After last weekend’s storm, Boston.com readers weighed in on the city’s “dibs” tradition — from “you shoveled it, you earned it” to “it’s public parking.”
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A cone, a chair, a random household item — in Boston, any one of these can turn into a “dibs” sign after a snowstorm. Space savers are one of the city’s most stubborn winter traditions, and one of the quickest ways to start an argument on a narrow street.
After the weekend’s storm, we asked Boston.com readers whether they feel space savers should be respected or ignored. Many said they’ll honor the effort after a major storm — especially when digging out can take hours.
As one reader put it: “I know the labor that goes into digging out a spot!”…