I agree. Here in Indiana they do that, they plow. In New Mexico the old
Spanish families that control the city still think that physical labor is
something you make Mestizos (Mexicans) or Indians do, not something for
Espanoles to sully their hands with. I'm a white Hispanic and I think it is
disgraceful. The racism in the Hispanic community there was the one thing I
didn't like there. Those people there had Mexicans do EVERYTHING for them,
but they hated Mexicans with a fury that would make the KKK look tolerant.
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On 12/27/08 11:30 PM, "AS" <alizookoman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It strange to hear that other cities are not prepared for Winter storms. We
> get a foot and life goes on. Every now and then they require private plows to
> help out or people with four-wheel drive vehicles to help those that are
> stranded. Both rarely needed.
>
> Last weekend we had quite a snow storm - left work early on Friday and spent
> the weekend indoors. I stepped twice on Sunday to snow-blow the driveway.
>
> We are responsible for sidewalks. I bought a smaller snow-blower which has a
> tough time when it gets really bad outside. Good thing I have a great neighbor
> who brings clears the sidewalk with this gigantic snow-thrower.
>
> This weekend is a different story. Temps are in the 50's, snow melted quickly,
> and now we have flood warnings.
>
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>>
>> Actually, I think that is a *brilliant* solution that would
>> work well
>> here in Seattle and probably many other cities. We have a
>> big
>> snowstorm once every oh, seven or eight years, and when we
>> do, there's
>> a segment of the population that can't find anything
>> more productive
>> to do than to whine about how the city isn't prepared
>> for snow, how we
>> should salt the roads, have snowplows running down every
>> side street,
>> and so on. (Forgetting the cost of acquiring and
>> maintaining all this
>> carbon-spewing and/or nasty for Puget Sound stuff for the
>> periods in
>> between snow events.) I also like the idea that you're
>> not only
>> responsible for the sidewalk, but the street in front of
>> your house.
>> "Immigrants with shovels" is a low-tech,
>> low-cost, distributed
>> solution that is profitable for the workers, and
>> (ultimately) solar
>> powered. (Human energy is, after all, a form of solar
>> energy.) We need
>> more of that in the US.
>>
>> Rob in Seattle
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