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walkallover1991 t1_j6b3vti wrote

Grew up in Upstate NY (Albany suburbs) and lived in Charlotte for a few years.

Markably better than Charlotte does, but nowhere as good as it was in Albany, where we would be in school on time even if we had a foot of snow overnight.

I haven't been here for any major blizzards, but in the 6ish years I have been here (the max might have been 5-6 inches) I thought the DC government cleaned the streets up fairly quickly. Some narrower roads deep in certain neighborhoods took longer to clear, but major thoroughfares were clear.

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Snow_source t1_j6jgcwy wrote

I grew up relatively close to where you did over the border in MA (the Berkshires) and moved down here about 8 ish years ago.

The 2016 Blizzard was pretty poorly handled. Any snow over 3 inches everybody freaks out and forgets how to drive.

Also most people only have all-season tires so it turns into a dangerous shitshow as nobody actually has snows.

The amount of salt they use for even a light dusting of snow puts Upstate to shame. Seems like overkill for a place that will have 40 degree days right afterwards.

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walkallover1991 t1_j6kqzg5 wrote

To be fair, most people in Albany didn't have snow tires, either...we didn't. Always had all-season.

Berkshires are beautiful btw. My family has a cabin on the NY/MA border in New Lebanon.

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