I get grief because I spend more time in Rochester than in the Big City. "What about the cold?", "What about the snow?"
Yesterday I cleared a foot of snow off of my car, and it was parked on West 54th Street. At least in Rochester I have a garage. By the time I got most of the snow off the car my hands were so cold I couldn't feel my fingers. I discovered several hours later I had a pair of gloves in the car. I just couldn't find them under all of the other stuff.
People don't really understand that, as a matter of practical reality, the cold and wet weather of Rochester really doesn't bother the residents much. They go from their house to their car and from their car to their job. They aren't in the weather much. On the other hand, those living in the Big City stand in the weather waiting for a bus.
When it snows like it did on Saturday, I ENJOY riding the subway.
One aspect of dealing with snow in the Big City that I find frustrating is the fact that I can't reach highway speed when I'm there. In Rochester I can clear most of the snow off of the car by driving 70 miles an hour on the thruway.
So, for those of you who think upstate New York is a winter wasteland, remember that, while there is very little mass transit, and we are warming the earth at a feverish rate with our SUVs, we are not standing in front of the Oyster Bar waiting for the M10 bus.
