I still live in Wildwood, MO a suburb of St. Louis called West County.
Recently it has felt like Syracuse. We had about 8 inches of snow and had to pay a lot to get our long steep driveway plowed out.
I'm a loyal volunteer for the Humane Society of Missouri trying to help with all the needy rescue dogs. MO being a horrendous puppy mill state.
My rescue Dalmatian Ozone, a Velcro dog. Follows me everywhere