I was born and raised in Michigan, I now live in the PNW since '80, it normally snows a few times each winter and stays around a few days to weeks, mostly rains though. I will shovel if necessary, I bought a weedburner which works quite well for lite-dustings and ice on the walkways and steps.
The heavier the item you need to shovel, the smaller the shovel you need. Heavy dirt or gravel requires a small shovel. Light fluffy snow can be moved with a large shovel. You can use one half the size but it will take twice as long, and you will get twice as cold and wet. When I was five years old our dad shoveled the neighbors sidewalk too! The neighbors were two old ladies, and they were too frail to shovel snow. Even though he was working sixteen hours a day it was the right thing to do.
I can confirm this is actually is a thing, my mother had an apartment which the complex controlled the heat. Eventually the same complex got rid of that and started using electric heaters controlled by the tenant, recently they started adding central air ti the new units
Almost every apartment I've had for the last 30 years I couldn't control the heat. Only 2 I could control the heat. And 1 of those two I controlled the heat for my apartment and the one below me. The heat was included in the rent and I had to keep the thermostat where the landlord wanted it so I didn't really control it.
Mine has one heat register 9 rooms. Thermostat controls in apartments under me controls for 3 apartments Landlord can put a lock on the thermostats and lock them. 68°
I'm in Ohio. I love shoveling and sweeping and spreading salt so I have a pristine sidewalk, ...lol...unless it's drifting...lol.. Then I just chop the ice,...
Snow is a lot like sand, but temperature defines how wet it is. When it’s very cold the snow can be very light and powdery, like fine dry sand. Snow close to the freezing point can be very wet and heavy, like wet sand. The absolute worst is a lot of snow followed by a warm-up so it gets very wet/heavy, and then a very cold snap so everything becomes a big block of ice. This is seconded by a long period of very cold weather so the ground is solidly frozen and can’t absorb water followed by rain. The rain has nowhere to go and so you end up with giant puddles of cold water & slush (if you don’t know slush is, be very grateful).
i remember once it pouring rain at like 40f or so, then the next day that turning to snow and then a couple days later dropping to 3f yeah roads and sidewalks were a sheet of ice. and lucky me had to walk down a hill to catch a bus to school
Snow shovels come in different shapes for different types and amounts of snow, as well as the type of area you’re trying to remove. Shovels for throwing snow, shovels for plowing snow without lifting up, shovels for powdery light snow, shovels for very wet heavy snow, shovels for getting under icy snow. (I live right by Canada, can ya tell?😂)
Only old building that have central boiler control the heat . And it is free as part of your rent. Any modern building You pay for your heat and continue your own thermostat. Use more heat pay more to the utility company . Landlord just had to make sure The heater works .
I have lived in an apartment where landlord controlled the heat. But most places i have rented the tenant controlled their own heat, since they were paying for it. Landlord controlled heat happens when all utilities are included in rent.
I use a snow shovel and a snowblower. The snow shovel for when it's a light layer. The snowblower is for when it's heavy. Road salt is a must to keep the ice from forming on the sidewalks and driveway. Being bundled up for the task is important too.
I found that out the hard way. I'm usually good about salting my concrete stairs but I was in a hurry. My ribs have never been so wrong here in Indiana lol
Regarding heat controlled by landlord: This is typically only true when the landlord pays for the heat, so frequently the landlord allows tenants to control the heat even when the landlord pays for the heat. In cases where the tenant pays for their own heat, they have full control over the thermostat. It all just depends on the place you chose to live. The tenant would be aware of either situation prior to signing the lease. Salting and shoveling the sidewalk: While the sidewalk is typically owned by the public, the property it resides on it not, and belongs to the property owner with the rest of the property. The sidewalk functions as a sort of public use easement of your property. This is why the landlord is responsible for maintaining it. If a person were to slip and fall on the sidewalk, it technically occurred on the landlords property, and therefore they are liable for any injuries that occur. Also a fun thing that exists: Snow blowers; A powered machine that fling the snow away for you. These come in all sizes, powers, and prices depending on need from small battery powered units about the size of a shovel, to large pieces of equipment that would be attached to a tractor, and everything in between. People with a lot of snow to clear (either by a lot of land, or very heavy snowfall) are more likely to have a larger snow blower. Also also, being snowed in and having to jump out of a second floor window is a real thing that sometimes happens. When I lived in northern Indiana, a couple of times we had snow drifts against our front and back doors that prevented me from being able to open my screen doors and exiting. In this case I had to climb out of a bedroom window on the second floor and jump off of the back roof. Only then was I able to clear the snow from in front of the doors and allow us to use them normally.
Yep. I "won" an argument with hubby about shoveling here in Utah. He wanted to be able to not have to see people at least in the winter. I said had to shovel. Asked my BIL attorney. He said you have to have a clear path through your property. It doesn't have to be the whole width of the sidewalk, driveway, porch. Just a clear path through. Our house had a direct path from the top of the mountain, over some trees, between some houses through the park and swish feet of snow like a wave on a lake. It can get crazy some years.
I used to live in Wisconsin where snow is normal and it's common to get snow the night before Christmas, back then I loved the snow but for me it got old. I now live in Arkansas where Christmas day is more likely to be 40-60f and sunny. We do get snow here about once every 4-5 years and 50% of that is gone by the next day. Our cold and snow is most likely in February not December although it does happen. The thing I miss most is the quiet, snow muffles sound so after a snowfall of any significance it is so quiet, even loud neighbors seem quieter...lol.
We only had controlled heat in one apartment. Usually the renter has control of the thermostat and is responsible for the bill. I own 3 shovels - you should have one per capable person during heavy snow events. We put them away in May and pull them out in October. I live in Minnesota. I have lived where it never snows and hated it. Bring on the snow!!!
We get quite a bit of snow where i live in the midwest. My teenage son and his friends make a killing shoveling snow off peoples driveways for $20 a pop, lol. I think, in general, most people hate shoveling snow in the winter. My sister, however, has a heated driveway that never has to be shoveled. Which is definitely worth the money where we live, lol.
I grew up in San Diego, so snow was something we traveled to the mountains to experience. Although I have gone to the beach, the snow in the mountains, and the desert in the same day here just because.
There's nothing better than watching a snow storm out the window, as night falls, lounging near a roaring fire, with a blanket and a mug of hot chocolate.
I've never heard of landlords controlling the thermostat. I love/like the first snow but not crazy about snowstorms for the rest of the winter here in Colorado.
I've lived in many apartments in the US and I've NEVER heard of landlord controlled thermostats. Even bad hotels don't go for that and you typically have a unit attached to the window you have full control over.
I'm in New England and own two snow shovels and a snow blower, they're such common items here that we don't give them a second thought. The older I get the less I want to deal with snow, it's pretty when it first falls but dealing with it soon becomes a big inconvenience.
I have a whole bunch of snow shovels, one is for the car. Many different designs, if light and powdery snow than a broom works the best. (Alaska natives have about 30 to 100 different words to describe different kinds of snow)
From Wisconsin here...would never live someplace that did not get snow. At Chrisrmas having the colored lights from the decorations reflecting off the snow and the tree branches covered with a fresh snowfall, is beautiful. Then there is riding through the Northwoods on a snowmobile a hundred miles in a day. Lived here my entire life and would never move anywhere else.
Best snow shovel has a bend in the shaft. Sounds (and looks) crazy. But it is more ergonomic than a straight shaft and makes lifting snow easier. Google ergonomic or back saver shovel to see what one looks like.
Most apartments have HVAC (heating, ventilating, air conditioning) systems controled by one thermostat. You can put it on heat or air or just fan and it all flows through the ductwork and out the vents in each room. The system he was talking about sounds like the radiator system in Russian apartments where one boiler provides for the entire place.
@@cp368productions2 This depends on the area of the country and the age of the apartments. There are lots of apartments in the US with HVAC, particularly in hotter areas and cities/towns that have grown a lot over the last 40ish years.
I live in Minnesota. My apartments never had landlord-controlled heat. I have one snowblower, three snow shovels (two plastic and one aluminum), an ice-chopper (a long handle with a heavy steel blade about 8" wide) and a roof-rake (a long extending pole with a perpendicular blade that can help pull snow off the roof) - though my roof-rake isn't the conventional kind, along with a bucket of driveway salt just inside by the door. Along with heavy winter boots, a hat with ear flaps (just like you might see in the movie 'Grumpy Old Men' - though hopefully more stylin'), and a pair of heated gloves to go with my heavy winter knee-length coat. I also have heat tapes along my lower roof to prevent ice dams.
The *northern* Midwest can get a lot snow, but actually the northern east coast gets even more. Idk what Lawrence is talking about with apartments heat being controlled by the landlord. I've never seen that. Every one I've seen has its own control.
