Anonymous wrote:Shoveling sidewalks. Just another stupid excuse for unemployed boomers with nothing else to do to lecture and preen, basking in their delusional sense of superiority.

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Anonymous wrote:I have an SUV with AWD. I don’t even shovel my driveway. It is not needed.

Where are packages delivered? Do you have a separate walkway to your front door that you do shovel? My neighbors don't shovel either, but it's the only access to their front door. I feel terrible for the delivery people.

I also have an AWD SUV and don’t shovel the driveway, except for a small walking path to my door.

I have several disc issues in my back, so my focus is on shoveling the minimum. I shovel the part of the sidewalk I’m required to, the driveway path, and make sure my front steps are clear.

Sounds like you should’ve taken better care of your back and stayed physically fit. Now you just do the minimum and we all have to suffer collectively.

Anonymous wrote:I am not shoveling the snow on my sidewalk right now because there is ice underneath. It's currently safer to walk on that snow. If it gets warm enough that the ice can start melting then I'll try to remove it.

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Anonymous wrote:I have an SUV with AWD. I don’t even shovel my driveway. It is not needed.

Where are packages delivered? Do you have a separate walkway to your front door that you do shovel? My neighbors don't shovel either, but it's the only access to their front door. I feel terrible for the delivery people.

I also have an AWD SUV and don’t shovel the driveway, except for a small walking path to my door.

I have several disc issues in my back, so my focus is on shoveling the minimum. I shovel the part of the sidewalk I’m required to, the driveway path, and make sure my front steps are clear.

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Anonymous wrote:DH and I grew up where there was always snow in the winter, and lots of it. We go out and shovel our sidewalks and our elderly neighbors sidewalks and driveways. DC all go out to help now that they are old enough.

Both our parents still live at home. My brothers will make sure my parents and any elderly neighbors are shoveled out.

Does that make you feel special? Maybe nobody wants your help.

Who raised some of you rude and inconsiderate people? What happened to just being nice neighbors and having basic manners? I cannot believe how selfish and rude some people are. Posts like these are so disappointing.

I’d actually be pretty angry if a neighbor trespassed on my property and started shoveling my house to their liking.

That’s one of many reasons people think you’re an a-hole.

Your are that nosy obnoxious neighbor. Mind your own business.

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Anonymous wrote:DH and I grew up where there was always snow in the winter, and lots of it. We go out and shovel our sidewalks and our elderly neighbors sidewalks and driveways. DC all go out to help now that they are old enough.

Both our parents still live at home. My brothers will make sure my parents and any elderly neighbors are shoveled out.

Does that make you feel special? Maybe nobody wants your help.

Who raised some of you rude and inconsiderate people? What happened to just being nice neighbors and having basic manners? I cannot believe how selfish and rude some people are. Posts like these are so disappointing.

I’d actually be pretty angry if a neighbor trespassed on my property and started shoveling my house to their liking.

That’s one of many reasons people think you’re an a-hole.

Anonymous wrote:What are some of you guys talking about? Is it really not a law in your county to shovel the sidewalk???? It’s definitely a law in Baltimore

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Anonymous wrote:DH and I grew up where there was always snow in the winter, and lots of it. We go out and shovel our sidewalks and our elderly neighbors sidewalks and driveways. DC all go out to help now that they are old enough.

Both our parents still live at home. My brothers will make sure my parents and any elderly neighbors are shoveled out.

Does that make you feel special? Maybe nobody wants your help.

Who raised some of you rude and inconsiderate people? What happened to just being nice neighbors and having basic manners? I cannot believe how selfish and rude some people are. Posts like these are so disappointing.

I’d actually be pretty angry if a neighbor trespassed on my property and started shoveling my house to their liking.

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Anonymous wrote:We live in a nice, very expensive part of NW DC.

The houses that have not shoveled are all uniformly:
-Rental houses
-The very expensive flipped houses ($2.5M+) purchased by younger rich couples

Even the older neighbors salted their walks and hired people to shovel (or another neighbor shoveled as a favor).

Why do you care?

Is there truly no longer a sense of doing something because it’s the right thing to do anymore?

Just wear boots and stop demanding that your neighbors shovel snow.

NP. Nut up and take care of your property like an adult.

Your entitlement is showing. We don’t shovel because no sane person would care.

Dude, you’re squarely in the wrong here. You live in a society, act like it.

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Anonymous wrote:What are some of you guys talking about? Is it really not a law in your county to shovel the sidewalk???? It’s definitely a law in Baltimore

It’s the law in DC, too. Everyone on my block shoveled except the house full of 20 something women, who are generally just not nice or neighborly people. The stretch in front of their house is now pure ice.

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Anonymous wrote:We live in a nice, very expensive part of NW DC.

The houses that have not shoveled are all uniformly:
-Rental houses
-The very expensive flipped houses ($2.5M+) purchased by younger rich couples

Even the older neighbors salted their walks and hired people to shovel (or another neighbor shoveled as a favor).

Why do you care?

Is there truly no longer a sense of doing something because it’s the right thing to do anymore?

Just wear boots and stop demanding that your neighbors shovel snow.

NP. Nut up and take care of your property like an adult.

Your entitlement is showing. We don’t shovel because no sane person would care.

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Anonymous wrote:Many people do not know it’s the law! Check laws in your jurisdiction then tell him.

It's not the law in that many places. MoCo added it about 10 years ago, and you have 24 hours after the end fo the snow to shovel. It was snowing last night at 7pm when I was out, so it's not even been 24 hours.

I also think this is an unfair law. There are many people who are unable to do such work, and while they can hire help, it's unreasonable to expect them to be able to hire help and get it resolved within 24 hours.

I'm fine with grass cutting laws since grass growing is not unexpected, and you can easily schedule help with that in advance. But for snow shoveling, if you are unable, then you need to be able to schedule help to come within 24 hours of last snowfall... at a time when the government is actually advising people NOT to be on the roads since.. it was a snowstorm.