Indeed. The three-feet-in-three-weeks bit has been the worst of it. In one stretch I was out for well more than two hours each day for six days out of seven, either clearing that day's snow or busting through the leavings from our city's hapless plow drivers (whose accuracy lends fresh meaning to the phrase "close enough for government service" ). And while I have to think it's not so, it feels like the air temp hasn't been above freezing in weeks. At least I have a decent snowblower (bless DW for giving me the green light to not buy the cheapest one when our old one started getting troublesome) though shovel work still is necessary.
The big issue with clearing the streets in an urban setting is that many residents here don't have off-street parking of any kind. So the city has to structure parking so half of the streets can be cleared at one time or another. In St. Paul, some roads are plowed at night (don't park on them overnight) and the others are plowed the next day (move your car!). Cars in the wrong place get ticketed and, sometimes, towed. We're lucky enough to have a driveway and a garage -- but that means we have to clear a 60' strip of asphalt bordered hard by two houses. Unless some of this melts, I'll soon run out of places to put more snow.