So I moved from Texas to Colorado...

I like snow for about a week a year, when I go skiing. Outside of that please never snow.

Aside from how well I sleep during the Winter. F*** snow!

That's real upward movement, weed-wise.

1. Welcome to Colorado.
2. Snow is awesome.
3. Cool winter air + the warm sun is the best weather combination.
4. Cars suck.

Welcome to the worst snow we've had this season!. We've not seen much this year so we were probably due.

As an FYI from someone who moved here 9 years ago from another warm climate (weee do not miss Arkansas), you've never seen weather as crazy as this. My first year here, I went to leave my house in June only to find snow on the ground (was in shorts and a tshirt). Never happened since, but it gives you an idea of how late in the year snow can come. Ah elevation. Not that I'd trade it for much of anything, love Colorado (though I feel bad for anyone just moving here, housing prices are CRAZY now...)

Snow is shitty at times but really amazing at it's best. A snow covered landscape is beautiful. Sledding, skiing and snowboarding are dope as fuck. SNOW MEN!

Make sure you houses all have garages in the future though.

Driving in snowy weather is the fucking worst especially when the other drivers are still driving in about the same speed as normal weather, which causes a lot of accidents.

Another pet peeve is when people don't get rid of the heavy "snow luggage" they have on top of the car and when driving in ~40 mph or higher speed in bigger roads that have been plowed (or in highways or expressways) some of it would fly toward the car following them, which can be hella dangerous.

I'm Australian and we obviously don't get snow (aside from a few mountains, but not where people actually live) but I visited NYC in February this year. It was absolutely awesome to experience it snowing and I loved it the first couple of days, but yeah after that I realised how much of an inconvenience it is. Having to shovel it, cars getting buried, streets all icy...

Snow is a fun thing to visit, wouldn't want to live in it! :p

@rethla: Chop my legs off right now, bolt one of those to me and put me on top of a mountain!

I'm jealous of your ability to go snowboarding/skiing, as Pennsylvania feels like summer right now (not really but sort of). But yeah, I'm crazy careful in the snow even though I've been driving in it for years. Its scary and can surprise you, but neutral is your friend and don't slam on your brakes.

I love snow. Here in Stockholm, Sweden I have barely seen snow in three or four years. Barely.

I can throw a rock over the polar circle (if I throw it a lot of times).

#stopglobalwarming

Yep, I've been doing RWD since 2008, so I know my limitations but can survive when I have no choice. But going into an all-wheel drive car in comparison makes driving in the snow a cinch. Although if they announce those 300 hp AWD Fusions, I might have to take a look...

Also in Chicago and my job includes shoveling snow.

So snow can get bent.

Pft! Fuck snow!

Snow's sick in areas with transportation departments capable of dealing with clearing the roadways.

Seattle doesn't have that...

I lived in Minnesota and in Ontario before moving to Texas and I gotta say that as much as I loved snow as a kid, it really sucks when it comes to driving in the snow as well as driving in the ice that it tends to harden into at night. Here in Dallas we rarely get snow more than once a year but when we do it often means treacherous roads and massive school closings. Obviously cities that get snow often are more prepared to deal with it, but still it can problems that outweigh the positives.

Much like a small child, snow can be wonderful and infuriating at the same time.

There are things that I enjoy about snow but I must admit I wish we got a little less of it up here (Ontario, Canada). Shoveling out driveways and driving in snowstorms are two things I definitely wouldn't miss. Although I actually like the cold, I find Summer way too hot so with the exception of days where it's -40 (which is the same in Celsius and Fahrenheit) and your snot is freezing in your nose, I find the cold of winter rather refreshing.

I don't know about other places but if you get seriously heavy snow/ice get winter fucking tires! Don't buy into that all-season nonsense. I don't remember the actual number but I know that winter tires have something like 30-40% better stopping distance than all-seasons in winter conditions. They actually have a law in my neighboring province of Quebec where you must have winter tires on your vehicle between December 15th and March 15th.

Welcome to Colorado!

Lots of good advice in this thread, but I would add one practical car-related tip if you're living in a high-altitude resort town: bump up your car insurance liability coverage way past the minimum. It only costs a few bucks a month to radically increase your coverage. If you're dodging clueless Range Rover drivers on steep, icy roads, it's easy to get into a minor fender bender that could bankrupt you.

Source: Lift operator acquaintance swerved to avoid an expensive SUV sliding into his lane, skidded into the rear corner of another expensive SUV in front of him, which then cue-balled into a third. He ended up on the hook for $10k in damage over his $50k liability coverage. And that was for a minor incident where no one was hurt.

I can count on one hand how many times I've seen snow in real life and it's only been really really light snow. It seems like a nightmare to live in a place with lots of snow.