You want a controversial opinion, the proverbial hot take? How’s this: Snow is a divine gift and people who move to where it doesn’t snow are robbing themselves of beauty and wonder.
Which isn’t to say that a big snowfall like the one last weekend doesn’t cause hassles. In Albany, for example, it means cars will be towed when the city imposes a snow emergency, producing predictable fury. It also inevitably means some city sidewalks will be impassable for days after the storm, if not longer.
“This property has never shoveled for any storm in all the time I’ve lived in Albany,” said Andrew Neidhardt as he and I prepared to trudge through 200 feet of uncleared sidewalk adjacent to the building at 67 N. Pearl St. on Thursday afternoon…