neighbors who don't shovel their sidewalks - but do clear their driveway
I am so annoyed. Our otherwise lovely neighbors routinely don't bother to shovel their sidewalk. They are at the top of our cul-de-sac and DS2 needs to walk by their house to get to school. Because they are on the corner, it is a long stretch of sidewalk. Their driveway has been clear since yesterday morning.
Every time I leave the house and see that they still aren't making any attempt I get angry again. Kids need to walk to school. People need to walk in general. I need to walk a crazy dog who gets out of control every time he sees a delivery truck or a bicycle. Last time it snowed, the dog pulled me and I lost traction on (someone else's) snowy and icy sidewalk and nearly had an accident. Since then, I have been walking in the street around any snowy sidewalks, but that isn't terribly safe when it is dark or there is a lot of cars.
Our town does have a requirement to clear sidewalks within 12 daylight hours of storm ending, but does not seem to enforce.
ncat
mama to DD 12/04, DS1 11/08, and DS2 7/13