It's a week after the storm, and many of the sidewalks here are impassable, or blocked with snowbanks (caused by plows) that are quite literally taller than we are. The reason we're given for roads being the main focus is so emergency vehicles can get through, but isn't it also pretty important for them to be able to get to the buildings where the emergencies are?
Also this is New England. While this amount of snow isn't so common in Boston, shouldn't we be able to deal with it better?