Learning to drive on slippery, snowy roads is an acquired skill. Many who work in DC come from down south.
Asked why New York schools are open while the Districtās are closed, Washingtonās emergency management director, Christopher Geldart, said āItās a total unfair comparison.ā
I grew up in the Baltimore-Washington area. DC has many wonderful things going for it. A competently managed infrastructure is not one of them.
My usage of commas is terrible, but the use of affects here seems fine.
I meant to write āthe greatest of the issues, caused by snow, affect motorists and suburbia dwellersā i.e., talking about the issues affecting motorists. Essentially, Iām talking about how āissuesā affect motoristsā¦
Even simpler explanation: New York is able to scale up its response because even though it budgets the same per capita, its much larger population results in a lot more dollars per mile of road to be cleared. It also has a much more extensive public transit system than D.C. does. Just observationally, New York also has more highways and parkways that are not surface roads and that are much easier to clear because no one parks on those roads. Once you are in D.C., you are basically on surface roads, with only a very few exceptions. But really, Iāve been driving to work in D.C. since Monday. Itās not that bad.
NY also takes advantage of non-dedicated plows, example garbage trucks have plows, makes for a better use of resources.
ā¦and how well do each of those independent municipalities work together in tandem?
DC is south of the Mason Dixon line. In my experience living in the area 12+ yearsā¦it likes to think of itself as way more ācosmoā than it really is (unless something really has changed fundamentally since then)
You can thank Pierre Charles LāEnfant for that. NYC (Manhattan) is a grid system as are most older NE cities which make for easier plowing. DC in that respect is a nightmare (actually it was designed to be confusing in anticipation of possible enemy invasions). Everything is built around the Capital Buildingsā¦so just because you are on 17th st doesnt mean you are anywhere close to the correct 17th st (the NW, NE, SW, SE all have important meaning).
Then againā¦I had a friend who said you are never really lost in DCā¦youāre only 3 blocks from where you wanna beā¦its just knowing which 3 blocks.