“That’s what normal people do.”
Maybe in your neck of the woods. In northern cities, “normal people” don’t steal spots that others shoveled out.
Perhaps in an absolute emergency, you might sneak in there for 5 minutes during the day, but you better be out when they get off work, or there is no telling what can happen. People get violent over this stuff.
They do,in South Philly it’s a mess to park even without the snow.There are rules.