Mailbox Knockouts; Most Places Won't Pay for Plowed-Over Fancy Boxes

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If living the suburban dream means planting a $600 mailbox in front of the McMansion, be prepared to be taken down a notch or two if the box gets clipped by an errant snowplow driver.

According to the local government that clears your streets, your mailbox is in the public right of way and has no absolute right to be there.

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Mailbox Knockouts; Most Places Won't Pay for Plowed-Over Fancy Boxes

So, when the snow flies and the plow knocks your mailbox down as a number of them did in this month's snowstorm the taxpayers might replace it out of the goodness of their hearts. But it won't be fancy.

"You would hope that the public would understand that and not put those expensive...

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