I was taking a walk the other day and saw this pathway which is shared by two houses.

The house on the right got their pressure washer and cleaned their half of the path.

Part of me secretly admires the pettiness of this move. But the truth is that it is one path and just using one half is not practical. If it needs repair at any point, it’s a joint responsibility, you can’t just fix your bit and expect things to be fine… a bit like using the cloud or outsourcing work to a third party.