I love New York City. I love visiting. Often I wished I’d live there. Today, I’d happy I’m not there.

Looking at video of the “cleanup” in the city that never sleeps is brutal.. cleanup workers smashing into parked cars.. streets still not plowed. A mess is predicted to be coming this weekend, just in time for the Times Square celebration. It may be likely that the ball will drop in a mass of sludge … Read moreI love New York City. I love visiting. Often I wished I’d live there. Today, I’d happy I’m not there.

inothernews: SLIDESTEP   Subway station stairs in New York, like this one on the L stop on First Avenue, about 4 a.m. Monday, were covered with snow.  (Photo: Hiroko Masuike for The New York Times) Even the Subways are fraught with danger after the storm