In a morbid way, people up here find entertainment in watching people from the south cope with snow. Here it requires -35C before the buses are canceled for school, but the school remains open for town kids to attend. The road plows are out as soon as it starts to snow, so people still travel despite the conditions. But there are times where reports come in where travel is not recommended. In those cases, the snow is coming down so fast that the plows cannot keep up. But we have to admit that the transition from summer to winter is equally as fatal as the first snow fall usually ends up with hundreds of accidents in the city. Living out in the country is much safer in my opinion. :)
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@wwf, u made me think, it was so funny when I moved to the country & lived in the woods, had one neighbor in a camper, you could only see in winter w/o leaves. I was there for a few years, and my family was SO worried about me being "in the middle of nowhere," when in reality it is a million times safer than city living! Nobody burglarized my home, vandalized my car (a few xs), nobody hassled me, and my pets were free to go outdoors with no chance of being hit/killed/maimed by a car. Much less constant city driving! I did have to commute to work. True, no one could hear you scream lol, but that's quite all right when nothing happens.
Yup. I agree! :) We found the same experience here as well. Cities are not safe places to live. I've also argued for YEARS that if all hell breaks loose, the city would only have three days of food. The military contingency plans call for locking down the city in 15 minutes and going in afterwards with body bags. It will not be pretty!