Snowmageddon has come and gone. In its wake it has left three feet of snow, blocked roads, downed trees, sore backs, bored children and one pressing question:
Who owns that parking space on the corner?
It's a public street. There are no parking restrictions, no stickers, no resident only covenants. Surely anyone can legally take that space if they find it unoccupied.
But doesn't whoever dug out the space have some claim to it? Doesn't he now "own" it? Would you feel OK taking that space?
My neighborhood is small and we know each other at least casually, so the "owner" of that space is probably safe. We know who dug out which spaces. No one would park in someone else’s spot.
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