I love the snow, here in NE Ohio we get lots of snow, we’re close to the snow belt. I don’t mind shoveling snow, great exercise to keep me fit. The only thing I don’t like is when snow plow blocked the end of my driveway w/ 4 ft of snow after I cleared mine.
#7... I live in sunny Southern CA (L.A.). We have the beautiful beaches and coastline, and one is not satisfied with what we have until we do not have it and to experience/find how much maintenance and cost there is to keep what we thought we wanted. Always like the beauty of the mountains and quiet forests. I have vacationed at a few magnificent mountain/high elevation spots in CA. And some during the winter and late Spring when we have a late melting of the snow. It is a whole new experience of beauty and different activities between the seasons. Vacationing is great because the property owners/city takes care of the plowing of the roads, shoveling the walkways, cost of utilities, and some places provide a wood burning fireplace where they provide the cut logs to burn. I have seen the videos of homeowners shoveling the sidewalks, snow off the roofs, chopping wood, etc... I did hear, the people/homeowners that do their own maintenance like shoveling the snow have a number of incidents of heart attacks because that is a lot of hard work/strain, they put on their bodies to do one part of the year that they are not in the best of shape in doing.
heat is not always controlled by landlord... it all depends on the place... many of the older buildings with boilers and does not have upgraded systems for setting every unit... others are just like you say cheap slumlords.. ive only had a few places that didnt have independent controls per unit that ive rented in.
When I lived in CA & OK landlords never controlled our heat. When I lived in VA they did & apparently it was the same in MD & DC. There was a very short period in spring & fall where they'd allow us both heat & AC, but mostly we had no control over it. Now I'm back in the PNW & can decide whether I use my heat or AC. Paradise!
I live in Colorado and we get our share. I have a tradition that the first measurable snowfall ( 4 or more inches) each year, I put on shorts and a tee shirt and run thru the streets on my block barefoot, then lay down on my lawn! Yes, I'm crazy but I've done this for at least 55+ years now😊
Well, a lot of America gets snow from the northeast, Midwest, west and north. Just parts of the south don’t get snow but even then sometimes the desert, and south get snow too. I love snow. Shovels aren’t that big and if you get a lot of snow you get a snowblower. We sometimes get 2 and 3 feet of snow so a snowblower really helps your back. You do your driveway and sidewalk and all is good. I’m in Colorado. The mountains and Alaska get a lot of snow.
I’ve lived in Buffalo, NY my entire life, and we get a heck of a lot of snow, including major blizzards! We learned to help our parents shovel at young ages and absolutely loved it! The most snow I’ve seen in my lifetime collapsed many, many roofs and people were stranded for days. Thanks for another amazing video, my friend!!!
2:52 No. I live in the Pacific northwest and love the snow ❄️ I just wish the idiots around here would drive for the conditions when the streets are icy.
100% agree with that last bit. people here will drive like a bat out of hades...during a massive downpour. i've almost crashed countless times bc of it. either that or they slow down to a snail's pace, even on the interstate.
I'm from Minnesota- the land of snow. I recently moved to the desert of Phoenix Arizona. Back home the winters were harsh, cold, and the snow could get very deep. But... here we have no weather other than "hot." Winters here are very mild and comfortable- you can stay outside all day. It's similar to a summer back home. I have to admit though- I would rather have the snow. It is boring here. We rarely get rain or storms, we rarely even get clouds. Every day is the same, and I miss the "weather!!"
All the states I have lived in during my lifetime have had snow. Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, Montana and Colorado. We can have major amounts of snow during. Sometimes we have had up to or more than 2 feet of snow. That is a lot of snow to shovel and if it has a lot of moisture in it, it can make it even harder to shovel. More current years they do have snowblowers which help to remove the snow a lot easier if you can afford one. I am disabled now and I am thankful I have had wonderful neighbors since I have lived in this house that help me with shoveling my snow. I remember one year back in 1982 Colorado had a major blizzard and they had everything closed down. My company where I worked at the time closed for a whole week. If the wind is blowing when it snows it can create high drifts of snow up to 6 feet or more. In the mountains they get a lot more snow than that.
I have never lived anywhere where the tenant didn't have control of the thermostat. I have NEVER seen anywhere that the landlord controls the thermostat. Again, never heard of the landlord taking care of snow and ice when renting. 5:38 it's actually the law that you are responsible for snow and ice in front of your residence on the public sidewalks. 6:31 I can't imagine not knowing what a snow shovel is. And no that's a normal snow shovel. 9:30 I wouldn't live where there isn't snow.
Older apartment buildings typically have central heating with zone thermostats. There are municipal regulations of what dates the heat must start or stop, and what temperature they must supply. It is customary to keep the heat on the warm side and when you get a complaint of not enough heat, ask them to close the windows.
Born in a desert valley but moved to and mostly grew up on a farm in northern Michigan. Snowed buckets every year. We could only afford to heat half the house so the den, half bath, and mudroom were frozen every winter. We'd get snowed in at least once a year - the snow would build up so high we couldn't open our doors. Live a bit more south in the city now, and the winters aren't quite as intense, but you'd probably still find them crazy. We have a snow shovel, and also you have to keep tools in your car to clear off the snow and ice. And the salt is EVERYWHERE. The city salts the roads and the people salt their stairs and walkways, and it sticks to your car.
I live in Minnesota, and there's no better atmosphere than sitting around an outdoor fireplace during a nice calm snowy night. I will never give up my winter season for anything, ... Ice fishing, skiing, sledding, snowboarding, snowmobiling, even building a basic snowman, and back to childhood building snow forts for an epic snowball fight during lunch time break. If you can adjust to the cold, (easily done by dressing in layers of clothing ) you will have a great time in the snow
I used to have one, (snow shovels)then I moved back to Central Texas. Now I only see about an inch of snow maybe once in every 3 or 4 years. Heat can be controlled by a landlord in some apartments IF utilities are included in the rent. If you have to connect under your own name, then they can't control it,
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Sometimes, as in my mom's case, landlords do have to set the heat for the main house. She had a rental house with seven rooms in it and some of the tenants would turn the heat up to 80° in the main house. She had a case with a lock put on the thermostat and set the thermostat at 70 and left it, if you needed it warmer you could put a space heater in your individual room. P.S. a couple of years ago your favorite Christmas Town of Leavenworth received a 3-foot dump of snow in 24 hours and was cut off from the outside world for 4 days.
I live in far northeast Massachusetts, USA. When it starts snowing (usually the end of November), it doesn't stop snowing until late February (!). On average, each snow snow drops 6 inches (15 CM) of snow every 2 weeks. Most of the time the snow doesn't melt so it is stacked on and on and on until there could be 20 inches (50 CM) of snow in piles all over the place. I own a snowblower. That is as necessary in northern New England as sun block is necessary in Portugal during the summer.
To all the people saying they've never heard of the landlord controlling the heat I'd like to know where you live. For the past 30 years of apartment living I've only had 2 apartments I could control the heat. The heat is usually included in the rent.
I've heard of landlord-controlled heat, usually in very old apartment buildings with boiler systems. The apartments that I've lived in all had thermostats - CA, NV, KS, and TX.
Maybe the difference is which part of the country. I currently live in NYC and I previously lived in NJ. My current apartment was completed about 1950 but I've lived in older buildings. Most buildings still have boilers and oil heat with radiators.
And I’m wondering where YOU live. I’ve rented in California, Texas, Arkansas, and Florida myself since 1988, and I’ve never heard of a renter not being in control of their own thermostat, that’s news to me.
I try to put down as little salt as possible, and try to rely instead on shoveling. Salt is primarily for situations where there's a sheet of ice. Salt is not great for stonework, the roads, cars, plants or the waterways. But sometimes it's the best tool, depending on the conditions. I actually have 3 snow shovels (for a household of 2). Snow shovels come in different styles, and are used for different situations. If you don't have very deep snow, you can use the style shown by Laurence (at the 6:37 point in your video) to essentially shove the snow off to one side. If you have deeper snow, you use a different style to scoop out a shovel full of snow and throw it off to the side.
In the Chicago area and upper Midwest, we get plenty of snow (but less than in the northeast), but it's more than worth it to have proper seasons and to get to live in this area.
My first apartment controled heat. They turned it on in November and off in March and yes it got cold in October and April , we just bundled up and moved once lease was up. We have 2 or 3 snowshovels but we also have a snow blower.. We keep a bag or two of salt in the garage. Personally, I love snow. I love watching it flurry, then after a snowstorm walking outside and its so quiet. Its a different kind of quiet. The air feels crisp . You can smell the fresh air and taste it in the air. However, I do live in the foothills so our air quality should be a bit better than more populated area's ,
I live in New England (15 minutes outside Boston) and we have all 4 seasons. I have lived here 53 years and can't imagine living somewhere without all the seasons. I love experiencing them all (though summer is my least favorite).
