Grew up driving east of Cleveland and never had snow tires - have had several front and all wheel drive vehicles here in PA over the last 20 or so years, and stuck with all seasons. I think it really depends on the vehicle, tire and location. Here jn central PA (Harrisburg) they don’t take care of snow as well as they do in NE Ohio, I suspect because it doesn’t make sense to have the infrastructure for the amount of snow we get here (and the salt mine under the lake probably)

Have a non-performance (Porsche, Hemi, etc) all wheel drive crossover SUV with good all seasons on it in Cleveland? No sweat.

Have a RWD sports car with the stock tires on it in Harrisburg ? I’d be looking into some snow tires.

Before my current wrangler (different story entirely) I had a ~300 hp AWD ‘sport’ sedan with OEM all seasons and it was awful. Prior to that, had a ~300 HP luxury awd suv with OEM all-seasons and it was like driving a mountain goat. Guess my point is there’s a lot of variability in all-seasons too - esp when paired with different cars and driving styles.