It will be interesting to find out how many will comment about removing utility poles from the middle of walkways. Most ridiculous thing I have ever seen. I do not know what the City guy in charge was smoking when they did that year after year without doing the obvious

1. don't put the poles there in the first place if you know sidewalks will follow

2. move the poles (expensive) so the sidewalk can be placed adjacent to the curb

3. move the sidewalk away from the curb, which also means less splashing from adjacent traffic on those slushy days

4. curve the pavement away from and around the post, leaving a wide enough sidewalk to allow people with strollers and those in power chairs to pass with relative ease.