I grew up north of Chicago (same hometown as Steve Bailey) and went to college in Minnesota...
I'm 46, and experience rules here....WINTER SUCKS.
Snow sucks, ice sucks, shoveling it and driving in it suck.
I now live in Hot Springs National Park Arkansas. We get one bad ice storm every 5-7 years, and it usually snows once a year...2"- 4" tops.
Don't get me wrong...skiing and such are cool and fun...but regular life in snow......well...you guessed it......SUCKS.
When it snows here, the planet comes to a grinding halt, before it starts all othe bread and milk disapears at the stores...take the next 3 days off because no one is going anywhere....use the phone.
New Year's Day I'm usually on the back deck BBQ'ing ribs and burgers...usually about 55F.
I'll take that over snow anyday.
68ROX