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Anonymous wrote:Here are some more statistics for you.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/retirement-baby-boomers-peak-65-financial-crisis/

Well, then instead of expecting charity from strangers, tell your mom sell her house and move in with you. Solves her financial issues and snow shoveling problems as well. Or that doesn't suit you, does it? The teens don't have paid off houses or any houses at all.

My mother doesn’t expect charity and she won’t sell her house. She will give it to me. All $215k of it. Damn those boomers for sitting in their valuable real estate!

So if she doesn't sell her house and you get it, you should pay the $40/h for snow shoveling or whatever the going rate is in your area. $215K is certainly more than a few hundred an average teenager has. Otherwise what's your problem here? Is it you who expects charity? The whole thread is about why teens don't do free/cheap work for someone who sits in their paid off house and is "poor". Maybe your mom should give her house to the teenagers on her street and they'd be willing to shovel snow then?

You realize how little as is for some and how high food, prescriptions and utilities are? My teens not greedy. They can do it for others to be a good person. They aren’t materialistic. You know the teen in basic clothing and low priced sneakers. The one you make fun of.

DP.

The people expecting free help for this snow are greedy. Our teenage neighbor offered to help us for free, and we paid him, because it was a lot of work. It took him about 6 hours between the driveway, the side walk and the pathway to the front door.

If it were a 1 hour job, we'd accept free help. Asking a teenager to "help" you for 6 hours is being greedy.

+1. My teen broke our best shovel on the ice and passed out each day on our couch at 5 pm from the exhaustion of shoveling days. Our neighbors would never take advantage of him by asking him to work for free.

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Anonymous wrote:Here are some more statistics for you.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/retirement-baby-boomers-peak-65-financial-crisis/

Well, then instead of expecting charity from strangers, tell your mom sell her house and move in with you. Solves her financial issues and snow shoveling problems as well. Or that doesn't suit you, does it? The teens don't have paid off houses or any houses at all.

My mother doesn’t expect charity and she won’t sell her house. She will give it to me. All $215k of it. Damn those boomers for sitting in their valuable real estate!

So if she doesn't sell her house and you get it, you should pay the $40/h for snow shoveling or whatever the going rate is in your area. $215K is certainly more than a few hundred an average teenager has. Otherwise what's your problem here? Is it you who expects charity? The whole thread is about why teens don't do free/cheap work for someone who sits in their paid off house and is "poor". Maybe your mom should give her house to the teenagers on her street and they'd be willing to shovel snow then?

You realize how little as is for some and how high food, prescriptions and utilities are? My teens not greedy. They can do it for others to be a good person. They aren’t materialistic. You know the teen in basic clothing and low priced sneakers. The one you make fun of.

DP.

The people expecting free help for this snow are greedy. Our teenage neighbor offered to help us for free, and we paid him, because it was a lot of work. It took him about 6 hours between the driveway, the side walk and the pathway to the front door.

If it were a 1 hour job, we'd accept free help. Asking a teenager to "help" you for 6 hours is being greedy.

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Anonymous wrote:Here are some more statistics for you.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/retirement-baby-boomers-peak-65-financial-crisis/

Well, then instead of expecting charity from strangers, tell your mom sell her house and move in with you. Solves her financial issues and snow shoveling problems as well. Or that doesn't suit you, does it? The teens don't have paid off houses or any houses at all.

My mother doesn’t expect charity and she won’t sell her house. She will give it to me. All $215k of it. Damn those boomers for sitting in their valuable real estate!

So if she doesn't sell her house and you get it, you should pay the $40/h for snow shoveling or whatever the going rate is in your area. $215K is certainly more than a few hundred an average teenager has. Otherwise what's your problem here? Is it you who expects charity? The whole thread is about why teens don't do free/cheap work for someone who sits in their paid off house and is "poor". Maybe your mom should give her house to the teenagers on her street and they'd be willing to shovel snow then?

You realize how little as is for some and how high food, prescriptions and utilities are? My teens not greedy. They can do it for others to be a good person. They aren’t materialistic. You know the teen in basic clothing and low priced sneakers. The one you make fun of.

