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skfoto t1_jdi9oby wrote

Selfish and inconsiderate. Only acceptable scenarios are if you just shoveled snow out of the space or need to reserve it for some sort of extraordinary circumstance (moving, construction, delivery truck, etc).

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James19991 t1_jdi9bly wrote

Unless you just dug your car out of a foot of snow, I don't find them acceptable.

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g_h_o_s_t_ t1_jdic8d9 wrote

littering. toss em in the bin!

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threwthelookinggrass t1_jdib07k wrote

It’s lazy selfish fuck you I got mine behavior.

Moving or putting in a dumpster? Talk to the city/your borough about a no parking temporary order. Old/mobility impaired? Get the city/borough to install a handicap marker for you.

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uglybushes t1_jdifpl0 wrote

Unless you dug the spot out from snow, you are just giving away a free cone

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Delicious-Newt-5674 t1_jdif8g5 wrote

When I still had OHV truck that was uh mostly street legal I crushed a few cans.

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badBoyBobbby t1_jdihtre wrote

I usually run them over and park directly on top. 🙃

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Gladhands t1_jdikv3w wrote

I move the cones, and my car has yet to be vandalized. People talk tough, but they know we know they live directly in front of the parking spot, and they don’t want their living room window smashed, in retaliation.

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stadulevich t1_jdiftg8 wrote

Ya. If you do this you are just trash.

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Open_Philosopher8020 t1_jdikxkw wrote

This is common and I have no problem with it if you live there/it’s in front of your property

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smashruhland t1_jdigxhz wrote

It is a Pittsburgh tradition.

I am a recent transplant, but I am not going to mess with tradition.

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Gladhands t1_jdilfby wrote

It’s a Pittsburgh tradition, but not in the degree that it’s made out to be. I’m willing to venture that fewer than 5% of Pittsburgh residents engage in the practice. It’s an extreme minority of assholes behaving selfishly that has somehow been elevated to the level of local tradition.

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smashruhland t1_jdindkn wrote

I would respectfully disagree with that one. Everyone that does it in my neighborhood are multi-generational yinzers that are very nice about it.

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More-Adhesiveness-54 t1_jdia5q5 wrote

Here we go, another parking chair/cone discussion. I think the general opinion on this is pretty well established here.

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RevolutionaryYam8676 t1_jdiaf0b wrote

Sorry, I’m not up to date with everything that’s been posted here. Is this a common discussion?

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More-Adhesiveness-54 t1_jdibdex wrote

Not trying to be an ass, but there are certain topics that get brought up repeatedly (pizza, Primanti's, anything to do with driving) that generate the same exact tenor in terms of sentiment. You start feeling like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day.

No one (or hardly anyone) is going to reply saying, "Yes, this is great. I'm all for putting objects into parking spots as a form of territorial pissing to claim one's spot. More of that."

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RevolutionaryYam8676 t1_jdicd7v wrote

I see. Sorry, I’m new to this sub and had no idea this had been brought up before.

I only ask because I have the tendency to over analyze certain situations. I didn’t know if I was over thinking something that was totally normal, or if other folks also found it to be irritating.

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More-Adhesiveness-54 t1_jdidpil wrote

Again, not trying to be an ass at you. But I think the general sentiment you'll see is that outside of rare exceptions (e.g., snowstorms), people aren't down with this. It's a practice that was done, or at least tolerated, by past generations. Now it's viewed as selfish because it's essentially laying claim to public property you don't own.

People may differ on what to do about it. Some will say move them and park there, anyhow. I'm not inclined to do that. You don't know who you're messing with. It could be someone who doesn't care, and you park there and it's fine. Or you could come back and find your car keyed or otherwise. In my mind, if someone wants to be a dick and claim it, whatever. It's not worth escalating a situation with some random and I'm not out to right other people's wrongs in the world, so I'll just find another spot.

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