Who lives near Troy, MI?

I like the idea of being around Watertown, but looking more at Roseville and Warren mainly. Don't need any thing big, around 1000sq/ft is plenty big enough. A 2 car garage would be nice, most important is affordable and low crime. There are plenty of places around. Buddy who is there now keeps saying you need a vehicle with a high center of gravity because of snow in the winter. Car can bottom out. If the snow is that deep on the road, there is no way I would drive anyway. But I told him I drove through some bad weather in S. Dakota in the late 70's. Friend said they don't plow as well as they do here in WI and IL. Isn't that why they make snow tires? Also, does MI allow studs on tires? Cause if so, then those help a lot. Friend was born and raised in CA, so what the hell does he know about snow? LOL. For those who lived and drove in it since they started driving, it ain't nothing.