It actually doesn't snow a lot where I live compared to the rest of the State. We don't get "lake effect" and I don't give a shit about anything less than 6 or 7 inches. Once in a while, though, we get a foot and a half and it's an ordeal. Other times it doesn't melt and accumulates and becomes a problem and that's work. Even with a machine it's rough because it's always like 10 degrees and windy, heavy clothing and shoving around those heavy snow blowers is the last thing in life you want to be doing in the dark before work....and it's always in the dark before work.