lawn chairs is a Chicago tradition, not just laziness. My neighbor Mike explained it to me after I got an earful moving his orange cone - he's been parking on the same block since 2017. Has anyone else had to learn the unwritten parking rules the hard way?
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terry_jones2mo ago
Hold on, is this really that deep though? I mean, yeah it's annoying when someone takes your shoveled spot, but it's just parking at the end of the day. People act like they staked a claim on a gold mine with a lawn chair, and I don't know, maybe I'm too laid back but I've never felt the need to save a spot on a public street. It's Chicago, not a war zone.
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finleyh891mo agoMost Upvoted
Buddy of mine spent like 45 minutes digging out his car last winter, came back from work and some guy had just parked there like it was nothing. When my friend said something the guy just shrugged and walked off. Yeah it's public parking technically but man, that's a special kind of selfish, especially when you know how much work it takes.
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jenniferw822mo ago
Flip it @terry_jones what if they're not trying to be territorial but just warning neighbors about a deep ice patch they hit? I almost faceplanted on a hidden black ice spot last winter and would've killed for a sign.
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