This pisses me off. We live in an affluent neighborhood where most of the kids walk to school. A bunch of houses on the route (mind you, some are on the only side of the street the kids can walk on because of crosswalk placement) didn't shovel the first snow and gave a half-assed effort for this last snow and now it's one giant sheet of ice. They are able-bodied, and if they somehow are not, we are the kind of community where you could offer to pay the kids $5 and they'd be happy to shovel for them, or even just post on the listserv they are unable and I'd come do it myself.

If they don't want to be a positive part of the community, they should probably move out to the country.

I can think of lots of legitimate reasons why someone may not have shoveled their sidewalk.

I can't think of a single good reason why someone may leave their bike/e-bike/scooter on the sidewalk.

Save your tsk-tsking for those *ssholes.

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Anonymous wrote:We always shovel but were away last weekend so I shoveled when we got back Monday and could barely make a dent in some spots bc the ice was so solid. My puppy got really sick from the neighbors’ salt last storm so that’s not an option. Just going to have to wait for Thursday on this one - I think a lot of ppl were away and in a similar situation. This rain/sleet/snow/deep freeze made for tricky sidewalk conditions.

Do you not know any kids in the neighborhood you can throw some $$$s? I could call on at least 5 teens if needed.

You just gave a shit excuse…and if someone falls on your ice, then yeah they will have a lawsuit.

Good for you. Not everyone has teens to call if needed. Thou shall not judge. One day you maybe in this position.

So, if I didn't have teens to call...I would call a service to shovel. It's not like I spent hours cultivating a teen workforce. I just go on NextDoor or on the local listserve and there are teens advertising their shoveling availability.

I have to travel in February and I will look at the weather forecast and if there is a possibility of snow, I will contact a teen and have them set-up to come shovel if needed.

This isn't rocket science.

I walk through people’s front yards. On their plants. Better traction.

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Anonymous wrote:None of the homes by Deal where kids get off the bus shoveled their snow not one time for the two snow days. It’s now ice; ridiculous.

How come the city didn’t clear the sidewalks it owns next to Fort Reno Park, where Deal students have to walk? You’re calling out homeowners for not shoveling 50 feet of sidewalk but not criticizing the city for not shoveling 1,000 feet of sidewalk.

Why?

Are you sure that’s not federal land? Ft. Reno is federal.

Besides, the city not shoveling is not an excuse for homeowners not shoveling.

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Anonymous wrote:I always shovel right away but I never put salt down. It's simply not necessary. I'm not paying to have my concrete redone so some psycho can feel better about seeing some salt on the ground.

I have to put salt where I have drainage issues. I don’t like it, but it’s the only thing that works. It’s not every year I even have to bring it out.

+1 Giving the huge amount of salt applied on the roads, homeowners using a little bit on a few icy patches to keep people from injuring themselves is not going to be significantly worse for the environment/people/pets/concrete

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Anonymous wrote:We always shovel but were away last weekend so I shoveled when we got back Monday and could barely make a dent in some spots bc the ice was so solid. My puppy got really sick from the neighbors’ salt last storm so that’s not an option. Just going to have to wait for Thursday on this one - I think a lot of ppl were away and in a similar situation. This rain/sleet/snow/deep freeze made for tricky sidewalk conditions.

Do you not know any kids in the neighborhood you can throw some $$$s? I could call on at least 5 teens if needed.

You just gave a shit excuse…and if someone falls on your ice, then yeah they will have a lawsuit.

Good for you. Not everyone has teens to call if needed. Thou shall not judge. One day you maybe in this position.

Anonymous wrote:I always shovel right away but I never put salt down. It's simply not necessary. I'm not paying to have my concrete redone so some psycho can feel better about seeing some salt on the ground.

I have to put salt where I have drainage issues. I don’t like it, but it’s the only thing that works. It’s not every year I even have to bring it out.

Anonymous wrote:I always shovel right away but I never put salt down. It's simply not necessary. I'm not paying to have my concrete redone so some psycho can feel better about seeing some salt on the ground.

I use sand. It's cheap construction sand that's very gritty - not the sand white sands of the Caribbean....ahh, so warm..

I always shovel right away but I never put salt down. It's simply not necessary. I'm not paying to have my concrete redone so some psycho can feel better about seeing some salt on the ground.

Anonymous wrote:None of the homes by Deal where kids get off the bus shoveled their snow not one time for the two snow days. It’s now ice; ridiculous.

The bus stop borders national park land, not people's houses.

We did our whole block and the elderly neighbor's house on another block. Calling 311 for this is a petty waste of resources.

I hear you, OP. I walk my two preschoolers to school every morning and I’m seven months pregnant. I’m really scared of slipping! And it’s 2-3 houses on just about every block.

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Anonymous wrote:No lower form of life than those under 80 and not disabled who do not shovel.

I've had a physical disability since I was 18. You can't see it by looking at me. Sometimes it's worse and sometimes it's better. Don't assume you know who's disabled just by looking at them.

Did you get someone to shovel your walk? Nobody cares how you got it done…but you live in a place with snow and you got it done.

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Anonymous wrote:Completely serious, I’d love to put salt out. But my uber progressive neighbors would read me the riot act about some critter or fish. In these cold temps just shoveling is not effective and may actually be worse than doing nothing since at least what little snow there is offers some grip.

They make animal safe products that melt ice. Screw the progressives. Clear you sidewalk.

No, I’m serious. I got a talking to a few years back by a couple of aging wild-eyed aging DC hippy women. Won’t make that mistake again. I’ll just pay the ticket.

Can you tell us the block? I would like to do a slip-and-fall and sue the sh*t out of them.