Thanks to some family inheritances, my daughter and her husband moved to a wealthy neighbourhood in our town. Life is very different there than in the middle-lower class neighbourhood they both grew up in! One of the items that wealthy people use here in Calgary, are backpack snow blowers for the many winter days that sidewalks must be cleared after frequent snowfalls. My son-in-law told me that their neighbourhood is a hub for the noisy machines working away early mornings clearing sidewalks. For years I have been shovelling snow and, quite frankly, hate that job. SIL purchased a used blower on Kijiji and I tried it out. Weighs about 20 pounds and does a great job. I purchased a brand new one and now take 10 minutes door-to-door to clear both my front and back walks, with a few feet of my neighbours’ walks on each side of me. No neighbourhood I have ever lived in had anyone owning such a machine; I didn’t even know they existed.