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Adding to what OH said -- even in NYC, where we do get blizzards not infrequently, it takes a *ridiculous* amount of snow to actually keep people from going anywhere. Stuff gets shoveled immediately (you can be fined if your sidewalk isn't clear within X hours) and there are just too many people tromping around.
I've gone to work in like 20" of snow -- subway never stopped running, even buses they put chains (eventually buses will get pulled with enough snow but it takes a massive amount), people just go about stuff, markets all open, etc.
The last whopper we had was I think 26"? It will quiet stuff down a lot as its falling, especially at night, but the next morning, everyone is out again and everything is open, pretty much. It's just really hard to stop a major city, too many people and too much stuff (like hospitals will always keep running, so that's a lot of people need to get to work, then those people gotta eat and it's a chain reaction).
I've gone to work in like 20" of snow -- subway never stopped running, even buses they put chains (eventually buses will get pulled with enough snow but it takes a massive amount), people just go about stuff, markets all open, etc.
The last whopper we had was I think 26"? It will quiet stuff down a lot as its falling, especially at night, but the next morning, everyone is out again and everything is open, pretty much. It's just really hard to stop a major city, too many people and too much stuff (like hospitals will always keep running, so that's a lot of people need to get to work, then those people gotta eat and it's a chain reaction).