I simply could not live as far north as you do. In fact, I wish I had moved south at times.
It gets harder every year. I am only up because I woke up an hour ago and our daughter was not home yet from her second shift job. She just walked in. Just worked late and it was a nasty drive home PLUS we have a steep driveway and sometimes we don’t make it up.
I lived in southern Illinois while at college. Too many snakes.