Official reports tally the cost of snowstorms in plows, salt, and fender benders. They are wrong. The true bill is hidden in frozen supply chains, vanished hourly wages, and a productivity myth that corporate boards refuse to acknowledge.
Snowplows gathered dust, daffodils bloomed in February, and the city renowned for its blizzards faced an existential crisis. Decoding the local impact of the warmest, weirdest winter on record.