Actually in town the city snow blows all the side walks...and no one is made to clear thier drive....you do have to mow your lawn...although I can imagine why someone would want to let their lawn go...
anyway, I pay people to do the landscaping...it is fun to sit outside on a real hot day with cocktails and watch them toil...
My friends and I make bets on which lawnboy will need a break first, who will be the first to give us dirty looks, who is the first to complain about getting squirted with the hose. (I give the 2 neighbor kids $5 each to run around with their hose and squirt them in the face) and which one will be the first to call "the boss".
last year I had the little girl accross the street give them free lemonade from her little stand...I made a whole pitcher with no sugar and 1/2 lemon juice and 1/2 water and gave it to her to give to just them...It was her first lemonade stand and I hope she does it this year too...even she laughed her ass off...
Buffo