One of the big disadvantages of winter tires, other than noise in some models, is decreased gas mileage. It’s often one of those trade offs you make.
Unfortunately, you had to go to Caribou to enjoy them. Not that it’s a bad place, but the name tells you all you need to know about about it.
I would never move back there. It’s hard enough for me to walk in the snow in Southern Maine. I was stationed way up there and did not know that there was a California with a West Coast. They can’t cook out West but if you look hard enough you will find a steak that hasn’t been Oak Pit Barbecued and over seasoned. Mattie’s Tavern in Los Osos can do steak. I think it’s in Los Osos.