We are in norhtern Chautauqua county, in the lee of Lake Erie, above the escarpment, so we get loads of lake effect snow. up to about 300 inches a year in the worst years.
But, we are on a hill, do not get any flooding, have wonderful summers and falls, and do not get sick of the snow until March. It stays white, and even in the worst storm, we do not get snowed in, because the mega plows do a great job of clearing it off the highways and byways.
The cities are a different matter. There is no place to put the stuff, and it gets dirty pretty fast. And, getting around all the parked cars on the streets makes plowing very difficult.
Rural upstate NY is a wonderful place. I wish we could divorce “downstate”!
I, too, wish we could divorce downstate. Sigh. We end up paying our taxes to keep NYC afloat.
We have wonderful plows and systems to keep the snow away from the roads. There are times when it is hard to find places to put the snow for sure. Sometimes roofs cave in but people should be aware of that and keep surfaces shoveled off. I’ve never had to turn back from dialysis because of the snow. We’ve gotten through three or four nor-easter’s. I used to hate the snow but I don’t anymore. It’s part of living here. It’s better than having to worry if your house is going to be blown away in a hurricane or destroyed in a fire. The Southern tier suffers from severe flooding now and then and I’m glad I don’t live there.