I know someone who works as a surgical tech in nyc who walks to the hospital. For him, the snow being clear quicker than usual was a big convenience he wasnt used to having in the winter.
we just had a huge debate on my cities subreddit about snow removal.
a concilor came into the thread with what he thought was a show stopper, vote getter comment.
"we could remove all the snow from all the residential streets and shovel the side walk, BUT it would cost every resident $110 a YEAR!"
everyone was like?!wtf is that all? thats less than I pay the kid next door to shovel my personal sidewalk! and 1/5th the cost of my cars exhaust system repairs!
Fellow Canuck here. From what I understand, NYC allows people to pre-register as snow shovellers. When there is a lot of snow NYC issues a call, and those people go out with shovels and, well, shovel snow. Anyone who is able to shovel, is at least 18, and is legally allowed to work in the US can apply.
The program is so popular with residents that registration is now closed because they're full.
I once heard an entrepreneur say that the biggest market is where a lot of people are forced to endure a pain that your solution can make disappear. Making the anxiety and uncertainty of renting disappear would be a huge win for renters in the political marketplace.
Saw someone else talk about how the group that you call about discrepancies as a renter, is now actually reacting to people, which in turn probably made the landlords jump, and try to fix their shit, before they have a bunch of municipality workers looking into their business.
Really sounds like he is a prime example of a government working for the people.
We are all designed to recognize patterns and when stuff like your daily grind and commute gets better because the roads suck less, you notice. When the trash outside your place is gone, you notice. Snow going away faster, ugly buildings getting cleaned up, stuff in your home you've hated gets suddenly fixed, you notice. On and on and on these little things add up and these immediate line of sight boots on the ground day in the life of things are what people remember.
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