I lived in a hotel that was built in 1927. The AC was 2 massive swamp coolers that where either on or off. The only control you had was to shut the vent in your room. The heat was from a steam boiler down in the basement that sent steam to radiators in the rooms. You could control it with a valve if you were lucky to have one or one that worked.
The heat in a rented apartment is generally controlled by whomever PAYS for the heating. That can be either the landlord or the tenants. In older homes, it is more common for the landlord to pay as the buildings were generally built with a single, shared heating system. As time passed, it became more common for units to have individual control. In part that is for convenience. But it is also influenced by the rise of condominiums. So many buildings built since the 80's will accept the extra expense to have separate heating systems in part to make it easier if the building is ever going to be sold as individually owned condominium units. All that being said, even if the landlord controls the heat, there are usually laws setting a minimum temperature for the heat. (Around here, that's 67 degrees F.)
I live in Southeast Texas, near the coast. We rarely get snow, and when the rare snow does fall, we get at most four inches. But we don't need to have snow shovels or anything because the sidewalks and driveways are still warm enough to melt the snow. Ice doesn't usually accompany snow for us, except on overpasses, and the State takes care of treating the roads, overpasses, and bridges. We get late arrivals to school and work, so we get time to play in it. Usually, it is only the one day.
Born and raised in Michigan. I wouldn't trade the snow. I love having all 4 seasons. Shoveling snow can be exhausting when you get a few feet of it but they make machines now to make it easier. Always buy a few snow shovels because the weight of snow can sometimes crack it plus if you scrape down to the cement, it also has a risk of chipping the shovel. Being prepared also means having a shovel in your car as well as salt.
In America if you hate snow, you can move South. That’s why so many older people live in Florida and Arizona. There are whole communities for senior citizens ( look up The Villages). It snows in Virginia, and I just read an article that the average is 15-18 inches for the season. It used to snow more on the 60s and 70s. But this year we might have more. So yes we own a snow shovel and salt for the steps and side walk. Oil the blade so the snow slides off.
I live in Minnesota we get everything from 100 F with 100% humidity (about 37 C) to -60 F with 5 Ft of snow (about -50 C) and id take a shoveling snow in freezing winds over a hot summer day every time.
I live in northwest Iowa, and I agree snow can be very beautiful. As a child I loved playing in the snow, building snow forts and having snow ball fights, as well as going sledding on nearby hills. Sometimes round saucer sleds would be dragged behind a car being towed by a rope with a courageous teenager riding in the sled as a car drives down gravel roads. Also as a young teenager I could earn extra money by shoveling neighbors’ sidewalks or driveways. It was back breaking work, and wouldn’t be done with any great enthusiasm. In mid-life I got into photographing wintry scenes, to the enjoyment of my family and friends. Now that I’m elderly, with bad knees, and poor balance when walking, I wish we didn’t get snow!
I can only speak from my own experience….. maybe Lawrence had a landlord that controlled the heat but I never have. I would say landlords controlling the heat is not the norm here.
I live in Iowa and yes, of course have the big snow shovels (no place for a snowblower), and salt, also a long handled ice-chopper for thick ice cover on the sidewalk (that's fun), and in my car, a hammer and a screwdriver to bust off the snow-slush that gathers in the wheel wells then freezes within 10 minutes when it's -15 F or so. I wish the video would have shown what it's like when there's 2 1/2 feet of heavy snow and you have to poke around just to find where your sidewalk actually starts before you can start shoveling---or when it's the third time in two weeks and you have to lift each shovelful about six feet to the top of the snowpile because there's nowhere else to put it 🤣. That would definitely explain the size of the snow shovels!
1. I live near Boston MA. I love having real seasons, but I'm also happy to live in a condominium where other people are paid to deal with snow. Even so it gets annoying cleaning it off my car so I can drive. I'm also glad to own a 4-wheel-drive truck because I can just put it in 4-wheel-drive mode and drive over the hard-packed pile of snow the plow leaves when it pushes it aside and into all the parked cars. (Yes, that's my main use for 4-wheel-drive. Yes, I realize that makes me insane.) 2. I've never heard of a landlord controlling the heating system. Every place I rented included a thermostat that I controlled. I think Laurence got ripped off. 3. Yep, I have a snow shovel. A small, one, because I only need to scoop it off my car, uh, truck, uh, toy-truck-thingy. And yes, at times, shoveling snow off a car instead of brushing it off can be totally reasonable. No brush will reasonably handle a 20 cm-deep snowpack. 4. Snow is easy-ish to shovel when it's fresh. However, wait a couple hours, and the snow will start to melt, and then the remaining snow will soak up the freshly melted water like a sponge and turn into slush. I **HATE** shoveling slush.
Canadian here ... the shovels... we have at least 4. Front door, back door, car and spare because during a snow storm if your shovel breaks the stores will be sold out and you can't get another until after the storm ends. Salt... we buy 6 bags in October and put some in lidded buckets with a scoop at each door, and in the car. Whoever is first to leave in the morning salts the stairs, and path to the car. Don't even get me started on how many window scrapers we have. Long ones, short ones, some with a glove for your hand, some inside the house because you want to clear the car door before you open it, some in the car for what accumulates while you're out. Winter is all about being prepared.
Life in Maine practically changes modality during winter. Many own a second cheap "winter beater" car just to keep the primary car in good condition. Fender benders don't hurt so much in the beater car. They're expected. Those plastic snow shovels wouldn't make it 5 scoops after a storm in Maine. We use machines called snowblowers to clear 6 inch to several feet deep.
Most of my life I lived in New Jersey and we got a good amount of snow there. When I worked the breakfast and lunch shifts as a waitress at a diner 6 miles ( up hill and 2 towns away) from my house and had to be there @ 7 a.m. I had to shovel. If it was a small snow fall of 6 inches or less I didn't need to shovel ( unless it was a wet heavy sniw) I could sweep it a way with a broom. ( recently I've seen people on youtube use a leaf blower. I never thought of that). If it was a deeper snow I would get up around 4 a.m. to shovel . The snow plow always left a bunch of snow at the end of my driveway that had to be shoveled ( the hardest psrt) I would first shovel my steps and of a path to and around my car ( which I parked about 10 feet in from the end of my 40 ft.driveway) Once I shovel ed around the car I brushed the snow off if my car and started it so it could heat up. Then I shoveled the drivers side again and the end of the driveway. Turned the car off and got ready for work. It was slow going on the roads as many hadn't been poised yet, and a 15 min. drive could turn into a half hour or so. Then sometimes my car would get stuck on the entrance ramp of the main road onto the highway where the diner was. I carried a small snow shovel in my car so I could shovel my way out if I got stuck. I also had a bag of kitty litter to put down for traction if there was ice and spinning tires. Also carried flares in case the car slid off into a ditch or i got hit and granola bars and water so I had something to eat and drink if I got stuck. You just never know what's going to happen, like a good girl scout, I was prepared. ( had a lighter and a knife, a blanket, A roll of paper towels and toilet paper too 😂). I had a great neighbor who would snow blow my driveway while I was at work so i didnt have tobfinish it when i got home. I've been living in central Ohio now since 2013 and there have been many small snows but only 3 or 4 over 6 inches. They get clobbered in northern Ohio up by Ckeveland where they get Lake effect snow coming down from Canada. Those don't hit us where I am as they generally go east through upper Pa. and upper New York. I actually used to love to shovel snow before I became disabled. There is something about being outside at 4 a.m. its peaceful and quiet. No traffic noise or birds chirping or dogs barking: just silence. The air is crisp and clean and if its still snowing you can hear it ever so slightly. The wider the shovel, the less shoveling you have to do. I was ?lucky that I didn't have sidewalks in N.J. Now I live on a busy corner in a house with my daughter and her family and my son-in-law has a lot of sidewalk to shovel, about 150 feet. Its a good idea to invest in a snowblower if you own a house. If you rent, not so much.
I live in NC, I've never heard of landlords controlling the heat/AC. Where I'm located, in the foothills (bottom of the mountain) of the Appalachian Mountains. 1 hour up the mountain they are already getting snow. We haven't had snow in 2 years. The last time we had snow, we got 8 inches and everything was shut down for 2 days. I love the snow, it's so pretty and the kids love it but even 1 inch of snow shuts almost everything down for at least 24 hours and very few know how to drive in it but that's 1 reason many of us have bigger vehicles, they are 4 wheel drive which makes it easier to drive in it. Tonight it's 32 degrees but it always gets a few degrees colder where I live than what they say it's going to be. Living next to a creek makes it get a little colder.
Of course we have snow shovels! Although, if it’s a dry, powdery snow, my hubby will use his leaf blower and try to keep ahead of the storm, going out every so often to clean off our front walk & back patio ( for letting the dog out ). If it wet & heavy, he just waits until it stops then tackles the job, but just does a strip as wide as the shovel, not the whole patio.
