[outofsalt]

LOL.
I remember stories from New York City in the 40’s and 50’s where the Mayor would ask the citizens to shovel the streets after big snow storms so essential public services and folks in general could function. People would dig in and it took far less time then waiting for the plows.

[Vigilanteman]

We did it the same way when we lived outside of Tokyo in the 1990s. Of course, a snowstorm requiring street cleaning was usually only a once or twice a year thing there. But it was fun to see and join all the neighbors in action.

We did the same with the public parks. Each neighborhood would have their cleaning turn and we all showed up with brooms, pitchforks, trash bags and/or shovels.

Public parks were a place for kids to play, not for gang bangers to hang out and make drug deals.

[Straight Vermonter]

I remember stories from New York City in the 40’s and 50’s where the Mayor would ask the citizens to shovel the streets after big snow storms so essential public services and folks in general could function. People would dig in and it took far less time then waiting for the plows.

In Vermont the spring snow melt reveals all the trash that over the long winter ended on the roadside, in front yards, parks etc. So every spring we have "Green-up Day". People collect the trash and the trash companies pitch in by picking up the bags of trash left along the roads. Lots of groups like the Rotary, KoC, Scouts, churches, etc do it as an outing.