who said anything about the city handling this? i don't want my tax dollars to go towards the fix either.
the homeowners should cut the hedge down, or back, to expose the whole sidewalk.
not the city.

Absentee landlord, so, if it bothers you that much, just get a pair of loppers and cut the hedge back. The landlord won't have a clue, probably has no connections to the neighborhood, and the Yale grad student renters will be gone in a year, so who cares what they think.

@absentee landlords, That's the same as this property and many others in this area that don't shovel the sidewalk because someday soon the sun will melt it away, Unless some sucker comes along and shovels it for free..

Lopping, chopping, slicing or dicing on someone else's property is a bad plan.
I wouldn't like it, and i doubt you would either.

It's not their property, it's on a public right of way. I'm not buying your "do unto others" false argumet.

How's about y'all quit complaining, get off your Iphones and knock on the properties' door?

Or do you expect someone else to take care of it for you?

Being part of a neighborhood means being actively INVOLVED .

Sounds like an absentee landlord problem. The tenants will open the door and not be able to do anything. Suggestions, then?

Thanks, Karen - I think that's exactly what would happen.
and you're right ... then what?

1. The renters of these apartments are not Yale Grad students but thanks for the stereotypical assumption. We are Pediatric Nurses, architects, psychiatrists and brand managers for a major craft brewery.
2. I tend to the property myself (as a tenant) which includes mowing the lawn (notice how it's not over grown), trimming the trees (notice the nice mulch under the Japanese maple), shoveling EVERY snowstorm before 8am and trimming the hedges.
3. This issue has been brought up before. Unfortunately, if you look behind/under the hedges you notice that this property only has a 1 width section of sidewalk. I keep the hedges cut back (every week) so that 1 width is passable (especially for those with baby strollers) because I do care, about how my apartment looks and my neighborhood. I've lived here for 6 years.

Regardless, I have passed this post along to the landlord.

Let's hope what's left of the hedges recovers

Closed

Unacceptable

That's all the sidewalk there is