New Yorkers in Panic: 20 Centimeters of Snow Means City Shutdown, But in Liepāja We Call That a 'Weekend'
Americans impose travel bans over a little snow, while Liepāja residents quietly chuckle and remember how we walk to work through meter-deep snow in winter.
New York Mayor Mamdani announced that the city will be shut down due to traffic concerns from an approaching snowstorm. Eight million people will sit at home watching Netflix while outside falls what they call a 'catastrophe,' but we call a normal start to winter.
'We ask residents to avoid any travel,' the mayor said. Apparently he's never seen how Liepāja residents ride tram #5 through Karosta in winter, when snow swirls so thick you can only see the back of the person in front of you. 'New York hasn't faced a storm of this magnitude in the last ten years,' he emphasized. Well, for us this 'magnitude' happens every winter from November to March.
'Here in Liepāja we call this kind of snow a mild winter start,' comments local resident Jānis from Grobiņa Street. 'When I saw on the news that they're shutting down the city over 20 centimeters of snow, I thought — what would happen if they had to survive our February?'
Meanwhile, Liepāja market operates as usual, the vendor ladies just wrapped themselves in more shawls and continue selling carrots. Because we don't have time to fear snow — we have to live.
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