GottaWanna

GottaWanna t1_j3td1zv wrote

Reply to comment by dfiler in Is there a way to effectively complain to the city to have this removed from the curbs around my neighborhood? They are old and rusty and all they do there is pop peoples tires. by Strong-Lawfulness805

I believe that’s how my parents’ house is in rural PA, but I had mine surveyed during a neighborly dispute and it ends at my retaining wall, behind the sidewalk. So everywhere is probably different. Possibly even within the city.

Side note, I used to talk shit about people who walk on the road when there’s a perfectly good sidewalk along the street, until I started going for walks in my neighborhood. You don’t know street to street if you’re going to get a walkable sidewalk, or any sidewalk at all. Then you get a random post-war street in places like Marshall-Shadeland (Ridgeland and Newhampshire drives , and Ingram to note) with random to no sidewalk at all like it’s Pleasant Hills. So now, I have an understanding of the street walking in certain situations. But that also had me wondering about the ownership of sidewalks. I bet the streets I mentioned own at least out to the road. So who made it okay to have no sidewalk when planning these?

Overall, I bet it’s an old oversight. They were probably officially part of city infrastructure at one time, until they realized they wouldn’t be able to legitimately maintain them.

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GottaWanna t1_j3ru19z wrote

Reply to comment by tesla3by3 in Is there a way to effectively complain to the city to have this removed from the curbs around my neighborhood? They are old and rusty and all they do there is pop peoples tires. by Strong-Lawfulness805

I’ve always wondered about this because my property line stops before the sidewalk, yet if you live on a corner lot, you bet your butt they’re going to do the bumpy pads there for you. I feel like the reality is that this is a mega grey area and largely unenforced.

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GottaWanna t1_j1xxn5h wrote

Reply to comment by valkaress in How much was your electricity bill? by valkaress

Forced air heating dries the air out more, so radiant heat provides a more comfortable heating solution. It can be more efficient as well, especially in older houses. My house has no insulation, but has forced air. I imagine my ducts are very cold and I probably lose a lot of heat just from that.

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GottaWanna t1_j1g269v wrote

Reply to comment by GottaWanna in $300 gas bill this month. What am I doing wrong? by dobsco

I’ve been charting my utilities for years. What’s interesting is that if you oversimplify and assume a simple dollars per MCF rate (which is not how your billing actually works), the Winter rates from 2017-2021 remained largely unchanged at my current address. I saw my first real increase during the 2021-2022 winter.

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GottaWanna t1_j1ewjy2 wrote

Reply to $300 gas bill this month. What am I doing wrong? by dobsco

I have around 1500 sq ft in a 115 year old house with no insulation. If not on the budget billing, my highest dollar bill was January 2018 at $246. I’ve kept a winter temp in the lower to mid 60s with a space heater in the room I’m occupying. It blows. Needs insulation and air sealing.

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