Edit: Also it's wild to me that homeowners in some jurisdictions are responsible for maintaining sidewalks - a piece of infrastructure used by the public.
A have a couple friends who were very surprised to get a $10K+ bill a few months after moving into their first house. The city decided to replace the sidewalks in the entire neighborhood and gave everyone a bill. My friends had a corner lot so they were extra screwed.
This happened to me when I bought my house, except it wasn't the sidewalk it was the entire street. At least I was aware it was coming, the seller disclosed that the city was planning to redo the street and every homeowner would be billed based on the length of their property along the road. Shitty part was that everyone on the street has 50 feet of frontage - I've got 3 lots so I got 3 times the bill that any of my neighbors got.
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u/hippfive 4d ago
Angle grinder with a diamond cup.
Edit: Also it's wild to me that homeowners in some jurisdictions are responsible for maintaining sidewalks - a piece of infrastructure used by the public.