Yup, I've got two snow shovels. My favorite one has a metel strip on the edge that pushes the snow. It's great for getting under the ice that gathers under the snow.
When I lived in Wisconsin I was 4 miles from Lake Michigan and we got very heavy, wet snow. We had a 180 feet of driveway. By the time I shoveled the driveway, I had to start again. Hours and hours of shoveling, and when the snow plow came by they pushes a pile of snow in front of the driveway that also must be shoveled. It was exhausting!
Northeast Midwesterner here! Snow is a real thing. Salting is a must and shoveling snow can be endless back-breaking work. I keep my thermostat at 64° in the winter unless it drops below 0°; then I'll turn it up a couple of degrees.
My college dorm (in Georgia) had uncontrollable heat. First, it had no air conditioning, so several months were awful. We had a fan in window. But we had to keep the fan on all year, because whoever turned on the heat REALLY turned up the heat. We had no control. And, I was on the top floor of the dorms, as heat rises, it was hot. So we kept the window open and the fan going.
Heavy snow is mainly found in areas with lake effect snow. Detroit doesn’t get that much, Cleveland and Buffalo are a whole different thing. My thermostat gets set in October and stays that way until Spring.
The winter season in Minnesota. Winter sucks if you have to drive long distances. Or need to get to work. But there is a tune of things to do in winter, ice fishing, snow showing, downhill skiing, cross-country skiing, snowboarding, ice skating, making igloo's, snow ball fights, bone fires in the snow, down hill snow tubing, and some people go hunting for small game. Those are some things you could do in the middle of winter, up in the northern state of the US.
As a Californian who used to live in the mountains, I used to have to deal with getting nine feet of snow in like five hours at a time. Learned it's easier to keep up than catch up. Shovel every thirty minutes or so, which cuts into your sleep schedule at night, but if you shovel often during a snow storm, you don't have to wake up to nine feet of snow to shovel. And yeah, we used to have multiple snow shovels at home, back when. We live outside of snow country now, and now it's leaves in autumn instead of snow in winter. Heh. Got to get your exercise somehow. Also, when we were renting, we had control of our thermostat. But we were also paying our own utilities, so that may have had something to do with it.
Not only do we own a snow shovel, its a memento from when we lived in upstate NY. I’ve been in Phoenix for > 50 years, and now the shovel is used for cleaning-up mesquite bean pods.
Ive heard of apartment buildings in New York City regulating the heat/air as they have a boiler system in the basement but most places, each apartment unit has their own controls. He just happened to live in one in the midwest that has the boiler system. That is not common in the west. The west and east are a bit different. In the west, California in places where it does snow, owners are not required to shovel the side walks because most of us park off the road and onto our own property. In the area he lives and NYC type areas, they park on the road a lot and must shovel their own sidewalks. Most here have snowblowers so you don't have to shovel.
Just had 14 inches in NE PA. I used to shovel but finally bought an F250 plow truck. Areas in the North East get far more snow than the Midwest. Upstate NY probably gets the most snow other than the almost uninhabited areas of the Rockies or other western ranges.
I once lived in an apartment in San Diego in which I had control of my AC unit and the heat, nut nevertheless the electricity cost was just included in the rent and not metered (essentially free). I think the theory there was, San Diego weather is so perfect you don’t need the AC or heat much, so it’s not much of a risk for the landlord to cover the electric cost.
In apartments where the landlord controls the heat (not very common except in very old buildings), state laws generally specify minimum temperatures that must be maintained for all living spaces.
Most of the country gets snow. I live in Nevada and it gets to 110 degrees often in the summer but it also snows quite a bit in the winter. I hated shoveling snow when i had a house. One upside to moving to an apartment is that i no longer have to Shovel snow the second i see it coming down. Oh and I control the heat in my apartment. I'm pretty sure the landlord controlling it would be illegal in most states. I've heard of it but never actually seen it.
I grew up in Southern California and Phoenix, Arizona, where we didn't get snow. I hate the heat of AZ and now live in Denver, Colorado, and I LOVE the snow. I rent an apartment, so they take care of snow removal from walkways so I don't shovel. And I've never lived anywhere that the landlord controls the heat (or extract at all, or natural gas, or water). I love driving in the snow and the crunch under the tires. When it's snowing, it is so quiet. When I was in a house I'd shovel, but it's really no big deal. Magnesium chloride is put down on roads here, not salt. Salt ruins the metal in cars as it is corrosive.
Yes, any American who lives where it snows is likely to have a snow shovel or two. Quite a few have snow blowers. The sidewalks and other walkways must be made safe for foot traffic. Exceptions would be for those who are not the ones responsible for snow removal--apartment dwellers, etc. When I was a kid, snow would drift up against our front door, preventing us from opening it. My mother would open a window, push me through it and hand me the snow shovel and it was my job to clear the door. Now that I moved to Arkansas, I have learned something valuable: When you live in a temperate climate, snow, if you just leave it alone for a while, will melt and you don't need to do a thing. Wasn't true growing up in Illinois, but it is here.
This video is accurate, I used to live in the Rockies, we'd have snow most of the year and alot of it, waist deep snow isn't abnormal, I moved to Appalachias 5 years ago and it snows less but we get more ice storms, because of the humidity, because of all the hills and tree's people literally get trapped on top of the hill there on. Before that I lived Florida we had a ice storm roll in which is rare for Florida, the city closed everything down and sent dump trucks to the beach to pick up sand to put on the roads, what they didn't know would happen when they did that, it created Black ice and people where getting car wrecks everywhere, on top of the fact its Florida nobody knows how to drive on ice or snow
Il've lived in 3 different apartments and I have always had a thermostat. I live in MinneSnowta. Snow shoveling can be a pain in the rear. I've hd to shovel as much as 3 feet of snow off of the driveway and sidewalks. Sometimes the now is light and fluffy. But other times the snow is VERY thick and heavy. It's sometimes so much work that you need to take of your jacket and shovel only wearing a shirt, otherwise you will overheat. And of course you also need to remove the snow off of your car and scrape the ice off of your car windows.
Not all rentals have landlords that control the thermostat. This is likely in rentals that include the heat. Personally I have never seen a rental that you could not set the temp as you please. Usually it is not actually salt any more but instead an animal safe chemical that does the same thing, but causes less problems. Many have 2 shovels. One for the light snows and cleaning off the steps and the other for the heavy snow. I actually keep the small one in the front porch as the shed can get snowed in and I will need a shovel to get into the shed.
Lived in Lincoln, Nebraska for 45 years and the closest I want to get to snow now is a post card.
I was born and raised in Michigan, I now live in the PNW since '80, it normally snows a few times each winter and stays around a few days to weeks, mostly rains though.
I will shovel if necessary, I bought a weedburner which works quite well for lite-dustings and ice on the walkways and steps.
Live in Gothenburg NE. I moved to Houston in the 80's. 12 years. I moved back to gothenburg. I sometimes wonder why.
ngl, i love it when we get feet of snow in Wyoming. City gets so quiet as nobody is out and about.
Small world. I have family in Lincoln as well as Creighton other areas of Nebraska. Both of my parents were raised in Nebraska.
Live in SD. When I had a house I did all this stuff. Now I am in an 5:27 apartment, love not having to deal with that anymore!
The heavier the item you need to shovel, the smaller the shovel you need.
Heavy dirt or gravel requires a small shovel. Light fluffy snow can be moved with a large shovel. You can use one half the size but it will take twice as long, and you will get twice as cold and wet.
When I was five years old our dad shoveled the neighbors sidewalk too! The neighbors were two old ladies, and they were too frail to shovel snow. Even though he was working sixteen hours a day it was the right thing to do.
I've never heard of any landlords controlling the heat. Every apartment I've had for the past 30 years has a thermostat in the apartment.
I can confirm this is actually is a thing, my mother had an apartment which the complex controlled the heat. Eventually the same complex got rid of that and started using electric heaters controlled by the tenant, recently they started adding central air ti the new units
Almost every apartment I've had for the last 30 years I couldn't control the heat. Only 2 I could control the heat. And 1 of those two I controlled the heat for my apartment and the one below me. The heat was included in the rent and I had to keep the thermostat where the landlord wanted it so I didn't really control it.
Never heard of that and pretty sure it’d be illegal by most states as far as renters rights.
Mine has one heat register 9 rooms.
Thermostat controls in apartments under me controls for 3 apartments
Landlord can put a lock on the thermostats and lock them. 68°
Yep central air in some places can be controlled by landlord.
I actually enjoy shoveling snow. It tends to be quiet and it can be a very meditative process. Until the snow plow comes by and blocks your driveway.
