Originally posted by: thirdeye
Tell them to move their vehicle, if they don't. Start dumping buckets of water on it. It won't hurt the car, but it'll at least give them a taste of what you had to deal with to get out of the spot.
FYI: you can probably get in trouble for doing this (and also things like letting the air out of their tires, burying his car in snow, etc.) if the neighbor has photo/video evidence and calls the cops.
Talk to your neighbor, ask them why they didn't park in the driveway. Maybe they have a good reason. If they won't park in the driveway, ask if YOU can park in their driveway.
But ultimately -- you just need to stfu and deal. You were gone for hours. ANYONE (well, anyone with a resident permit if you're on a street with resident parking only) could have taken that spot -- it's a public street. You don't magically get some claim on it because it's the most convenient spot to your house, nor because you shoveled some snow/ice out of it at an earlier time. If you care deeply about having your own parking -- move to a place that has a dedicated parking space or driveway, or rent a slot in a garage within walking distance.
You can't just have a driveway, not use it, park in front of our house that we pay property tax on and then sit there on it as if it is ok.
...Actually, you can, because it's both legal and "ok". You don't own the street in front of your house.
Because, if I parked my vehicle in front of their driveway, they wouldn't like it and would ask me to remove it.
Probably they would have you towed, since in general it's illegal to block the driveway leading into private property.
f I don't remove the ice from in front of my property, and someone slipped on it. They can actually sue me for not removing the ice. Because the property is not just public, but it belongs to US. We're responsible for it. So, If I decided to shovel 50 feet of snow and ice from in front of my house, and put a trashcan there, then it belongs to US. Not them, Not the General Public.
This usually only applies to the sidewalk in front of your property, if any -- and it varies considerably from place to place. I'm not exactly sure of Boston's take on that.
In fact, it's probably not legal for you to leave stuff in the street, since it is a public thoroughfare. You likely could have been ticketed for blocking a parking space like that.