If you live in a $1-3 million house why don’t you shovel your sidewalk

[Anonymous]

You act like 1m is an expensive house. Ours is just a normal 3 bedroom from the 1960s...

Why do people need sidewalks shoveled? Why can't they just walk on top of the snow? Or better yet, stay inside until it's nice enough for walks. Kids are getting enough exercise playing in the snow. No one in our area walks to work on sidewalks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We live in a neighborhood with tons of new, huge homes that have replaced older homes with larger lots. The owners of these new homes are the worst when it comes to community concerns like sidewalk shoveling (and not just this storm with challenging ice to shovel). I miss our old neighbors.

In our neighborhood, the people with the new, big homes are shoveling out their elderly neighbors.

Same in ours. And we pretty much all shovel the sidewalk before shoveling our driveways. One of my neighbors mentioned yesterday that she could tell I shoveled a path down my driveway to get to the sidewalk, which was in far better shape than my driveway. Nobody is going to walk and slip on my driveway and my car can handle it just fine. The sidewalk is always my priority. Now if you're talking about the spec builders of some of these houses, they absolutely suck and most do not shovel in front of the yet-to-be-sold houses.

Sunday was awful. I shoveled twice and went out a third time in the late afternoon and at that point it was like shoveling wet sand – the very definition of heart attack snow. Anyone wanting pristine sidewalks before noon on Monday was asking too much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is a textbook example of the fact that the wealthier someone is, the more asocial they are. They’ve got theirs, f*ck everyone else. Elderly? A child? A dog? Have to work? They don’t care.

I think you are underestimating the reality of this snowstorm. The ice on top of the snow is too heavy for many people to shovel.

My otherwise healthy 56 year old husband said he can’t handle the shoveling anymore. He did the best he could, but we aren’t risking his life so someone can walk their dog. Nobody on our street walks to work or public transportation. Kids are driven to school in cars.

And since our street hasn’t been plowed, nobody can drive into the neighborhood to shovel.

Snow blowers aren’t working on the heavy ice either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is a textbook example of the fact that the wealthier someone is, the more asocial they are. They’ve got theirs, f*ck everyone else. Elderly? A child? A dog? Have to work? They don’t care.

I think you are underestimating the reality of this snowstorm. The ice on top of the snow is too heavy for many people to shovel.

My otherwise healthy 56 year old husband said he can’t handle the shoveling anymore. He did the best he could, but we aren’t risking his life so someone can walk their dog. Nobody on our street walks to work or public transportation. Kids are driven to school in cars.

And since our street hasn’t been plowed, nobody can drive into the neighborhood to shovel.

Snow blowers aren’t working on the heavy ice either.

It's only "too heavy" if you waited to shovel it. There was a reason why everyone recommended shoveling early and often.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is a textbook example of the fact that the wealthier someone is, the more asocial they are. They’ve got theirs, f*ck everyone else. Elderly? A child? A dog? Have to work? They don’t care.

No. It points out how some of you assume others are responsible for you even though you are an adult and need to manage your stuff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is a textbook example of the fact that the wealthier someone is, the more asocial they are. They’ve got theirs, f*ck everyone else. Elderly? A child? A dog? Have to work? They don’t care.

I think you are underestimating the reality of this snowstorm. The ice on top of the snow is too heavy for many people to shovel.

My otherwise healthy 56 year old husband said he can’t handle the shoveling anymore. He did the best he could, but we aren’t risking his life so someone can walk their dog. Nobody on our street walks to work or public transportation. Kids are driven to school in cars.

And since our street hasn’t been plowed, nobody can drive into the neighborhood to shovel.

Snow blowers aren’t working on the heavy ice either.

It's only "too heavy" if you waited to shovel it. There was a reason why everyone recommended shoveling early and often.

Incorrect. I shoved twice Sunday. Tried de-icing and shoveling the two-inch sheet of ice with zero success. Just spent 25 minutes on my lunch break with pickaxe and finally made progress, but covered at most 15% of the driveway/walkway. I’m exhausted but I’ll do another session later today.

[Anonymous]

Maybe the homeowner is blind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is a textbook example of the fact that the wealthier someone is, the more asocial they are. They’ve got theirs, f*ck everyone else. Elderly? A child? A dog? Have to work? They don’t care.

