That ordinance wouldn't have worked too well in my hometown... winters of sometimes +200 inches of snow, that keeping your sidewalks cleared daily might be fairly difficult. I can't speak from experience because my street had no sidewalks, but the main thing that we did have to try to keep clear was the access to the mailbox for the poor mail carrier, who just couldn't be expected to scale a snowbank just to deliver your mail. It was basically a kind of "yeah the amount of snow is insane, but if you want your mail you'll clear the access to it" kind of feeling. You just sorta did your best as you could.
There was a nice neighborly feeling about it... there was often one person in the neighborhood who had a truck with a shovel and they'd go around and clear the snow blocking people's driveways.
Why yes I don't miss the heavy snow too much... hehe
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Date: 2010-01-09 05:37 am (UTC)There was a nice neighborly feeling about it... there was often one person in the neighborhood who had a truck with a shovel and they'd go around and clear the snow blocking people's driveways.
Why yes I don't miss the heavy snow too much... hehe