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Originally Posted by Gusteau
ETA: Its not really the amount of snow that's shocking (I'm from New York originally), but rather the region that got this amount of snow. Its debilitating because we don't have the infrastructure to deal with it.
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I'm so glad you said this, because it's a really big pet peeve of mine when people say that we "freak out" or "whine" about big snows when we get it. One of my friends had a facebook status up about how it was stupid that we were making such a big deal about this blizzard because he lives in Iowa. ARRRGG! The point
is WE DON'T LIVE IN IOWA! It's a big deal because we aren't prepared for it. A lot of people in this area (at least my neighbors) don't even own snow shovels! We don't have snow tires or chains, and our cities don't put a lot of money into snow preparedness and clean-up. Obviously it's going to be a bigger deal here than it would be in the Midwest! End rant.