Depending on how much we get. I'm in Indiana in the lake effect snow belt so sometimes we get dumped on lol
I'm in Ohio.
I love shoveling and sweeping and spreading salt so I have a pristine sidewalk, ...lol...unless it's drifting...lol..
Then I just chop the ice,...
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Snow is a lot like sand, but temperature defines how wet it is. When it’s very cold the snow can be very light and powdery, like fine dry sand. Snow close to the freezing point can be very wet and heavy, like wet sand.
The absolute worst is a lot of snow followed by a warm-up so it gets very wet/heavy, and then a very cold snap so everything becomes a big block of ice.
This is seconded by a long period of very cold weather so the ground is solidly frozen and can’t absorb water followed by rain. The rain has nowhere to go and so you end up with giant puddles of cold water & slush (if you don’t know slush is, be very grateful).
From an Iowan--beautiful, comprehensive explanation! Hoping for a few pretty little snowstorms and no polar vortexes. Dreams...
i remember once it pouring rain at like 40f or so, then the next day that turning to snow and then a couple days later dropping to 3f
yeah roads and sidewalks were a sheet of ice. and lucky me had to walk down a hill to catch a bus to school
Snow shovels come in different shapes for different types and amounts of snow, as well as the type of area you’re trying to remove. Shovels for throwing snow, shovels for plowing snow without lifting up, shovels for powdery light snow, shovels for very wet heavy snow, shovels for getting under icy snow. (I live right by Canada, can ya tell?😂)
and they usually have a teflon coating or something similar to make the snow slide off and not stick to it like it would a reg metal shovel
It’s a shame Lawrence missed out on the blizzard of 1978.
I wouldn't wish that on anyone
yep and 1993 for east coastf!!!!! waist high snow in the streets
Only old building that have central boiler control the heat .
And it is free as part of your rent.
Any modern building You pay for your heat and continue your own thermostat.
Use more heat pay more to the utility company .
Landlord just had to make sure
The heater works .
Hehe
Nope
I have lived in an apartment where landlord controlled the heat. But most places i have rented the tenant controlled their own heat, since they were paying for it. Landlord controlled heat happens when all utilities are included in rent.
I use a snow shovel and a snowblower. The snow shovel for when it's a light layer. The snowblower is for when it's heavy. Road salt is a must to keep the ice from forming on the sidewalks and driveway. Being bundled up for the task is important too.
I found that out the hard way. I'm usually good about salting my concrete stairs but I was in a hurry. My ribs have never been so wrong here in Indiana lol
Me too and we get a lot of snow in the Northeast (upstate NY).
Regarding heat controlled by landlord: This is typically only true when the landlord pays for the heat, so frequently the landlord allows tenants to control the heat even when the landlord pays for the heat. In cases where the tenant pays for their own heat, they have full control over the thermostat. It all just depends on the place you chose to live. The tenant would be aware of either situation prior to signing the lease.
Salting and shoveling the sidewalk: While the sidewalk is typically owned by the public, the property it resides on it not, and belongs to the property owner with the rest of the property. The sidewalk functions as a sort of public use easement of your property. This is why the landlord is responsible for maintaining it. If a person were to slip and fall on the sidewalk, it technically occurred on the landlords property, and therefore they are liable for any injuries that occur.
Also a fun thing that exists: Snow blowers; A powered machine that fling the snow away for you. These come in all sizes, powers, and prices depending on need from small battery powered units about the size of a shovel, to large pieces of equipment that would be attached to a tractor, and everything in between. People with a lot of snow to clear (either by a lot of land, or very heavy snowfall) are more likely to have a larger snow blower.
Also also, being snowed in and having to jump out of a second floor window is a real thing that sometimes happens. When I lived in northern Indiana, a couple of times we had snow drifts against our front and back doors that prevented me from being able to open my screen doors and exiting. In this case I had to climb out of a bedroom window on the second floor and jump off of the back roof. Only then was I able to clear the snow from in front of the doors and allow us to use them normally.
Yep. I "won" an argument with hubby about shoveling here in Utah. He wanted to be able to not have to see people at least in the winter. I said had to shovel. Asked my BIL attorney. He said you have to have a clear path through your property. It doesn't have to be the whole width of the sidewalk, driveway, porch. Just a clear path through.
Our house had a direct path from the top of the mountain, over some trees, between some houses through the park and swish feet of snow like a wave on a lake. It can get crazy some years.
I live in Michigan and I LOVE winter. I LOVE the snow. I lived here my whole life, 60years. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
I used to live in Wisconsin where snow is normal and it's common to get snow the night before Christmas, back then I loved the snow but for me it got old. I now live in Arkansas where Christmas day is more likely to be 40-60f and sunny. We do get snow here about once every 4-5 years and 50% of that is gone by the next day. Our cold and snow is most likely in February not December although it does happen. The thing I miss most is the quiet, snow muffles sound so after a snowfall of any significance it is so quiet, even loud neighbors seem quieter...lol.
We only had controlled heat in one apartment. Usually the renter has control of the thermostat and is responsible for the bill. I own 3 shovels - you should have one per capable person during heavy snow events. We put them away in May and pull them out in October. I live in Minnesota. I have lived where it never snows and hated it. Bring on the snow!!!
Love snow. Even enjoyed the challenge of driving in it.
We get quite a bit of snow where i live in the midwest. My teenage son and his friends make a killing shoveling snow off peoples driveways for $20 a pop, lol. I think, in general, most people hate shoveling snow in the winter. My sister, however, has a heated driveway that never has to be shoveled. Which is definitely worth the money where we live, lol.
I grew up in San Diego, so snow was something we traveled to the mountains to experience. Although I have gone to the beach, the snow in the mountains, and the desert in the same day here just because.
There's nothing better than watching a snow storm out the window, as night falls, lounging near a roaring fire, with a blanket and a mug of hot chocolate.
I've never heard of landlords controlling the thermostat. I love/like the first snow but not crazy about snowstorms for the rest of the winter here in Colorado.
Landlords don't control your heat except for perhaps in some older buildings that still use a boiler.
Re apartment heat... if your apartment has its own furnace on YOUR utility bill, then YOU control the temperature.
I’m in Michigan and near the western side in the middle . Omgoodness we had 7 feet of snow last year. ! You couldn’t keep up shoveling!
We are near Lansing and didn't get anywhere near that much, but actually missed it.
I've lived in many apartments in the US and I've NEVER heard of landlord controlled thermostats. Even bad hotels don't go for that and you typically have a unit attached to the window you have full control over.
I'm in New England and own two snow shovels and a snow blower, they're such common items here that we don't give them a second thought. The older I get the less I want to deal with snow, it's pretty when it first falls but dealing with it soon becomes a big inconvenience.
My big day came when my doctor advised me not to shovel. It was like a rite of passage.
I have a whole bunch of snow shovels, one is for the car. Many different designs, if light and powdery snow than a broom works the best. (Alaska natives have about 30 to 100 different words to describe different kinds of snow)
From Wisconsin here...would never live someplace that did not get snow. At Chrisrmas having the colored lights from the decorations reflecting off the snow and the tree branches covered with a fresh snowfall, is beautiful. Then there is riding through the Northwoods on a snowmobile a hundred miles in a day. Lived here my entire life and would never move anywhere else.
Best snow shovel has a bend in the shaft. Sounds (and looks) crazy. But it is more ergonomic than a straight shaft and makes lifting snow easier.
Google ergonomic or back saver shovel to see what one looks like.
Most apartments have HVAC (heating, ventilating, air conditioning) systems controled by one thermostat. You can put it on heat or air or just fan and it all flows through the ductwork and out the vents in each room. The system he was talking about sounds like the radiator system in Russian apartments where one boiler provides for the entire place.
That's not exactly true. Very few apartments have HVAC.
@@cp368productions2 This depends on the area of the country and the age of the apartments. There are lots of apartments in the US with HVAC, particularly in hotter areas and cities/towns that have grown a lot over the last 40ish years.
I live in Minnesota. My apartments never had landlord-controlled heat. I have one snowblower, three snow shovels (two plastic and one aluminum), an ice-chopper (a long handle with a heavy steel blade about 8" wide) and a roof-rake (a long extending pole with a perpendicular blade that can help pull snow off the roof) - though my roof-rake isn't the conventional kind, along with a bucket of driveway salt just inside by the door. Along with heavy winter boots, a hat with ear flaps (just like you might see in the movie 'Grumpy Old Men' - though hopefully more stylin'), and a pair of heated gloves to go with my heavy winter knee-length coat. I also have heat tapes along my lower roof to prevent ice dams.
The *northern* Midwest can get a lot snow, but actually the northern east coast gets even more.
Idk what Lawrence is talking about with apartments heat being controlled by the landlord. I've never seen that. Every one I've seen has its own control.
