Mountain Climbing in Manhattan

took my mother to a store recently and the parking lot and the walkways were all nicely cleaned, but between the parking spots and the walkway was a ridge of snow/ice about two feet wide and a foot high, not a big deal for me, but not great for and older person, i mentioned it to the owner and the next time we went they had cleared the space between the cement abutments that divide the parking lot from the walkway

so it wasn't all bad

You're a good kid, dj. But I knew that. How about coming here and talking to the people in charge of the corners. Problem is, there aren't any (that I know of).

True enough. And one was a real cutie. Sigh. (Old but not dead.)

i think it's about the same in terms of quality of snow clearing.
the obvious issue when it snows like this is... where to put it?

most people in our neighborhood shovel their sidewalk snow back into the street.
i shovel it onto the front lawn, knowing the salt and grit are bad for the grass.

the first winter in the house ('95-'96) was by far the snowiest.
by february the front lawn had 7' high snow piles.
thankfully, we haven't come close to equalling that...

Shoveling it back into the street makes sense in NYC. The problem is that no one is responsible for the corners. They are a mess and hard to negoiate. The paths at the corners are usually made by people walking. Not exactly the best approach.

When I walked like a regular person, it wasn't much of a problem. Now I hobble with a cane. Not easy.

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