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Originally Posted by DangeloInspections
Growing up and spending my whole career outside of Rochester NY, I personally do not miss snow. Frank
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Thank you for your detailed post most of which I have edited out, Frank. It brought back memories.
I took a job with Eastman Kodak in 1970, lived in Pittsford, worked up by the lake. I remember the winter commutes. It felt like I was taking my life in my hands at times as the windblown snow coming down was so visually obstructive I could not see 10 feet in front of my car. My boss had lived in the area all his life. I could not believe how fast he drove on an all white interstate until he told me it was salt, not snow and ice. He had his cars Ziebarted but my cherry 1967 SS Camaro convertible with the 375HP 396 soon started to rust. It made me sick to my stomach to see it happen.
The first winter we had 144 inches of snow, double the average year. The sun shone through the heavy cloud cover only a few minutes per week all winter long. I drove to work in the dark and drove home in the dark most of the long winter.
After I realized what it was like living there I found another job in a tolerable climate with lots of sunshine between winter storms in Los Alamos, NM. It was colder there than in Rochester at times because of the elevation but it was a dry cold, not a damp cold. There is a difference!
As for my time in Rochester I tell people it was the longest 20 years I ever spent in 30 months.