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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Alden Loury | WBEZ

Dibs calls always pour in to 311 after snow falls in Chicago, from some areas more than others

To dibs or not to dibs? In some neighborhoods, you’re much more likely to have someone call City Hall on you if you do. (Ashlee Rezin / Sun-Times file)

The arrival of Chicago’s first major snowstorm of the winter means the return of one of the city’s longest-running debates: To dibs or not to dibs.

It’s a question that confronts Chicagoans with every big snow. After braving the elements and shoveling your car out of several inches of snow, do you leave something — a chair, an old appliance, a garbage can, actual trash or, for the truly creatives any of an array of other objects — to claim your parking spot?

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