Southie Parking Wars: One note left on a car on Telegraph Street gets a response.
Last week, Caught in Southie was sent a note discovered on a car parked on Telegraph Street. We posted it on social media, which you can read below:
Lots of readers commented, offering up their thoughts and opinions. But then Caught in Southie received another message, from the car’s owner. He offered the following response to the note from the “pissed off and alert neighbors”:
Do we think these neighbors can find common ground? Let us know in the comments below.
Maureen Dahill is the founder of Caught in Media. Once a longtime wardrobe and prop stylist for brands such as Rue La La, TJ Max & Hasbro, she is a devoted lover of vintage clothing, Martini Mondays, Castle Island, AND a 4th generation South Boston native. Mother of three, married to Peter G.
It’s insurance fraud number 1
No. If you live here you register your car here period.
Ha Ha – Clever and funny response but regarding point #3….it’s not up to you to decide if it’s cost effective for you or not-it’s the law.
why isnt that car being towed . it is enough, what is wrong with btd
What’s wrong with a good old fashioned fist fight over the parking spot. One where the neighbors come out to watch & the elderly observe from their windows. I’m talking a throw down with police, ambulances, etc. preferably after dark so neighbors can be awakened from their slumber?
I understand the frustration—parking in Southie is tough for everyone. But we also need to be clear about what street parking actually is: public space. No one owns a spot just because they shoveled it, saved it, or feel entitled to it.
What concerns me more is how quickly this turns into hostility—slashed tires, damaged cars, and aggressive notes. That’s not community—it’s escalation.
If the real issue is people not following resident permit rules, then the solution isn’t intimidation or retaliation—it’s consistent enforcement. Ticketing, monitoring, and clear expectations from the city would go much further in creating fairness than neighbors policing each other.
We all live here. Whether someone shoveled a spot or not, street parking isn’t private property—and it shouldn’t come with the risk of vandalism.
If anything, we should be pushing for better systems and enforcement—not normalizing this kind of behavior.
Southie tattletales are whiny jerks
There’s a small subset of tattletales
Sell your house for a profit and move on
…where to begin. Hm. Well……I would imagine someone with the ludicrously irresponsible and I’m-better-than-you thought-process of “I’ll just pay it…what’s it to YOU?” …tare part the same obtuse and clueless current crop of jerks largely responsible for the absolute dumpster-fire that is the State House and Boston Shitty Hall. That and voter fraud “IN MY OPINION”.
Good luck going forward, “Chad”.
I don’t particularly like your chances.
Tow his carpetbagging butt
Absolutefuckingnonsense to take up a parking spot in this neighborhood we pay outrageous insurance payments for and you are registered in New York or Connecticut paying far less. Have three or four cars, all Connecticut plates living in Fred Schivacos old house on Emerson Street, Been here for years, mostly parking like jerks and never get tickets. Wu, what is it you do except piss my tax dollars away on the White Stadium rebuild nonsense no one wants? What do I pay BTD for? Why don’t I see tickets on out of state Parker’s?
I am in total agreement here. No one in City hall cares about the day to day issues we long term residents face. We pay outrageous taxes for horrible streets and sidewalks. Plus huge insurance bills to own a car here. Yet day after day entitled people who can “just pay the tickets” get away with one ticket a week or none. 311 reports are useless now as I put them in and they are open for weeks before someone just closes them all to clear them. And they wonder why everyone is leaving the city. Pay attention to the real needs of the people who got us here and still live here. RIP Mayor Menino, someone who actually understood the common citizen and was the best urban mechanic. Lessons Wu should learn about.
I say if you live and work in proper Boston register your car in MA. All the transplants make up their own rules. I live in Jp and the same thing happens here. Transplant was living in my condo complex. Car parked in our parking lot with NH plates for over a year. Reported to RMV. Her car now has MA plates. True Bostonians ROCK! Only 30% of Real Bostonians live in proper Boston
I say if you live and work in proper Boston register your car in MA. All the transplants make up their own rules. I live in Jp and the same thing happens here. Transplant was living in my condo complex. Car parked in our parking lot with NH plates for over a year. Reported her to RMV. Her car now has MA plates. True Bostonians ROCK! Only 30% of Real Bostonians live in proper Boston now.
WHY HASN’T THE CAR BEEN TOWED UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES??? IT CERTAINLY MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR SUCH ACTION.