Tri-State Area Snow Cleanup is Success

Jenny HallPress Contact
January 27, 2014, 4:25 PM GMT+0

Winter Storm Janus created frigidly cold weather and dropped inches of snow throughout the Tri-State region. Thousands of flights were cancelled, schools were closed and employees struggled to get to work. YouGov Omnibus asked Tri-State residents how they felt about their local area’s cleanup operations after the storm.

The overwhelming reaction to cleanup was positive with 39% of all adults in the Tri-State region stating that they thought their area had coped very well, and 40% thought that they had coped somewhat well. Only 7% thought the cleanup was handled poorly.

There was a variation in response depending on age and other key demographics and a slight variation depending on state.

45% of responders in Connecticut thought their area had coped very well compared to 39% in New York.

Older people, who may have weathered more violent storms with less efficient clean up operations in the past, are generally happier with cleanup efforts than Millennials. 91% of Tri-State residents aged 65+ found local cleanup had been somewhat or very well organized compared to only 66% of 18-29 year olds.

With the NJ Super Bowl approaching fast we asked Tri-State area responders if they agreed with the North East hosting the Super Bowl: 47% agreed and only 12% disagreed. 57% thought it did not matter that the Super Bowl was potentially going to be held in cold weather and 14% preferred to see the Super Bowl played in the cold.

The Tri-state area recently experienced a period of heavy snow. How well did your area cope with the heavy snow?

For further information about poll results, and for details about methodology and omnibus services, please email omnibus.us@yougov.com.

Find the full results here.

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