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Anonymous wrote:Here are some more statistics for you.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/retirement-baby-boomers-peak-65-financial-crisis/

Well, then instead of expecting charity from strangers, tell your mom sell her house and move in with you. Solves her financial issues and snow shoveling problems as well. Or that doesn't suit you, does it? The teens don't have paid off houses or any houses at all.

My mother doesn’t expect charity and she won’t sell her house. She will give it to me. All $215k of it. Damn those boomers for sitting in their valuable real estate!

So if she doesn't sell her house and you get it, you should pay the $40/h for snow shoveling or whatever the going rate is in your area. $215K is certainly more than a few hundred an average teenager has. Otherwise what's your problem here? Is it you who expects charity? The whole thread is about why teens don't do free/cheap work for someone who sits in their paid off house and is "poor". Maybe your mom should give her house to the teenagers on her street and they'd be willing to shovel snow then?

Hell, I'd shovel for $40/hr if I know the people have the money. I already shoveled for our two elderly neighbors and I'd never expect to be paid for it. Your kids can't be bothered even if there is money involved. Why? You've raised them that way.

My mom volunteers at the senior center and there are plenty of elderly who don't have enough to pay their bills even though they have a paid off home. Their SS check doesn't stretch as far as it used to. They need help paying their ridiculous electricity bills. One women lives in a one bedroom condo and her bill was over $600 last month. If I didn't supplement my mom's SS check, she'd need help too. Not every Baby Boomer is swimming in cash. You can't pay your bills with a paid off home.

Well, as I said, if your mom doesn't have money to pay her bills, it's your job to supplement and pay for snow removal. It doesn't become some random teen's problem. The teens don't have a SS check or any permanent income, so it's the wrong age group to stiff. So it's not only your mom who is stiffing teens, it's you too! If you want to do snow removal yourself for free, go for it, but don't expect others to do free labor for you! Your family's inability to plan for retirement and manage finances is not somebody else's problem.

+1 many elderly people downsize and moved to a home with much less maintenance which is often safer and more efficient for the person. It is not the job of DMV area teens to work for free to keep someone in their million dollar home.

Some of us cannot downsize as we have very small houses that aren't a million dollars. Its about being a good person and good neighbor.

Of course people could always downsize to an apartment. A single family home with land that requires shoveling in an expensive area like DC is far more expensive than much of the affordable apartment housing designated for seniors


But you should look in the mirror at what you see before saying that parents who have kids who shovel for money have parents who are not good people and not good neighbors. Unless your neighbor’s home is visibly crumbling and the person looks impoverished (in which case they would need help far beyond shoveling), it seems bizarre to make the assumption that the elderly aren’t willing to pay for very difficult labor of shoveling on these frigid days.

For us, staying in our home is much cheaper as all we have are property taxes and utilities. We DIY most things. You assume everyone is in a million dollar house but most of us aren't, and there are far cheaper areas than where you live, which is where the rest of us live. If we got an apartment, it would be upsizing as most 3 bedroom apartments would be bigger than our house.

Snort. Three bedroom apartments aren’t that common in this area, and are more commonly found in luxury buildings. if you ever have seen officially designated senior affordable housing (my teen volunteers at a meals on wheels project in one such building), the apartments are studios and 1 BRs. Nobody is giving out 3BRs in affordable housing for low income elderly.

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Anonymous wrote:Here are some more statistics for you.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/retirement-baby-boomers-peak-65-financial-crisis/

Well, then instead of expecting charity from strangers, tell your mom sell her house and move in with you. Solves her financial issues and snow shoveling problems as well. Or that doesn't suit you, does it? The teens don't have paid off houses or any houses at all.

My mother doesn’t expect charity and she won’t sell her house. She will give it to me. All $215k of it. Damn those boomers for sitting in their valuable real estate!

So if she doesn't sell her house and you get it, you should pay the $40/h for snow shoveling or whatever the going rate is in your area. $215K is certainly more than a few hundred an average teenager has. Otherwise what's your problem here? Is it you who expects charity? The whole thread is about why teens don't do free/cheap work for someone who sits in their paid off house and is "poor". Maybe your mom should give her house to the teenagers on her street and they'd be willing to shovel snow then?

Hell, I'd shovel for $40/hr if I know the people have the money. I already shoveled for our two elderly neighbors and I'd never expect to be paid for it. Your kids can't be bothered even if there is money involved. Why? You've raised them that way.

