I don’t hate snakes...really, not thrilled with them or want one as a pet, but they are God’s creatures, and they have a purpose...so let them be free.
I’m teasing you. But frankly, I don’t think snakes really care.
My son keeps telling me he wants one and I’ve absolutely laid down the law on this. No snakes in the house.
We have a black racer that lives under my lawn furniture and I think he is pretty neat. He’s pretty big. I live in FL, he likes the lizards and maybe the palmetto bugs. I say, eat away.