I used to live in Mammoth, been there done that. One Thanksgiving weekend about 20 years ago it SNOWED 6 feet in 12 hours, YES WE DROVE and WENT SKIING. Sounds to me like the Northeast is filled full of WUSSES.
I live on a side cul-de-sac. It has been plowed all night, currently about 4” on the road. All this despite the state of CT taking plows off the road and forcing my town and the neighboring town to take over to keep the main roads to a hospital open.
Yes, an isolated ski resort in the mountains of 8,000 people with routine massive snows is directly comparable to a densely urbanized region of 15 million plus people that receives a snow like this once a decade.
You drove through 6 feet of snow? In what, a snowcat?