Yeah being inland helps. Even here, after the 2/1 disaster this year, I had snow. Go 1 mile down the rd closer to the water...zippo. I've seen almost no snow here, and then Rt 3 covered too. Just being 2-3 miles further inland can help.
Yeah it's not bad. The real good area is more like the southern part of town down into Norwell. That's where the terrain is a bit higher and the land/sea convergence zone is able to dump a bit more snow there. In 2015 it was just a lucky position of the cstl front just east of me in a few storms. So think of it as ocean effect moisture forced up and over the cstl front into an arctic airmass.
I'm on a hill so although my el is like 120', it rocks in a nor'easter since I'm probably the highest point from shore on a N to NE wind. Nice view of the BOS skyline from my street too.
That massive PV is the exact opposite of many summers which have featured higher heights there. Interesting. Definitely has led to the big heat in the mid latitudes.