My mom volunteers at the senior center and there are plenty of elderly who don't have enough to pay their bills even though they have a paid off home. Their SS check doesn't stretch as far as it used to. They need help paying their ridiculous electricity bills. One women lives in a one bedroom condo and her bill was over $600 last month. If I didn't supplement my mom's SS check, she'd need help too. Not every Baby Boomer is swimming in cash. You can't pay your bills with a paid off home.

Well, as I said, if your mom doesn't have money to pay her bills, it's your job to supplement and pay for snow removal. It doesn't become some random teen's problem. The teens don't have a SS check or any permanent income, so it's the wrong age group to stiff. So it's not only your mom who is stiffing teens, it's you too! If you want to do snow removal yourself for free, go for it, but don't expect others to do free labor for you! Your family's inability to plan for retirement and manage finances is not somebody else's problem.

+1 many elderly people downsize and moved to a home with much less maintenance which is often safer and more efficient for the person. It is not the job of DMV area teens to work for free to keep someone in their million dollar home.

Some of us cannot downsize as we have very small houses that aren't a million dollars. Its about being a good person and good neighbor.

Of course people could always downsize to an apartment. A single family home with land that requires shoveling in an expensive area like DC is far more expensive than much of the affordable apartment housing designated for seniors


But you should look in the mirror at what you see before saying that parents who have kids who shovel for money have parents who are not good people and not good neighbors. Unless your neighbor’s home is visibly crumbling and the person looks impoverished (in which case they would need help far beyond shoveling), it seems bizarre to make the assumption that the elderly aren’t willing to pay for very difficult labor of shoveling on these frigid days.

Apartments still have the same issue where people have to shovel out of lots. And, they are noisy and other issues. And, why pay rent if you own, its cheaper to stay put.

Why are you that selfish that you cannot help out a neighbor? I don't need to look in the mirror. I taught my teens to be good people and help out our neighbors.

My neighbors are not asking for free labor. They are happy to pay my teen to do work that they don’t want to do. I guess your neighbors are different.

You may think you have taught your teens to be good people but you sound quite mean yourself to judge others who work for money.

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Anonymous wrote:Here are some more statistics for you.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/retirement-baby-boomers-peak-65-financial-crisis/

Well, then instead of expecting charity from strangers, tell your mom sell her house and move in with you. Solves her financial issues and snow shoveling problems as well. Or that doesn't suit you, does it? The teens don't have paid off houses or any houses at all.

My mother doesn’t expect charity and she won’t sell her house. She will give it to me. All $215k of it. Damn those boomers for sitting in their valuable real estate!

So if she doesn't sell her house and you get it, you should pay the $40/h for snow shoveling or whatever the going rate is in your area. $215K is certainly more than a few hundred an average teenager has. Otherwise what's your problem here? Is it you who expects charity? The whole thread is about why teens don't do free/cheap work for someone who sits in their paid off house and is "poor". Maybe your mom should give her house to the teenagers on her street and they'd be willing to shovel snow then?

Hell, I'd shovel for $40/hr if I know the people have the money. I already shoveled for our two elderly neighbors and I'd never expect to be paid for it. Your kids can't be bothered even if there is money involved. Why? You've raised them that way.

My mom volunteers at the senior center and there are plenty of elderly who don't have enough to pay their bills even though they have a paid off home. Their SS check doesn't stretch as far as it used to. They need help paying their ridiculous electricity bills. One women lives in a one bedroom condo and her bill was over $600 last month. If I didn't supplement my mom's SS check, she'd need help too. Not every Baby Boomer is swimming in cash. You can't pay your bills with a paid off home.

Well, as I said, if your mom doesn't have money to pay her bills, it's your job to supplement and pay for snow removal. It doesn't become some random teen's problem. The teens don't have a SS check or any permanent income, so it's the wrong age group to stiff. So it's not only your mom who is stiffing teens, it's you too! If you want to do snow removal yourself for free, go for it, but don't expect others to do free labor for you! Your family's inability to plan for retirement and manage finances is not somebody else's problem.

