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Originally Posted by MikeE
It's a combination of population density and the type of snow.
There are 4.6m people living within ~30 miles of Boston*, so even a 4" snow storm hitting during weekday rush hour causes massive traffic congestion and limits road plowing.
* For comparison that's 15 times the population of Michigan's Upper Peninsula in less than 25% of the area.
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This definitely underscores the issues here in NYC as well. While New England may get a few more inches of snow than we do, we have something like 20mil people in that same ~30 mile zone. Even with the most extensive public transportation system in the world, theres still close to the population of Boston driving home to work every night on our roads.