a valid point. i would submit that this is the very reason that you don't park in a spot that you have not cleared. to do otherwise requires various assumptions and judgments (i.e. this anonymous spot is ok to take, my roomates & old mother hubbard's are not) that i would rather not make.
it would be interesting from an anthropological point of view, to know if there is a correlation between transient populations and a such local phenomena as "the snow chair". i would suspect there is. when the residents cities such as boston and somerville were less transient everyone knew cars, spots, chair types, etc. there was accountability for action. with the increase in transient population comes the anonymity that people who take spots rely on.
they no longer have any social consequence for taking advantage of other peoples' efforts. anonymity protects them.
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Date: 2009-01-12 02:25 pm (UTC)it would be interesting from an anthropological point of view, to know if there is a correlation between transient populations and a such local phenomena as "the snow chair". i would suspect there is. when the residents cities such as boston and somerville were less transient everyone knew cars, spots, chair types, etc. there was accountability for action. with the increase in transient population comes the anonymity that people who take spots rely on.
they no longer have any social consequence for taking advantage of other peoples' efforts. anonymity protects them.