re: Let’s get this clear once and for all: the internet is NOT a utility

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Which buildings require gas connections? My apartment doesn’t have a gas connection. Why is that a utility?

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If you have gas heat, it's required to be connected to be up to code - I dropped off the "as applicable" but obviously, gas is a utility for people who heat water and their home with gas (eta: and cook).

Again, why? Because it's a public safety and health issue for folks to be burning shite to heat their homes or burning solid/liquid fuel, inside, to cook. Yes, I know some homes have fireplaces and wood stoves, but that's considered supplemental heat - and codes get stricter every year for those, especially houses not grandfathered in for wood heat.

No, wood isn't a utility.