02-17-2019, 10:25 AM
One thing I want to add about the 50's throwback comment.
Things were different back then: Disabled people were usually institutionalized. People were generally younger (less old folks). Families kept together, so none of these single parent families working 3 jobs to make ends meet. And weather was different, winter was winter, not this bouncing around weather we see today. And no mobility issues even if sidewalks were covered. No scooters existed back then to highlight issues.
As my parents used to say about walking to school "we'd trudge through 3 feet thick snow, 4 miles both ways, and up hill!" So, according to my parents, there parents, and the times I went to school (now about 40 years ago), sidewalks were rarely cleared.
Things were different back then: Disabled people were usually institutionalized. People were generally younger (less old folks). Families kept together, so none of these single parent families working 3 jobs to make ends meet. And weather was different, winter was winter, not this bouncing around weather we see today. And no mobility issues even if sidewalks were covered. No scooters existed back then to highlight issues.
As my parents used to say about walking to school "we'd trudge through 3 feet thick snow, 4 miles both ways, and up hill!" So, according to my parents, there parents, and the times I went to school (now about 40 years ago), sidewalks were rarely cleared.