Western NY gets lake effect snow.
This is always what people assume, but northern NY like around my folks and where Makamaespm is gets quite a lot more. I think people tend to remember western NY because of Buffalo, not really any big cities in northern NY, just small cities and towns.
It's a tight band of lake effect so depending on the specific weather pattern some areas get dumped on but 10 miles away they get little.
For example here are some random screenshots I've taken the last couple years when I hear it's stormin' back home...
Both Western and Northern NY usually get a good dose of lake effect but it's almost always much worse in NNY.
They just got hammered last week, one of my friends posted this on Facebook Saturday, apparently they had got 6' of snow since Wednesday!
That shot I believe was from the town of Redfield. They had barely any snow a week ago!
I'm not to familiar with Massachusetts despite it being only across the border, never visited, but it appears much more protected from snowfall. Had a friend that moved to Massachusetts after HS but I lost touch. I've traveled up around in Vermont and New Hampshire, love the White Mountains! I have a friend from Jay, Vermont, and I think they get even more snow there somehow. It's a lot of work dealing with all the white stuff. Pretty, and fun to ski and sled, but when you have to get up an hour early in the morning to go out and fire up a snowblower and be out in zero degree temps with windblown snow in your face isn't fun!
I'm toying with the idea of moving back to NY after my son is on his own, I really love the north country and all my family is up there. But too much snow and not enough jobs - at least in my field. I'm thinking I got a shot at a good job in Albany and maybe live towards the southern Adirondack Mountains. I so want a nice quite country setting near the mountains where I can jog and cycle on the country roads and hike and paddle in the mountains on my days off. I love the Adirondacks. Someday maybe!
Hope things are going well for ya
@Makamaespm you're just a stones throw away from my stompin' grounds. I'm not sure how far it is for ya but if you're looking for a nice place to run my favorite local place is Wehle Park in Henderson, sits right on the lake and trails along cliffs over the lake and a couple spots where you can go right out on the lake on the bedrock.