When northerners are in the south during cold weather, they love to say, "This is nothing. Why did you shut down for this?" What they fail to take into account is the way in which communities are not prepared, making it very difficult to be out in the snow. In the south, they don't have enough snowplows and people don't know how to drive in it and buildings and roads are not built to accommodate snow. Plus, their economy and their school system can withstand closing for a couple days since it is not likely to happen very often.
When southerners are in the north during bad weather they love to say, "Why would all y'all live in this weather?" They fail to consider the ways in which communities are prepared, making it easier to be in the snow. While it is much colder for much longer, snow is expected, so towns have snowplows and people have sturdy cars and know how to drive them in the snow and roads are built with wide shoulders to accommodate the snow that has been cleared away. It is actually easier to withstand a blizzard in the north because the community is so prepared. No one is surprised when the snow arrives, they just get out their down coats, use their remote starters to warm up their cars, and leave a little earlier for work.
I guess you might say that the snow is always icier on the other side of the fence.
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