Submitted by bostonshopper t3_1201rta in boston
This is completely unreasonable but tbf there aren't enough spots for residents as it is and leaving your out of state car parked for 30 days is annoying af. It takes a spot away from the elderly woman up the block who has walking issues, the pregnant lady next door, etc.
What if he’s parking in his friends driveway? Plus registering it doesn’t create a space for the old lady who can’t walk
He isn’t parking in his friend’s driveway. He left his car in a neighborhood where street parking is the main and only option for the majority of residents. It’s dense and parking is tough. Nobody should be leaving their car on the street in JP for 30 days at a stretch unless they live on the street and even then, it’s kind of inherently uneighborly. Space is limited and It’s like musical chairs. if car doesn’t move in from front of her house for 30 days old lady gets fucked on parking. These aren’t public parking lots lmao
Just to clarify, I definitely didn't leave my car sitting in the same spot for a month. I agree that would be extremely obnoxious! I was coming and going, not always parked on the same side of the street, sometimes parked on a nearby street, went on a little NH trip, etc.
This would all make a lot more sense if I'd done something obviously offensive with my car, but I just honestly didn't.
Also, if I had received a ticket for "excessive non-resident parking" or something, I would have been frustrated but understood. And if someone had said something to me about it or left a note, I would have happily parked on different side streets on different days, I definitely had no intention of causing issues for anyone.
It's the registering my vehicle in 2 states with 2 license plates that's the issue, especially since my insurance company says that they literally can't give me MA insurance since I don't live there.
Oof. In that case I’m sincerely sorry you got fucked. Good luck in your quest.
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You're being downvoted, but this is not a bad take at all even if OP's situation sucks. Having lived in a neighborhood that people not from there used as a dumping ground for long term parking, it's irritating to come home from a long day of work and see the same car sitting where you could have parked. Whether you're a resident or not, it's kind of disrespectful to the neighbors to not move your car for a month.
This was my hunch from their initial post; that it had nothing to do with a couple parking tickets. I don't at all support the frustrating outcome with the RMV dealings, but am not surprised some random car just sitting there for 30 days (if this is indeed the case) drew the attention of a resident and pissed them off.
Just to clarify, I definitely didn't leave my car sitting in the same spot for a month. I agree that would be extremely obnoxious! I was coming and going, not always parked on the same side of the street, sometimes parked on a nearby street, went on a little NH trip, etc.
This would all make a lot more sense if I'd done something obviously offensive with my car, but I just honestly didn't.
Also, if I had received a ticket for "excessive non-resident parking" or something, I would have been frustrated but understood. And if someone had said something to me about it or left a note, I would have happily parked on different side streets on different days, I definitely had no intention of causing issues for anyone.
It's the registering my vehicle in 2 states with 2 license plates that's the issue, especially since my insurance company says that they literally can't give me MA insurance since I don't live there.
This is the issue that's being ignored in all these posts. Why is the City of Boston enabling this abusive behavior by out of state criminals at the expense of it's own residents? Every other functional city and town prohibits this thing but TPTB in Boston actively encourage it to spite us.
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