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Perils of parking: A city on the hook

More than 90,000 cars are towed away in Boston each year. A Globe review finds the hot spots for losing your wheels.

By Andrew Ryan and Matt Carroll

 |  Globe Staff  

  December 04, 2011

In Boston, where street spots are painfully limited, snagging one in a private lot sometimes can seem like the only way. It is an inherently risky move - trespassing in fact - but also a risk which varies enormously from lot to lot, a Globe review of city towing records shows.

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