I love the snow, here in NE Ohio we get lots of snow, we’re close to the snow belt. I don’t mind shoveling snow, great exercise to keep me fit. The only thing I don’t like is when snow plow blocked the end of my driveway w/ 4 ft of snow after I cleared mine.
Especially when it is the wet, heavy kind.
#7... I live in sunny Southern CA (L.A.). We have the beautiful beaches and coastline, and one is not satisfied with what we have until we do not have it and to experience/find how much maintenance and cost there is to keep what we thought we wanted. Always like the beauty of the mountains and quiet forests. I have vacationed at a few magnificent mountain/high elevation spots in CA. And some during the winter and late Spring when we have a late melting of the snow. It is a whole new experience of beauty and different activities between the seasons. Vacationing is great because the property owners/city takes care of the plowing of the roads, shoveling the walkways, cost of utilities, and some places provide a wood burning fireplace where they provide the cut logs to burn. I have seen the videos of homeowners shoveling the sidewalks, snow off the roofs, chopping wood, etc... I did hear, the people/homeowners that do their own maintenance like shoveling the snow have a number of incidents of heart attacks because that is a lot of hard work/strain, they put on their bodies to do one part of the year that they are not in the best of shape in doing.
heat is not always controlled by landlord... it all depends on the place... many of the older buildings with boilers and does not have upgraded systems for setting every unit... others are just like you say cheap slumlords.. ive only had a few places that didnt have independent controls per unit that ive rented in.
I've never heard of it being controlled by a landlord.
When I lived in CA & OK landlords never controlled our heat. When I lived in VA they did & apparently it was the same in MD & DC. There was a very short period in spring & fall where they'd allow us both heat & AC, but mostly we had no control over it. Now I'm back in the PNW & can decide whether I use my heat or AC. Paradise!
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I live in Kitsap county there neighbor.
I live in Colorado and we get our share. I have a tradition that the first measurable snowfall ( 4 or more inches) each year, I put on shorts and a tee shirt and run thru the streets on my block barefoot, then lay down on my lawn! Yes, I'm crazy but I've done this for at least 55+ years now😊
I’m in Highlands Ranch and I wish you were my neighbor! I’d absolutely be out there with you! 🤣
Good for you.😆
Well, a lot of America gets snow from the northeast, Midwest, west and north. Just parts of the south don’t get snow but even then sometimes the desert, and south get snow too. I love snow. Shovels aren’t that big and if you get a lot of snow you get a snowblower. We sometimes get 2 and 3 feet of snow so a snowblower really helps your back. You do your driveway and sidewalk and all is good. I’m in Colorado. The mountains and Alaska get a lot of snow.
The only time I’ve lived without control of the thermostat was in my college dorms.
I’ve lived in Buffalo, NY my entire life, and we get a heck of a lot of snow, including major blizzards!
We learned to help our parents shovel at young ages and absolutely loved it!
The most snow I’ve seen in my lifetime collapsed many, many roofs and people were stranded for days.
Thanks for another amazing video, my friend!!!
I live in a building with 100 Apartment units. Every unit has a thermostat that controls its own heat.
2:52 No. I live in the Pacific northwest and love the snow ❄️
I just wish the idiots around here would drive for the conditions when the streets are icy.
100% agree with that last bit. people here will drive like a bat out of hades...during a massive downpour. i've almost crashed countless times bc of it.
either that or they slow down to a snail's pace, even on the interstate.
I'm from Minnesota- the land of snow. I recently moved to the desert of Phoenix Arizona. Back home the winters were harsh, cold, and the snow could get very deep. But... here we have no weather other than "hot." Winters here are very mild and comfortable- you can stay outside all day. It's similar to a summer back home. I have to admit though- I would rather have the snow. It is boring here. We rarely get rain or storms, we rarely even get clouds. Every day is the same, and I miss the "weather!!"
All the states I have lived in during my lifetime have had snow. Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, Montana and Colorado. We can have major amounts of snow during. Sometimes we have had up to or more than 2 feet of snow. That is a lot of snow to shovel and if it has a lot of moisture in it, it can make it even harder to shovel. More current years they do have snowblowers which help to remove the snow a lot easier if you can afford one. I am disabled now and I am thankful I have had wonderful neighbors since I have lived in this house that help me with shoveling my snow. I remember one year back in 1982 Colorado had a major blizzard and they had everything closed down. My company where I worked at the time closed for a whole week. If the wind is blowing when it snows it can create high drifts of snow up to 6 feet or more. In the mountains they get a lot more snow than that.
I have never lived anywhere where the tenant didn't have control of the thermostat. I have NEVER seen anywhere that the landlord controls the thermostat.
Again, never heard of the landlord taking care of snow and ice when renting.
5:38 it's actually the law that you are responsible for snow and ice in front of your residence on the public sidewalks.
6:31 I can't imagine not knowing what a snow shovel is. And no that's a normal snow shovel.
9:30 I wouldn't live where there isn't snow.
Older apartment buildings typically have central heating with zone thermostats. There are municipal regulations of what dates the heat must start or stop, and what temperature they must supply. It is customary to keep the heat on the warm side and when you get a complaint of not enough heat, ask them to close the windows.
What's funniest is he thinks that's a lot of snow! 😂 We measure it by the foot in my part of NY.
Born in a desert valley but moved to and mostly grew up on a farm in northern Michigan. Snowed buckets every year. We could only afford to heat half the house so the den, half bath, and mudroom were frozen every winter. We'd get snowed in at least once a year - the snow would build up so high we couldn't open our doors.
Live a bit more south in the city now, and the winters aren't quite as intense, but you'd probably still find them crazy. We have a snow shovel, and also you have to keep tools in your car to clear off the snow and ice.
And the salt is EVERYWHERE. The city salts the roads and the people salt their stairs and walkways, and it sticks to your car.
I've lived in many apartments and never had the landlord control the heat.
I live in Minnesota, and there's no better atmosphere than sitting around an outdoor fireplace during a nice calm snowy night. I will never give up my winter season for anything, ... Ice fishing, skiing, sledding, snowboarding, snowmobiling, even building a basic snowman, and back to childhood building snow forts for an epic snowball fight during lunch time break. If you can adjust to the cold, (easily done by dressing in layers of clothing ) you will have a great time in the snow
I used to have one, (snow shovels)then I moved back to Central Texas. Now I only see about an inch of snow maybe once in every 3 or 4 years. Heat can be controlled by a landlord in some apartments IF utilities are included in the rent. If you have to connect under your own name, then they can't control it,
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Sometimes, as in my mom's case, landlords do have to set the heat for the main house. She had a rental house with seven rooms in it and some of the tenants would turn the heat up to 80° in the main house.
She had a case with a lock put on the thermostat and set the thermostat at 70 and left it, if you needed it warmer you could put a space heater in your individual room. P.S. a couple of years ago your favorite Christmas Town of Leavenworth received a 3-foot dump of snow in 24 hours and was cut off from the outside world for 4 days.
I live in far northeast Massachusetts, USA. When it starts snowing (usually the end of November), it doesn't stop snowing until late February (!). On average, each snow snow drops 6 inches (15 CM) of snow every 2 weeks. Most of the time the snow doesn't melt so it is stacked on and on and on until there could be 20 inches (50 CM) of snow in piles all over the place. I own a snowblower. That is as necessary in northern New England as sun block is necessary in Portugal during the summer.
I have rented several apartments in the midwest and have never heard of Landlords controlling the heat! 7
To all the people saying they've never heard of the landlord controlling the heat I'd like to know where you live. For the past 30 years of apartment living I've only had 2 apartments I could control the heat. The heat is usually included in the rent.
I've heard of landlord-controlled heat, usually in very old apartment buildings with boiler systems. The apartments that I've lived in all had thermostats - CA, NV, KS, and TX.
All of mine in Ohio, USA had their own thermostats. Can't imagine someone else controlling my heat.
Maybe the difference is which part of the country. I currently live in NYC and I previously lived in NJ. My current apartment was completed about 1950 but I've lived in older buildings. Most buildings still have boilers and oil heat with radiators.
Yes, it’s regional. District heat, boilers, and radiators aren’t very common outside the Northeast, Midwest and Midatlantic states.
And I’m wondering where YOU live. I’ve rented in California, Texas, Arkansas, and Florida myself since 1988, and I’ve never heard of a renter not being in control of their own thermostat, that’s news to me.
I lived many different cold places and the heat was never controlled by the landlord. Maybe that's a specific thing.
I try to put down as little salt as possible, and try to rely instead on shoveling. Salt is primarily for situations where there's a sheet of ice. Salt is not great for stonework, the roads, cars, plants or the waterways. But sometimes it's the best tool, depending on the conditions.
