Parking Wars

Once the blizzard is over let the games begin, the game of parking wars that is. In a city like Boston in areas like Mattapan and Dorchester residents go to the extreme to make sure their parking spot is kept. After every blizzard comes long days of shoveling once you have put all your sweat and energy into making that spot your are going to make sure no one takes that spot from you. Residents go as far as placing beach chairs, traffic cones, and broken dressers. Placing these objects indicates that parking spot is reserved. By removing it can cause a feud around the block. Is that even legal to do? Preventing someone from parking by putting an object there to save it. For years that have been the routine in Boston driving through neighborhoods you will find either cars or chairs aligned up and down the street. It’s interesting to see the lengths people will go to keep their spots.