[metmom]

There were small residential streets in Buffalo that almost never saw plows due to city mismanagement.

So the residents would go out and shovel out the section of the street immediately in front of their house. Thus the whole street got cleared.

They didn’t like it but had no choice.

[daniel1212]

"There were small residential streets in Buffalo that almost never saw plows due to city mismanagement. So the residents would go out and shovel out the section of the street immediately in front of their house. Thus the whole street got cleared. They didn’t like it but had no choice."

We used to live in section of a dead end street and had to wait till a day or so after the storm for a plow. Meanwhile, reportedly the commander of the National Guard arrived in Boston from Buffalo and basically said, "What's the big deal?" The answer? Population density is far higher (and maybe he just saw Logan).