According to a story at Time Out Chicago, you can use parking meter receipts to part on different streets IF the rates are the same or lower.

They even give a break-down on how we are pimped by the meters:

“Chicago’s meters are divided into three rate zones. The lion’s share (29,275 or 81 percent) are in the neighborhoods and cost $1.50 per hour. The Central Business District, bordered by North Avenue, Roosevelt Road, Halsted Street and Lake Michigan, has 5,744 meters and costs $3 per hour. In the Loop, officially bounded by Wacker on the North and West, Congress Parkway and the lake, parking at one of the 1,033 meters will set you back $5 for 60 minutes.”

Read the full story at Time Out Chicago.

Image: The Expired Meter