Re snow tires. Never used them but we do have a friend with a compact car and a sloped driveway who swears by them but yes they are an expense. And you’d have to have a place to store the other ones during the winter so unless you have space in your garage and about 400 bucks every six months….. If you lived on rochambeau or a similarly sloped street I’d consider them - maybe- if I had the money and a small car but I temper that by trying to drive as little as possible. And also complain to the city via 311 when they don’t plow / salt your side street (east side coverage for that kind of thing is terrible).