+1 many elderly people downsize and moved to a home with much less maintenance which is often safer and more efficient for the person. It is not the job of DMV area teens to work for free to keep someone in their million dollar home.

Some of us cannot downsize as we have very small houses that aren't a million dollars. Its about being a good person and good neighbor.

Of course people could always downsize to an apartment. A single family home with land that requires shoveling in an expensive area like DC is far more expensive than much of the affordable apartment housing designated for seniors


But you should look in the mirror at what you see before saying that parents who have kids who shovel for money have parents who are not good people and not good neighbors. Unless your neighbor’s home is visibly crumbling and the person looks impoverished (in which case they would need help far beyond shoveling), it seems bizarre to make the assumption that the elderly aren’t willing to pay for very difficult labor of shoveling on these frigid days.

Apartments still have the same issue where people have to shovel out of lots. And, they are noisy and other issues. And, why pay rent if you own, its cheaper to stay put.

Why are you that selfish that you cannot help out a neighbor? I don't need to look in the mirror. I taught my teens to be good people and help out our neighbors.

My neighbors are not asking for free labor. They are happy to pay my teen to do work that they don’t want to do. I guess your neighbors are different.

You may think you have taught your teens to be good people but you sound quite mean yourself to judge others who work for money.

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Anonymous wrote:Here are some more statistics for you.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/retirement-baby-boomers-peak-65-financial-crisis/

Well, then instead of expecting charity from strangers, tell your mom sell her house and move in with you. Solves her financial issues and snow shoveling problems as well. Or that doesn't suit you, does it? The teens don't have paid off houses or any houses at all.

My mother doesn’t expect charity and she won’t sell her house. She will give it to me. All $215k of it. Damn those boomers for sitting in their valuable real estate!

So if she doesn't sell her house and you get it, you should pay the $40/h for snow shoveling or whatever the going rate is in your area. $215K is certainly more than a few hundred an average teenager has. Otherwise what's your problem here? Is it you who expects charity? The whole thread is about why teens don't do free/cheap work for someone who sits in their paid off house and is "poor". Maybe your mom should give her house to the teenagers on her street and they'd be willing to shovel snow then?

Hell, I'd shovel for $40/hr if I know the people have the money. I already shoveled for our two elderly neighbors and I'd never expect to be paid for it. Your kids can't be bothered even if there is money involved. Why? You've raised them that way.

My mom volunteers at the senior center and there are plenty of elderly who don't have enough to pay their bills even though they have a paid off home. Their SS check doesn't stretch as far as it used to. They need help paying their ridiculous electricity bills. One women lives in a one bedroom condo and her bill was over $600 last month. If I didn't supplement my mom's SS check, she'd need help too. Not every Baby Boomer is swimming in cash. You can't pay your bills with a paid off home.

Well, as I said, if your mom doesn't have money to pay her bills, it's your job to supplement and pay for snow removal. It doesn't become some random teen's problem. The teens don't have a SS check or any permanent income, so it's the wrong age group to stiff. So it's not only your mom who is stiffing teens, it's you too! If you want to do snow removal yourself for free, go for it, but don't expect others to do free labor for you! Your family's inability to plan for retirement and manage finances is not somebody else's problem.

+1 many elderly people downsize and moved to a home with much less maintenance which is often safer and more efficient for the person. It is not the job of DMV area teens to work for free to keep someone in their million dollar home.

Some of us cannot downsize as we have very small houses that aren't a million dollars. Its about being a good person and good neighbor.

Of course people could always downsize to an apartment. A single family home with land that requires shoveling in an expensive area like DC is far more expensive than much of the affordable apartment housing designated for seniors


But you should look in the mirror at what you see before saying that parents who have kids who shovel for money have parents who are not good people and not good neighbors. Unless your neighbor’s home is visibly crumbling and the person looks impoverished (in which case they would need help far beyond shoveling), it seems bizarre to make the assumption that the elderly aren’t willing to pay for very difficult labor of shoveling on these frigid days.

For us, staying in our home is much cheaper as all we have are property taxes and utilities. We DIY most things. You assume everyone is in a million dollar house but most of us aren't, and there are far cheaper areas than where you live, which is where the rest of us live. If we got an apartment, it would be upsizing as most 3 bedroom apartments would be bigger than our house.

