And today, my state has been predicted to register the highest temperature ever recorded here. I don't suppose you'd like to email some of your snow to me?
You really should read more Mark Twain. Remember how Tom Sawyer was able to get out of whitewashing the fence? I'm sure the same would apply to shovelling snow. How smart are your neighbours?
I love the way you think. An American workmate once told me that we didn't have seasons in Australia but, since he was from Colorado, I understood what he meant.
I live in Florida, so our seasons are different than everywhere else. We have snowbird season, spring break season, love bug season, and hurricane season. In case you don't know what love bugs are, they are these little black bugs that attach to each other when they mate and stay that way until they die. Unfortunately many of them die when the fly over the roads. Your windshield gets covered in bug guts that smear when you use your windshield wipers, and there is an acid in their guts that will eat through the paint of your car. (I hate love bugs!)
I thought a love bug was a boy and a girl in a Volkswagen.I can only imagine the mess.
It could be worse, of course. In New Zealand they have a parrot that will eat your car -- well, the soft bits -- if you leave it parked near his territory.
Japan doesn't get snow though. My Grandmother came to visit the states from Okinawa about 35yrs ago for the first time. It snowed that year and she was truly amazed, she had never seen snow. As a 2nd grader it was hard for me to understand the fascination she had with the snow. I get it now that I am older.
I like our seasons. We have extreme cold winters and extremely hot summers. I would not like it mild all the time. If not for the heat I could never enjoy the rivers and lakes. We need the cold to get rid of some of the summer pests.