New York may be America’s favorite city but its residents don’t seem to think so. The city’s recent snow storms have made local residents not so eager to enjoy the big apple.“Of course not” says Cheryl Robinson of Greenwich village, when asked if she’s ventured outside her home in the past few weeks. “The snow is becoming a bit ridiculous. It’s really starting to be a nuisance” she continued. New York has had two consecutive weeks where the snow has been a problem. First was February 9th, where a slew of schools and local businesses were closed due to the city’s biggest snowstorm of the season .The city’s snowfall measured 10 inches and the snowfall along with winds was constant throughout the day. Then a week later: February 16th, snowfall was also prominent during the day hours. However that snow wasn’t as costly as the previous week.
The Christian Science Monitor estimated that New York City pays $1 million per inch of snow. So this means the city was out of $10 million after the February 9th snow storm alone, not including the other previous snow issues or the future snow problems yet to endure. 
“I hope all the worst storms have already come” says Stephanie Holiday, a student at Eugene Lang College. “I would like to enjoy the city for once. It’s so hard to walk around here because its snow there, slush here” she continued. In fact, it’s been almost a week since any snow has hit the city and yet there slush and ice on sidewalks and street corners as if it stormed yesterday.Gina Deseppie, a employee at a Greenwich village boutique called The Family Jewels is also frustrated with the snow covering the city. “Our store has been extremely slow and obviously the weather has something to do with that” she says. “The store is so small that we thrive on locals to make business. When they’re not buying, we aren’t earning” she adds.
With the groundhog seeing its shadow earlier this month, New York City residents might just have to deal with the snow for at least six more weeks.
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