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Anonymous wrote:Here are some more statistics for you.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/retirement-baby-boomers-peak-65-financial-crisis/

Well, then instead of expecting charity from strangers, tell your mom sell her house and move in with you. Solves her financial issues and snow shoveling problems as well. Or that doesn't suit you, does it? The teens don't have paid off houses or any houses at all.

My mother doesn’t expect charity and she won’t sell her house. She will give it to me. All $215k of it. Damn those boomers for sitting in their valuable real estate!

So if she doesn't sell her house and you get it, you should pay the $40/h for snow shoveling or whatever the going rate is in your area. $215K is certainly more than a few hundred an average teenager has. Otherwise what's your problem here? Is it you who expects charity? The whole thread is about why teens don't do free/cheap work for someone who sits in their paid off house and is "poor". Maybe your mom should give her house to the teenagers on her street and they'd be willing to shovel snow then?

Hell, I'd shovel for $40/hr if I know the people have the money. I already shoveled for our two elderly neighbors and I'd never expect to be paid for it. Your kids can't be bothered even if there is money involved. Why? You've raised them that way.

My mom volunteers at the senior center and there are plenty of elderly who don't have enough to pay their bills even though they have a paid off home. Their SS check doesn't stretch as far as it used to. They need help paying their ridiculous electricity bills. One women lives in a one bedroom condo and her bill was over $600 last month. If I didn't supplement my mom's SS check, she'd need help too. Not every Baby Boomer is swimming in cash. You can't pay your bills with a paid off home.

Well, as I said, if your mom doesn't have money to pay her bills, it's your job to supplement and pay for snow removal. It doesn't become some random teen's problem. The teens don't have a SS check or any permanent income, so it's the wrong age group to stiff. So it's not only your mom who is stiffing teens, it's you too! If you want to do snow removal yourself for free, go for it, but don't expect others to do free labor for you! Your family's inability to plan for retirement and manage finances is not somebody else's problem.

+1 many elderly people downsize and moved to a home with much less maintenance which is often safer and more efficient for the person. It is not the job of DMV area teens to work for free to keep someone in their million dollar home.

Some of us cannot downsize as we have very small houses that aren't a million dollars. Its about being a good person and good neighbor.

Of course people could always downsize to an apartment. A single family home with land that requires shoveling in an expensive area like DC is far more expensive than much of the affordable apartment housing designated for seniors


But you should look in the mirror at what you see before saying that parents who have kids who shovel for money have parents who are not good people and not good neighbors. Unless your neighbor’s home is visibly crumbling and the person looks impoverished (in which case they would need help far beyond shoveling), it seems bizarre to make the assumption that the elderly aren’t willing to pay for very difficult labor of shoveling on these frigid days.

Apartments still have the same issue where people have to shovel out of lots. And, they are noisy and other issues. And, why pay rent if you own, its cheaper to stay put.

Why are you that selfish that you cannot help out a neighbor? I don't need to look in the mirror. I taught my teens to be good people and help out our neighbors.

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Anonymous wrote:Here are some more statistics for you.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/retirement-baby-boomers-peak-65-financial-crisis/

Well, then instead of expecting charity from strangers, tell your mom sell her house and move in with you. Solves her financial issues and snow shoveling problems as well. Or that doesn't suit you, does it? The teens don't have paid off houses or any houses at all.

My mother doesn’t expect charity and she won’t sell her house. She will give it to me. All $215k of it. Damn those boomers for sitting in their valuable real estate!

So if she doesn't sell her house and you get it, you should pay the $40/h for snow shoveling or whatever the going rate is in your area. $215K is certainly more than a few hundred an average teenager has. Otherwise what's your problem here? Is it you who expects charity? The whole thread is about why teens don't do free/cheap work for someone who sits in their paid off house and is "poor". Maybe your mom should give her house to the teenagers on her street and they'd be willing to shovel snow then?

Hell, I'd shovel for $40/hr if I know the people have the money. I already shoveled for our two elderly neighbors and I'd never expect to be paid for it. Your kids can't be bothered even if there is money involved. Why? You've raised them that way.