I actually have 3 snow shovels (for a household of 2). Snow shovels come in different styles, and are used for different situations. If you don't have very deep snow, you can use the style shown by Laurence (at the 6:37 point in your video) to essentially shove the snow off to one side. If you have deeper snow, you use a different style to scoop out a shovel full of snow and throw it off to the side.
In the Chicago area and upper Midwest, we get plenty of snow (but less than in the northeast), but it's more than worth it to have proper seasons and to get to live in this area.
I a hundred percent agree with you.
My first apartment controled heat. They turned it on in November and off in March and yes it got cold in October and April , we just bundled up and moved once lease was up.
We have 2 or 3 snowshovels but we also have a snow blower.. We keep a bag or two of salt in the garage.
Personally, I love snow. I love watching it flurry, then after a snowstorm walking outside and its so quiet. Its a different kind of quiet. The air feels crisp . You can smell the fresh air and taste it in the air. However, I do live in the foothills so our air quality should be a bit better than more populated area's ,
I live in New England (15 minutes outside Boston) and we have all 4 seasons. I have lived here 53 years and can't imagine living somewhere without all the seasons. I love experiencing them all (though summer is my least favorite).
I lived in a hotel that was built in 1927. The AC was 2 massive swamp coolers that where either on or off. The only control you had was to shut the vent in your room.
The heat was from a steam boiler down in the basement that sent steam to radiators in the rooms. You could control it with a valve if you were lucky to have one or one that worked.
The heat in a rented apartment is generally controlled by whomever PAYS for the heating. That can be either the landlord or the tenants. In older homes, it is more common for the landlord to pay as the buildings were generally built with a single, shared heating system. As time passed, it became more common for units to have individual control. In part that is for convenience. But it is also influenced by the rise of condominiums. So many buildings built since the 80's will accept the extra expense to have separate heating systems in part to make it easier if the building is ever going to be sold as individually owned condominium units. All that being said, even if the landlord controls the heat, there are usually laws setting a minimum temperature for the heat. (Around here, that's 67 degrees F.)
I live in Southeast Texas, near the coast. We rarely get snow, and when the rare snow does fall, we get at most four inches. But we don't need to have snow shovels or anything because the sidewalks and driveways are still warm enough to melt the snow. Ice doesn't usually accompany snow for us, except on overpasses, and the State takes care of treating the roads, overpasses, and bridges. We get late arrivals to school and work, so we get time to play in it. Usually, it is only the one day.
Born and raised in Michigan. I wouldn't trade the snow. I love having all 4 seasons. Shoveling snow can be exhausting when you get a few feet of it but they make machines now to make it easier. Always buy a few snow shovels because the weight of snow can sometimes crack it plus if you scrape down to the cement, it also has a risk of chipping the shovel. Being prepared also means having a shovel in your car as well as salt.
In America if you hate snow, you can move South. That’s why so many older people live in Florida and Arizona. There are whole communities for senior citizens ( look up The Villages). It snows in Virginia, and I just read an article that the average is 15-18 inches for the season. It used to snow more on the 60s and 70s. But this year we might have more. So yes we own a snow shovel and salt for the steps and side walk. Oil the blade so the snow slides off.
I live in Minnesota we get everything from 100 F with 100% humidity (about 37 C) to -60 F with 5 Ft of snow (about -50 C) and id take a shoveling snow in freezing winds over a hot summer day every time.
I live in northwest Iowa, and I agree snow can be very beautiful. As a child I loved playing in the snow, building snow forts and having snow ball fights, as well as going sledding on nearby hills. Sometimes round saucer sleds would be dragged behind a car being towed by a rope with a courageous teenager riding in the sled as a car drives down gravel roads. Also as a young teenager I could earn extra money by shoveling neighbors’ sidewalks or driveways. It was back breaking work, and wouldn’t be done with any great enthusiasm. In mid-life I got into photographing wintry scenes, to the enjoyment of my family and friends. Now that I’m elderly, with bad knees, and poor balance when walking, I wish we didn’t get snow!
In my 83yrs, I have rented many, many times and never ever had a landlord control the thermostat (?) Wonder where this has rented.?
I can only speak from my own experience….. maybe Lawrence had a landlord that controlled the heat but I never have. I would say landlords controlling the heat is not the norm here.
I live in Iowa and yes, of course have the big snow shovels (no place for a snowblower), and salt, also a long handled ice-chopper for thick ice cover on the sidewalk (that's fun), and in my car, a hammer and a screwdriver to bust off the snow-slush that gathers in the wheel wells then freezes within 10 minutes when it's -15 F or so. I wish the video would have shown what it's like when there's 2 1/2 feet of heavy snow and you have to poke around just to find where your sidewalk actually starts before you can start shoveling---or when it's the third time in two weeks and you have to lift each shovelful about six feet to the top of the snowpile because there's nowhere else to put it 🤣. That would definitely explain the size of the snow shovels!
1. I live near Boston MA. I love having real seasons, but I'm also happy to live in a condominium where other people are paid to deal with snow. Even so it gets annoying cleaning it off my car so I can drive. I'm also glad to own a 4-wheel-drive truck because I can just put it in 4-wheel-drive mode and drive over the hard-packed pile of snow the plow leaves when it pushes it aside and into all the parked cars. (Yes, that's my main use for 4-wheel-drive. Yes, I realize that makes me insane.)
2. I've never heard of a landlord controlling the heating system. Every place I rented included a thermostat that I controlled. I think Laurence got ripped off.
3. Yep, I have a snow shovel. A small, one, because I only need to scoop it off my car, uh, truck, uh, toy-truck-thingy. And yes, at times, shoveling snow off a car instead of brushing it off can be totally reasonable. No brush will reasonably handle a 20 cm-deep snowpack.
4. Snow is easy-ish to shovel when it's fresh. However, wait a couple hours, and the snow will start to melt, and then the remaining snow will soak up the freshly melted water like a sponge and turn into slush. I **HATE** shoveling slush.
Born and raised in southern lower Michigan, so yes, many many winters and lots of snow and blizzards.....and LOTS of snow removal and shoveling.
@6:40 I'm from Minnesota. I have TWO of those at home. 😀
I love snow, but I don't care for cold weather. Spring & Fall are my favorite seasons!
Canadian here ... the shovels... we have at least 4. Front door, back door, car and spare because during a snow storm if your shovel breaks the stores will be sold out and you can't get another until after the storm ends. Salt... we buy 6 bags in October and put some in lidded buckets with a scoop at each door, and in the car. Whoever is first to leave in the morning salts the stairs, and path to the car. Don't even get me started on how many window scrapers we have. Long ones, short ones, some with a glove for your hand, some inside the house because you want to clear the car door before you open it, some in the car for what accumulates while you're out. Winter is all about being prepared.
Life in Maine practically changes modality during winter. Many own a second cheap "winter beater" car just to keep the primary car in good condition. Fender benders don't hurt so much in the beater car. They're expected. Those plastic snow shovels wouldn't make it 5 scoops after a storm in Maine. We use machines called snowblowers to clear 6 inch to several feet deep.
Most of my life I lived in New Jersey and we got a good amount of snow there. When I worked the breakfast and lunch shifts as a waitress at a diner 6 miles ( up hill and 2 towns away) from my house and had to be there @ 7 a.m. I had to shovel. If it was a small snow fall of 6 inches or less I didn't need to shovel ( unless it was a wet heavy sniw) I could sweep it a way with a broom. ( recently I've seen people on youtube use a leaf blower. I never thought of that). If it was a deeper snow I would get up around 4 a.m. to shovel . The snow plow always left a bunch of snow at the end of my driveway that had to be shoveled ( the hardest psrt) I would first shovel my steps and of a path to and around my car ( which I parked about 10 feet in from the end of my 40 ft.driveway) Once I shovel ed around the car I brushed the snow off if my car and started it so it could heat up. Then I shoveled the drivers side again and the end of the driveway. Turned the car off and got ready for work. It was slow going on the roads as many hadn't been poised yet, and a 15 min. drive could turn into a half hour or so. Then sometimes my car would get stuck on the entrance ramp of the main road onto the highway where the diner was. I carried a small snow shovel in my car so I could shovel my way out if I got stuck. I also had a bag of kitty litter to put down for traction if there was ice and spinning tires. Also carried flares in case the car slid off into a ditch or i got hit and granola bars and water so I had something to eat and drink if I got stuck. You just never know what's going to happen, like a good girl scout, I was prepared. ( had a lighter and a knife, a blanket, A roll of paper towels and toilet paper too 😂). I had a great neighbor who would snow blow my driveway while I was at work so i didnt have tobfinish it when i got home.
I've been living in central Ohio now since 2013 and there have been many small snows but only 3 or 4 over 6 inches. They get clobbered in northern Ohio up by Ckeveland where they get Lake effect snow coming down from Canada. Those don't hit us where I am as they generally go east through upper Pa. and upper New York.
