Neither snow nor rain

[IntenseMagic]

I'm in a subdivision as well but not in city limits which is a good thing! So we have the mailboxes at the road. The township is very good about getting out and plowing our roads and generally do a good job. In fact, our streets are cleared better than the main streets in the city. They have a couple of plows and one does our area before going onto the country roads. If it is an overnight snow, they will go through around 5 a.m.

Years ago when Mom was still alive and my parents went to Florida in the winter, I was living here and taking care of the house. I worked at a CPA firm so worked long hours. One time it started snowing during the day while I was at work. The neighbor next door was clearing his driveway when the plow came down the perpendicular street and pushed the snow right into my driveway. The neighbor stopped them and asked why they did that. They said "they are in Florida so no problem". He then informed them that I lived there and was not in Florida! So they have at least never blocked the whole driveway since but did have the issue with the mailbox.

Yes, we are not in city limits either! We do have private snow removal that we pay for through HOA dues and they are usually really good about being here super early in the morning, especially on days when people need to get to work.

 

[IntenseMagic]

Do you use the post office often?
I really hardly ever go to the post office -- maybe once every couple of years. I order stamps online from the postal service (they deliver them with your mail). We also have a UPS store that is only a couple miles from our house and I use that when I need to mail a package. I'm mostly at the UPS store because they are a free dropoff point for Amazon returns.
Do you still send mail through the postal service? Not much but I send cards and the occasional check.
Does your mail come no matter the weather? We don't really have "weather" much, other than heat. So, our mail is very rarely disrupted. Interestingly, until very recently there was no AC in the mail carriers' trucks here in AZ even though it gets as hot as 120 degrees Farenheit in the summer. In literally the last 5 years, they have been working on rolling out a new truck design with AC.

Oh wow..that's so wild that there wouldn't be AC in the carriers' trucks! I'm glad they are finally getting it!

 

[Brendazzle]

I really disllike HOAs, fortunately ours is not really strict with anything at all.

I really didn't want to live in an HOA neighborhood but almost everything here is HOA. If we could have bought one of the houses in the back of the apartment complex we used to live in, I would have been so much happier. The property management company was chill but the houses were more than we could afford.

 

[bcgal00]

We have mail boxes a block away that we only check a few times a month. I can't remember the last time I had to use the post office. I don't even know where the depots are in our town, except for a drugstore near me. Everything we get comes from amazon or a delivery service like UPS, FedEx, etc. I haven't bought stamps in at least 3-4 years, maybe longer. I used to get a bundle of stamps at Xmas to send out cards but stopped doing that about 5 yrs ago.

 

[jk703]

I rarely go to post office. Mostly to pop a mail in the basket for a return.
I have in the past gone there to renew my passport, and that was quick and easy... and expensive.
My mail always comes... but if it doesn't and we have a foot of snow, I think that's way ok, lol!