As I am getting ready to rent my Bethesda home, and move. I have been thinking about what I will miss not living here. I will surely miss all the wonderful herbs, berries and fruits I planted. The conveniently located community, the people I met and befriended. However, this week during the snow storm, I was reminded of a more meaningful reason to miss this neighborhood. I saw my neighbors out shoveling snow for an older home owner, neighbors shoveling snow off the street and not waiting on the county to show up, and an owner of a snow blower even clearing the sidewalks along the entire block.
These actions stood out for me even more after stopping in another community this afternoon and seeing that there the neighbors parked their cars in front of the absent neighbor's house, and on his driveway to give the plows full access to their own homes. This blocked the abscent neighbor's home with a full lane of snow. Though they parked in the vacant home's driveway, three days after the blizzard, they thought they had no responsibility to clear the snow, and or remove the cars to allow access to agents or service person. Maybe they will read this blog and change their ways.
In short, I was reminded today again the value of considerate neighbors. I hope I will find them wherever I live next.
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