Richfield are very good in our area off 70th and Garfield by the High School. The alley and roads are normally done very swiftly indeed. 70th street up to Portland is awesome and after that it seems to get very dicey, must be a different snow plow team. But we rarely have any complaints to make. Richfield must be one of the most efficient in the metro as once you enter Bloomington you notice the difference as well as when you enter Minneapolis too.

I agree - I always found Richfield great - even compared to EDINA! The residential areas just over the border in Minneapolis are impossible to maneuver through, despite snow emergency rules. My only concern for RIchfield is that intersections also get ICY (my personal worst is 68th & Lyndale where those travel back roads to Holy Angels), and nothing seems to be done about the black ice - just snow removal. I've just learned to be careful. BTW- I've called Public Works in the past about issues like untimed stoplights, and they've been super responsive. Not sure if the same team deals with snow removal but it never hurts to ask.

I live on a dead end. In the past they have come in with too big of equipment. This year smaller equipment and nicer job. Only problem is the storm drain is covered, and I dig it out or melt water forms a lake at our driveway. Overall satisfied with this year much more than past years.

I think Fridley has been doing a very poor job this year! Being a bus driver here in Fridley for 10 years I would have to say this year had been the worst I've seen. Biggest problem is not getting the snow plowed at the curb! Roads are getting more narrow every snow fall. Plus they are leaving way to much on the roads. Makes for a slushy then frozen ruts that are not fun to drive over.

Edina does a good job with the plowing. One really notices the difference riving over the city line to Minneapolis. A year or two the Star Tribune ran an article that Minneapolis business owners, such as restaurants, complained they were losing business because people from surrounding suburbs did not want to come into Mpls and maneuver around their unplowed streets.

I've been very impressed with Richfield's plowing jobs. The streets are much clearer than adjacent areas of South Minneapolis. (Then again, they also prohibit all street parking during snow emergencies, which makes things easier.)

My only complaint is the sidewalk. It's convenient for homeowners for the city to clear the sidewalk, but homeowners can do a much finer job with a shovel than the city does with a small plow. I am very grateful to a few neighbors who go above and beyond and shovel their walk anyway, like the house at the corner of 4th Ave and E 73rd St.

I don't know if it's gotten any better, but we hated the plowing in Richfield in the house I grew up in. Our driveway was plowed shut, twice, every time - once by the street plow and then again by the sidewalk plow. If you had to leave after one came through and before the other, you better have a shovel in the car, or you're not getting back in the driveway. As far as Minneapolis, there is no consistancy. 1/2 the city gets towed away, the other 1/2 not - so depending on the street, it's either somewhat decently curb to curb or it's horrible drifts where the cars they didn't tow were. It looks awful and makes it so no one can park easily. Street parking is already at a premium - either tow everyone who violates the snow emergency or don't bother declaring one.

I agree with Robin the bus driver. Snow plowing in Mpls is clearly focused on cost reduction by not plowing down to the pavement to save money on plow blade maintenance, pavement maintenance, and removal of roadside snow ridges in snowier winters. Running the plow blade above the pavement also allows the plow drivers to plow at a higher speed, reducing labor and truck operating costs. But then shouldn't taxpayers be able to expect and demand that the job be done right?

I drive through Hopkins to get to my house in Edina. You can sure tell you have crossed a border. Hopkins is slushy and not to the street. Hopkins streets in the past have been very narrow because they don't do a very good job of plowing to the curb. For a much bigger city, Edina does an awesome job at plowing. Now if they could figure out how to keep from putting snow in my driveway when they plow, it would be perfect!

Minneapolis does a horrible job plowing and tha alleys are the worst!!

I thought Minneapolis was bad... St. Paul seems even worse re: snowplowing. Some of the side streets in St. Paul are still, on 2/19, almost impassable from the ruts, particularly in the Macalester College area. Add that to the atrocious pavement itself on many streets,and it's a wonder cars aren't stranded because their suspensions collapsed driving St. Paul's streets.

Chris Coleman says "Come to St. Paul." Hah! I don't want another alignment on my car!