Can't say I blame L13. Hell it snows in Buffalo during the summer. But all kidding aside, during winter, a few miles in any direction can get ya stuck in a backup where the only music you'll hear, for possibly hours, is from your radio or streaming on your smartphone.

That's provided some other vehicle, suddenly blinded by whiteout conditions, doesn't run over your asz.

Not me neighbor, if the weather dude says LE Snow... I don't go.

Some people are better at driving, and especially driving at night, than others.  Why I like our Jazz Festival, I'll get nearly 300 possible shows (I can actually only do about 45) in 9 days 3 miles from my house.  I even walked home one night when I took the bus downtown.  I will still drive for music, but I'm walking out with a paycheck if I do.

Its about timing for us. Our clock isn't turning backwards so we are putting check marks on things we enjoy and quite frankly, enjoying life of live music.
A lot of the shows we go are local within an easy drive or uber or we plan ahead and set up lodging. Arrive early and walk to the resting place.

I don't like driving at night myself

You also don't deal with Lake effect, in a year like this with no ice it is almost an everyday occurrence here. 

Lucky13
You also don't deal with Lake effect, in a year like this with no ice it is almost an everyday occurrence here. 

Driving on dry bare road under a moonlit sky then without warning, you're on snow covered roads trying to see through a (wet) blanket, thrown over the windshield.

Not fun when one need to suddenly drive, by braille..

I came south on RT 3 out of Port Ontario once, and it was like driving into a white wall.  Speed went to a still white knuckle 10mph for quite a while that day.  Another day on 3 at Palermo, I hit a heavy slush storm.  Speed dropped like a stone, the ~25 miles from there to Hannibal and 104 took almost 2 hours, with some hairy moments going through Fulton.  I'm getting too old for that (about 10 years ago!) 

Years ago I was on 81 north of Syrcuse and it was clear ,but looking North there seemed to be a curtain ahead.When I hit the curtain it was a solid line of heavy snow,road was getting covered and I slipped my Jeep Cherokee into 4 wheel and slowed down.Lots of other drivers started to pass me and further down the road I srarted to pass them where they slid off the road and down the bank.

Guys, I can't disagree about snowbelt areas and driving conditions. BTDT. Still do today if its necessary. We all got stories and if we are still telling them then it seems we kinda got it figured out.
I just make a plan and plan the best I can for anything.
Saying goes, if you fail to plan then the plan fails.
If its gonna be nasty, I try to leave early or late. If there is snow, I fill my bed of truck with weight, shovel , a bag of sand , tow rope, blankets and flashlight.
Geesh, we live in the northeast.
The things that give me the most worries are freaked out people that do 25mph in a dusting of snow with a line of traffic behind them. Nitwits with 4wd that think 55 means I can drive 55 in anything and finally truckers that blast past you with a semi in a blizzard

I used to love those folks in the two door speck that just had to pass my Hummer in bad weather. It never failed that I would find them in a ditch or field somewhere, flagging me down for assistance, which I always provided. Of course, I never missed the chance to ask them if they thought that if the guy in the Hummer was going 35, was there a good reason for that — like the roads are crap?

hot tuna
Guys, I can't disagree about snowbelt areas and driving conditions. BTDT. Still do today if its necessary. We all got stories and if we are still telling them then it seems we kinda got it figured out.
I just make a plan and plan the best I can for anything.
Saying goes, if you fail to plan then the plan fails.
If its gonna be nasty, I try to leave early or late. If there is snow, I fill my bed of truck with weight, shovel , a bag of sand , tow rope, blankets and flashlight.
Geesh, we live in the northeast.
The things that give me the most worries are freaked out people that do 25mph in a dusting of snow with a line of traffic behind them. Nitwits with 4wd that think 55 means I can drive 55 in anything and finally truckers that blast past you with a semi in a blizzard

^^^^ HT
Nailed it!
I work ambulance, we HAVE to get there, and dealing with all of the conditions in my private vehicle  to get to work, or ambulance to get to a call, is just another skill learned over the years. 
Overly paranoid or overly reckless are both hazards and are usually the problems.... 
 I have traveled many times from central Pa to New Hampshire to visit family in the winter... and if you have a vehicle prepared for the weather and good common sense the trip is possible no matter what the weather, sometimes it just takes longer.
 
Speaking of weight in trucks, years ago the guy who cleared the lot beside the ambulance station with his backhoe would fill the bed of my truck with snow when the roads were bad. I always carried a couple bags of gravel for weight (or to throw under wheels of stuck vehicles if needed) but that snow load was great for traction on poorly kept cow paths between work and home! When weather warmed up and roads improved the snow melted out until next refill.