My mom volunteers at the senior center and there are plenty of elderly who don't have enough to pay their bills even though they have a paid off home. Their SS check doesn't stretch as far as it used to. They need help paying their ridiculous electricity bills. One women lives in a one bedroom condo and her bill was over $600 last month. If I didn't supplement my mom's SS check, she'd need help too. Not every Baby Boomer is swimming in cash. You can't pay your bills with a paid off home.

Well, as I said, if your mom doesn't have money to pay her bills, it's your job to supplement and pay for snow removal. It doesn't become some random teen's problem. The teens don't have a SS check or any permanent income, so it's the wrong age group to stiff. So it's not only your mom who is stiffing teens, it's you too! If you want to do snow removal yourself for free, go for it, but don't expect others to do free labor for you! Your family's inability to plan for retirement and manage finances is not somebody else's problem.

+1 many elderly people downsize and moved to a home with much less maintenance which is often safer and more efficient for the person. It is not the job of DMV area teens to work for free to keep someone in their million dollar home.

Some of us cannot downsize as we have very small houses that aren't a million dollars. Its about being a good person and good neighbor.

Of course people could always downsize to an apartment. A single family home with land that requires shoveling in an expensive area like DC is far more expensive than much of the affordable apartment housing designated for seniors


But you should look in the mirror at what you see before saying that parents who have kids who shovel for money have parents who are not good people and not good neighbors. Unless your neighbor’s home is visibly crumbling and the person looks impoverished (in which case they would need help far beyond shoveling), it seems bizarre to make the assumption that the elderly aren’t willing to pay for very difficult labor of shoveling on these frigid days.

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Anonymous wrote:Here are some more statistics for you.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/retirement-baby-boomers-peak-65-financial-crisis/

Well, then instead of expecting charity from strangers, tell your mom sell her house and move in with you. Solves her financial issues and snow shoveling problems as well. Or that doesn't suit you, does it? The teens don't have paid off houses or any houses at all.

My mother doesn’t expect charity and she won’t sell her house. She will give it to me. All $215k of it. Damn those boomers for sitting in their valuable real estate!

So if she doesn't sell her house and you get it, you should pay the $40/h for snow shoveling or whatever the going rate is in your area. $215K is certainly more than a few hundred an average teenager has. Otherwise what's your problem here? Is it you who expects charity? The whole thread is about why teens don't do free/cheap work for someone who sits in their paid off house and is "poor". Maybe your mom should give her house to the teenagers on her street and they'd be willing to shovel snow then?

Hell, I'd shovel for $40/hr if I know the people have the money. I already shoveled for our two elderly neighbors and I'd never expect to be paid for it. Your kids can't be bothered even if there is money involved. Why? You've raised them that way.

My mom volunteers at the senior center and there are plenty of elderly who don't have enough to pay their bills even though they have a paid off home. Their SS check doesn't stretch as far as it used to. They need help paying their ridiculous electricity bills. One women lives in a one bedroom condo and her bill was over $600 last month. If I didn't supplement my mom's SS check, she'd need help too. Not every Baby Boomer is swimming in cash. You can't pay your bills with a paid off home.

Well, as I said, if your mom doesn't have money to pay her bills, it's your job to supplement and pay for snow removal. It doesn't become some random teen's problem. The teens don't have a SS check or any permanent income, so it's the wrong age group to stiff. So it's not only your mom who is stiffing teens, it's you too! If you want to do snow removal yourself for free, go for it, but don't expect others to do free labor for you! Your family's inability to plan for retirement and manage finances is not somebody else's problem.

+1 many elderly people downsize and moved to a home with much less maintenance which is often safer and more efficient for the person. It is not the job of DMV area teens to work for free to keep someone in their million dollar home.

Some of us cannot downsize as we have very small houses that aren't a million dollars. Its about being a good person and good neighbor.

Of course people could always downsize to an apartment. A single family home with land that requires shoveling in an expensive area like DC is far more expensive than much of the affordable apartment housing designated for seniors


But you should look in the mirror at what you see before saying that parents who have kids who shovel for money have parents who are not good people and not good neighbors. Unless your neighbor’s home is visibly crumbling and the person looks impoverished (in which case they would need help far beyond shoveling), it seems bizarre to make the assumption that the elderly aren’t willing to pay for very difficult labor of shoveling on these frigid days.