tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10775914.post113509242030645988..comments2024-03-20T07:03:08.346-04:00Comments on Chicagoan in Montreal: Save My Space in ChicagoAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201487732079235426noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10775914.post-26020535421204917642008-03-09T12:11:00.000-04:002008-03-09T12:11:00.000-04:00@Sun.The alternating parking on streets in only fo...@Sun.<BR/><BR/>The alternating parking on streets in only for the non winter months. You can park your car on one side of the street all winter and won't have to move it unless snow removal requires it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10775914.post-44149533525845009972008-02-06T12:04:00.000-05:002008-02-06T12:04:00.000-05:00Most streets have alternate parking hours in Montr...Most streets have alternate parking hours in Montreal. So you have to move your car around at least once a day. Good luck leaving something behind and finding it intact upon your return. <BR/><BR/>And as far as the deflated tires go... Well, I'm pretty sure I'll be able to spot who deflated them seeing as he'll be using the same chair and recycling box in his next parking spot. Oh, another Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10775914.post-1138314579311202532006-01-26T17:29:00.000-05:002006-01-26T17:29:00.000-05:00I will admit I was one of those who spent nearly h...I will admit I was one of those who spent nearly half a day claening out a spot in front of ourhouse and posted a old chair or saw horse to reserve the spot. My feelings were, if if I spent so much time and energy clearing the spot in the Windy City then , especially in front of my home, then I deserved to have the spot. Especially in 1979 when we had 43 inches over two weekends and the snow Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10775914.post-1138302653671830682006-01-26T14:10:00.000-05:002006-01-26T14:10:00.000-05:00Another reason this method of space-keeping wouldn...Another reason this method of space-keeping wouldn't work in Montreal is that furniture left outside is considered to be up for grabs, and will be grabbed, no matter how crappy it is.beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00137853701035515221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10775914.post-1138210727036878742006-01-25T12:38:00.000-05:002006-01-25T12:38:00.000-05:00Frank, I was visiting a friend in Boston a few yea...Frank, I was visiting a friend in Boston a few years ago, in winter, and he showed me that way of keeping a space. Chairs all up and down the street. I'd never heard of it before or since, until you mention they do it in Chicago too.<BR/><BR/>Might have been just his neighbourhood. (Chicago ex-pats in Boston?)Blorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13381065813167569332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10775914.post-1138188074509009572006-01-25T06:21:00.000-05:002006-01-25T06:21:00.000-05:00I didn't know they did it in Boston also. It's in...I didn't know they did it in Boston also. It's interesting because it really is considered a tradition.<BR/><BR/>One year, my wife and I saw that someone left a bent wood Eames chair out to save their place. We were pretty sure they didn't know what it was, but didn't think to go up and try to buy it off them.<BR/><BR/>Interestingly, there are a few articles written about it (like the Montreal Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14201487732079235426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10775914.post-1138166154872857672006-01-25T00:15:00.000-05:002006-01-25T00:15:00.000-05:00I must confess to recurring fantasies after each s...I must confess to recurring fantasies after each significant snowfall, of wanting to go knock down the plastic lawn furniture cum border fence. I don't know why I find the street squatting so offensive. Fortunately, I have a private driveway. And further fortune for my block is the fact that our street has priority snow plowing. Bus routes and main streets get plowed as the snow falls, and asAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10775914.post-1138163333645358312006-01-24T23:28:00.000-05:002006-01-24T23:28:00.000-05:00They do that in Boston too! I tell people that and...They do that in Boston too! I tell people that and they don't believe me. That would so never work here in Montreal. Seriously, when I tell a Montrealer about that system, it's like telling them "you just make a wish and your spot is magically kept open for you." It's that unbelievable.Blorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13381065813167569332noreply@blogger.com