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Odd-Philosopher5926 t1_jcc3hqq wrote

Snowblower. You can’t be dependent on others and live here.

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ColLeslieHapHapablap t1_jcdo86k wrote

When you pay people and have a contract you sure as fuck should be able to depend on them...that's what you're paying for. Also 230' of snow blowing a driveway, get real.

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Chance_Phone4013 t1_jceubuf wrote

I have a 200ft driveway with a four car landing at the top. It takes 45 minutes to snowblow it. I do it every time it snows. Last year the blower was down and we got a heavy storm, we shoveled 5'×200' to the road so we could get a car out. It took a few hours and it was hard work, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

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Astroisbestbio t1_jcexujp wrote

Its hard for some people. My dad is recovering from a hernia, my mom is in physical therapy because her knees aren't working correctly and she's like a few months out from possible knee replacement, and my fiance has bad asthma. That leaves our 200 ft, very steep, driveway to me, recovering from covid, with nerve damage in both shoulders.

We have a contract, and he's awesome and a neighbor. If he just decided right before a big storm to leave with no warning, I'd be just as pissed. Not everyone can do that kind of physical labor, nevermind doing it safely. They use tractors to plow our driveway, we got 4 ft of snow this storm.

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Odd-Philosopher5926 t1_jcey7uy wrote

Funny. My 75 yo neighbor still shovels and maintains his driveway without crying about it on Reddit. Of course he is a native. Unlike 65%+ people here.

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Astroisbestbio t1_jceyibn wrote

You are right, natives would never get injured, older than 75, or sick. No one should ever get help when having trouble. Pull yourselves up by your bootstraps. It'd just being called a heart attack storm for no reason.

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Odd-Philosopher5926 t1_jceyyfl wrote

People move here complaining about having to shovel snow is a special kind of idiocy to me. My reaction will never change to hearing people complain about things that a region is known for. It’s like moving to Seattle and complaining about your stuff getting wet because of the rain. Just stop it.

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Astroisbestbio t1_jcezpdd wrote

If you have a contract with a plow company, it is not unreasonable to be upset that they go away on vacation right before a major storm, without warning and without setting up alternates. Same goes for any other contract you would have.

And again, you can have medical issues, problems with health as a senior, things happen. Should I let my 90 year old neighbor suffer and possibly die just because they knew what living here would entail? They are natives. Lived here 3 generations. Or is that not enough for you?

Again, even natives can get sick or injured, and they get old. I'm glad your 75 year old neighbor is lucky enough to be healthy enough to do it, but not everyone ages as well. Bitch about leaf peepers driving like shit, bitch about tourists peeing in electrical closets because they don't like that there's no bathroom but an outhouse, but don't complain when someone is upset because their plow guy ditched them right before a major once in a few decades storm when they have an infant.

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Chance_Phone4013 t1_jcfcnnw wrote

Lol, every few decades!?! we get a storm like this ALMOST every year some years we get two. Go home.

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Odd-Philosopher5926 t1_jcfgcmh wrote

Every march we get a huge snowstorm. It’s a thing in Vermont. Also a thing in Vermont? Not putting all your eggs in one basket. Be prepared or be prepared to suffer

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Odd-Philosopher5926 t1_jcexr1u wrote

This guy vermonts. It’s not for everyone. Most people that move here don’t understand that at some point you WILL have to labor

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