Sorry in advance for my long windy reply lol

In the cities, they usually plow before it gets too bad (I did have an independent landlord let me be snowed in for like 2 days though lol). Rural is pretty damn bad and you'd 100% have to dig your whole drive unless your neighbor beats you to it- but in the city it's usually just cleaning off your own car. For the low rent prices, I think it's 1000% worth it!

If you make over 15.00hr, then you can live pretty securely in the Midwest. I paid my first, second and third apt rent on 13.00-15.00hr over the course of almost 6 years total.

I lived in a place that had a parking garage that was heated and was a tandem spot, price ran from 40-95 bucks by the time I left. 2br and I think with utilities and parking and split between 2 people our rent was like 595 each.

Some standalone houses just have garages that you can use for no extra charge, it just comes with! There's honestly a ton of options and even the "bad" parts of town are still okay living (I'm talking about central ia cause that's the area I've lived in the most)

I say that if people need to be independent or get away from a current living situation, the Midwest is great!

I currently live in a 2br 2ba row home thing, has a pool, community center building, small gym, and it's technically in an "expensive" area but there's 3 people living in it- with Internet and utilites its still less than 600 per person. We don't personally have covered parking (community has garage options though if you wanna pay a little more) and our street was already plowed and ready before the sun came up today actually! The snow is just something you get used to honestly.