I think you are underestimating the reality of this snowstorm. The ice on top of the snow is too heavy for many people to shovel.

My otherwise healthy 56 year old husband said he can’t handle the shoveling anymore. He did the best he could, but we aren’t risking his life so someone can walk their dog. Nobody on our street walks to work or public transportation. Kids are driven to school in cars.

And since our street hasn’t been plowed, nobody can drive into the neighborhood to shovel.

Snow blowers aren’t working on the heavy ice either.

It's only "too heavy" if you waited to shovel it. There was a reason why everyone recommended shoveling early and often.

Sigh.

Not quite.

My husband started shoveling at the crack of dawn Sunday morning and every two hours throughout the day until he gave up when the temps became frigid and the ice became too heavy.

Then when we finally got plowed, our driveway was blocked in by a ridiculously heavy wall of ice.

Stop acting like this is easy. It isn’t.

PS - There are videos of plows getting stuck on our neighborhood streets today. We live in MoCo.

[Anonymous]

We listened to the weather gang's advice and did a full clear before the snow turned to sleet. We did the whole block on our side of the street. Then when it was heavier stuff there was much less to shovel, which made it easier for us and our neighbors. It was still very hard.

But our entire block is dry sidewalk today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We did it in Alexandria, and we live on the corner so it's double/triple the amount of sidewalk than everyone else. We did it in shifts on Sunday and then again yesterday. I was out with a hammer on that ice.

Yep, corner lot in Arlington, we shoveled 4 times on Sunday (till 8 pm), and were in pretty decent shape Monday. But it is a lot of work for my wife and I, and our sons were out making their own money doing neighbors. They did help us when they were available.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they work a lot overtime. To pay for the house.

lol 😂

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Or pay someone to do it?

Every time it snows so many people living in these huge expensive houses just…don’t bother?

I paid someone to shovel ours and then husband had to do it again once it snowed more. I didn't want him to as it is heavy and I don't want him to hurt his back or have a heart attack.

I think it is difficult to find people to shovel for you - some landscapers do it but some are busy.

Also I don't think many know it it the law. I think it is a stupid law actually. We pay so much money in taxes that DC should shovel the walks. It is a pain to do it and heavy and elderly people can't be bothered with that. We are not elderly yet but I think about what a pain it will be when we are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You act like 1m is an expensive house. Ours is just a normal 3 bedroom from the 1960s...

Why do people need sidewalks shoveled? Why can't they just walk on top of the snow? Or better yet, stay inside until it's nice enough for walks. Kids are getting enough exercise playing in the snow. No one in our area walks to work on sidewalks.

Why do we need public schools? Why can’t their parents just teach them? Why do we need courts? Why can’t people just work out their grievances themselves? Why do we need fire departments? Why can’t people just hook up their hoses to the hydrants and put out their own fires?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is a textbook example of the fact that the wealthier someone is, the more asocial they are. They’ve got theirs, f*ck everyone else. Elderly? A child? A dog? Have to work? They don’t care.

No. It points out how some of you assume others are responsible for you even though you are an adult and need to manage your stuff.

In my area, you are responsible for the sidewalk in front of your house. And if you aren’t, you will be responsible for the costs from the lawsuit of someone who slips and breaks a leg in front of your house. Hey, your choice which one you’d prefer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is a textbook example of the fact that the wealthier someone is, the more asocial they are. They’ve got theirs, f*ck everyone else. Elderly? A child? A dog? Have to work? They don’t care.

I think you are underestimating the reality of this snowstorm. The ice on top of the snow is too heavy for many people to shovel.

My otherwise healthy 56 year old husband said he can’t handle the shoveling anymore. He did the best he could, but we aren’t risking his life so someone can walk their dog. Nobody on our street walks to work or public transportation. Kids are driven to school in cars.

And since our street hasn’t been plowed, nobody can drive into the neighborhood to shovel.

Snow blowers aren’t working on the heavy ice either.

It's only "too heavy" if you waited to shovel it. There was a reason why everyone recommended shoveling early and often.

Incorrect. I shoved twice Sunday. Tried de-icing and shoveling the two-inch sheet of ice with zero success. Just spent 25 minutes on my lunch break with pickaxe and finally made progress, but covered at most 15% of the driveway/walkway. I’m exhausted but I’ll do another session later today.

Shouldn’t have done anything on Sunday.