Snow...

[shootingstar]

In the City of Vancouver, there is no muncipal by-law which requires resident /owner of single-family and semi-detached homes, to shovel the sidewalk in front of their homes and the walkway for post carrier staff.

AFter living in Ontario for 4 decades, I find the lack of simple shovelling in Vancouver area pretty pathetic...and a physically able person can go out and shovel every few hrs. if there is a prolonged snowfall. Many residential areas in Toronto were abit more diligent on snowdigging/snowshoeing...or CHOPPING the sidewalk ice, with ice chopper. I did the latter quite often every winter as a teenager.

And the lack of snowshovelling and snowploughing got progressively worse, the further out one commutes from downtown centre out to the suburban areas...like I do everyday. It is highly noticeable thing that I observe from the commuter bus every early morning.

It is my final work wk. out in the 'burbs, but being forced to walk on the road where there are transport trucks due to large unshovelled banked snow, ..it is not worth my life when this happens.

I also wonder how many children regularily shovel snow nowadays? because there were 6 of us, my parents had us take turns. And no, we never got paid for household chores, not even for this. It's not a terrible thing for teenage children.... oh sorry, we have to tear them away from the tv, cellphone, etc. We have to ....give them...a ...chore. (gasp)