[allturtles]

> Also remember that in super heavy snow you don't just shovel the sidewalk/driveway but also the roof to prevent collapse.

Where do you have to do this? I've lived in several areas with snow (midwest, east coast, and Colorado), and never seen anyone shovel snow off of their roof. This sounds like an outlier case, not the norm for "leaving California."

In the midwest and east, snow shoveling has just never been a big deal in my experience, other than the occasional big storm that drops a foot or more (maybe once every 2 years).