I actually used to love to shovel snow before I became disabled. There is something about being outside at 4 a.m. its peaceful and quiet. No traffic noise or birds chirping or dogs barking: just silence. The air is crisp and clean and if its still snowing you can hear it ever so slightly.
The wider the shovel, the less shoveling you have to do. I was ?lucky that I didn't have sidewalks in N.J. Now I live on a busy corner in a house with my daughter and her family and my son-in-law has a lot of sidewalk to shovel, about 150 feet. Its a good idea to invest in a snowblower if you own a house. If you rent, not so much.
I live in NC, I've never heard of landlords controlling the heat/AC. Where I'm located, in the foothills (bottom of the mountain) of the Appalachian Mountains. 1 hour up the mountain they are already getting snow. We haven't had snow in 2 years. The last time we had snow, we got 8 inches and everything was shut down for 2 days. I love the snow, it's so pretty and the kids love it but even 1 inch of snow shuts almost everything down for at least 24 hours and very few know how to drive in it but that's 1 reason many of us have bigger vehicles, they are 4 wheel drive which makes it easier to drive in it. Tonight it's 32 degrees but it always gets a few degrees colder where I live than what they say it's going to be. Living next to a creek makes it get a little colder.
Yes, we have snow shovels. I live in Canada! 🇨🇦
Of course we have snow shovels!
Although, if it’s a dry, powdery snow, my hubby will use his leaf blower and try to keep ahead of the storm, going out every so often to clean off our front walk & back patio ( for letting the dog out ). If it wet & heavy, he just waits until it stops then tackles the job, but just does a strip as wide as the shovel, not the whole patio.
Yup, I've got two snow shovels. My favorite one has a metel strip on the edge that pushes the snow. It's great for getting under the ice that gathers under the snow.
When I lived in Wisconsin I was 4 miles from Lake Michigan and we got very heavy, wet snow. We had a 180 feet of driveway. By the time I shoveled the driveway, I had to start again. Hours and hours of shoveling, and when the snow plow came by they pushes a pile of snow in front of the driveway that also must be shoveled. It was exhausting!
I love the snow. Love the cold temps. Wouldnt trade it for anything. Nothing like bundling up next to the fireplace with snow falling all around you.
Northeast Midwesterner here!
Snow is a real thing. Salting is a must and shoveling snow can be endless back-breaking work.
I keep my thermostat at 64° in the winter unless it drops below 0°; then I'll turn it up a couple of degrees.
LMFAO everyone that lives in a climate that has snow has a snow shovel 😂😂😂
My college dorm (in Georgia) had uncontrollable heat. First, it had no air conditioning, so several months were awful. We had a fan in window. But we had to keep the fan on all year, because whoever turned on the heat REALLY turned up the heat. We had no control. And, I was on the top floor of the dorms, as heat rises, it was hot. So we kept the window open and the fan going.
Heavy snow is mainly found in areas with lake effect snow. Detroit doesn’t get that much, Cleveland and Buffalo are a whole different thing. My thermostat gets set in October and stays that way until Spring.
I live in Finland and love the snow in winter, it makes things brighter in the dark winter!
Lived in ohio for 53 years, and the only time my heat was controlled was by my parents....when I was a kid
The winter season in Minnesota. Winter sucks if you have to drive long distances. Or need to get to work.
But there is a tune of things to do in winter, ice fishing, snow showing, downhill skiing, cross-country skiing, snowboarding, ice skating, making igloo's, snow ball fights, bone fires in the snow, down hill snow tubing, and some people go hunting for small game.
Those are some things you could do in the middle of winter, up in the northern state of the US.
Just had two inches in my part of Ohio - Love the change of seasons ! And be careful shoveling snow folks as more heart attacks occur then .
As a Californian who used to live in the mountains, I used to have to deal with getting nine feet of snow in like five hours at a time. Learned it's easier to keep up than catch up. Shovel every thirty minutes or so, which cuts into your sleep schedule at night, but if you shovel often during a snow storm, you don't have to wake up to nine feet of snow to shovel. And yeah, we used to have multiple snow shovels at home, back when. We live outside of snow country now, and now it's leaves in autumn instead of snow in winter. Heh. Got to get your exercise somehow.
Also, when we were renting, we had control of our thermostat. But we were also paying our own utilities, so that may have had something to do with it.
Not only do we own a snow shovel, its a memento from when we lived in upstate NY. I’ve been in Phoenix for > 50 years, and now the shovel is used for cleaning-up mesquite bean pods.
Ive heard of apartment buildings in New York City regulating the heat/air as they have a boiler system in the basement but most places, each apartment unit has their own controls. He just happened to live in one in the midwest that has the boiler system. That is not common in the west. The west and east are a bit different. In the west, California in places where it does snow, owners are not required to shovel the side walks because most of us park off the road and onto our own property. In the area he lives and NYC type areas, they park on the road a lot and must shovel their own sidewalks. Most here have snowblowers so you don't have to shovel.
Just had 14 inches in NE PA. I used to shovel but finally bought an F250 plow truck. Areas in the North East get far more snow than the Midwest. Upstate NY probably gets the most snow other than the almost uninhabited areas of the Rockies or other western ranges.
I once lived in an apartment in San Diego in which I had control of my AC unit and the heat, nut nevertheless the electricity cost was just included in the rent and not metered (essentially free). I think the theory there was, San Diego weather is so perfect you don’t need the AC or heat much, so it’s not much of a risk for the landlord to cover the electric cost.
In apartments where the landlord controls the heat (not very common except in very old buildings), state laws generally specify minimum temperatures that must be maintained for all living spaces.
Most of the country gets snow. I live in Nevada and it gets to 110 degrees often in the summer but it also snows quite a bit in the winter. I hated shoveling snow when i had a house. One upside to moving to an apartment is that i no longer have to Shovel snow the second i see it coming down. Oh and I control the heat in my apartment. I'm pretty sure the landlord controlling it would be illegal in most states. I've heard of it but never actually seen it.
I grew up in Southern California and Phoenix, Arizona, where we didn't get snow. I hate the heat of AZ and now live in Denver, Colorado, and I LOVE the snow. I rent an apartment, so they take care of snow removal from walkways so I don't shovel. And I've never lived anywhere that the landlord controls the heat (or extract at all, or natural gas, or water). I love driving in the snow and the crunch under the tires. When it's snowing, it is so quiet. When I was in a house I'd shovel, but it's really no big deal. Magnesium chloride is put down on roads here, not salt. Salt ruins the metal in cars as it is corrosive.
I wondered about that. Regular salt kills all the plants and grass. I'm in Texas, we just put sand on the roads (bridges).
The reason they don't salt the roads is because the salt draws deer on to the highway
Yes, any American who lives where it snows is likely to have a snow shovel or two. Quite a few have snow blowers. The sidewalks and other walkways must be made safe for foot traffic. Exceptions would be for those who are not the ones responsible for snow removal--apartment dwellers, etc. When I was a kid, snow would drift up against our front door, preventing us from opening it. My mother would open a window, push me through it and hand me the snow shovel and it was my job to clear the door. Now that I moved to Arkansas, I have learned something valuable: When you live in a temperate climate, snow, if you just leave it alone for a while, will melt and you don't need to do a thing. Wasn't true growing up in Illinois, but it is here.
This video is accurate, I used to live in the Rockies, we'd have snow most of the year and alot of it, waist deep snow isn't abnormal, I moved to Appalachias 5 years ago and it snows less but we get more ice storms, because of the humidity, because of all the hills and tree's people literally get trapped on top of the hill there on. Before that I lived Florida we had a ice storm roll in which is rare for Florida, the city closed everything down and sent dump trucks to the beach to pick up sand to put on the roads, what they didn't know would happen when they did that, it created Black ice and people where getting car wrecks everywhere, on top of the fact its Florida nobody knows how to drive on ice or snow
Il've lived in 3 different apartments and I have always had a thermostat. I live in MinneSnowta. Snow shoveling can be a pain in the rear. I've hd to shovel as much as 3 feet of snow off of the driveway and sidewalks. Sometimes the now is light and fluffy. But other times the snow is VERY thick and heavy. It's sometimes so much work that you need to take of your jacket and shovel only wearing a shirt, otherwise you will overheat. And of course you also need to remove the snow off of your car and scrape the ice off of your car windows.
Not all rentals have landlords that control the thermostat. This is likely in rentals that include the heat. Personally I have never seen a rental that you could not set the temp as you please.
Usually it is not actually salt any more but instead an animal safe chemical that does the same thing, but causes less problems.
Many have 2 shovels. One for the light snows and cleaning off the steps and the other for the heavy snow. I actually keep the small one in the front porch as the shed can get snowed in and I will need a shovel to get into the shed.