I was always in this camp. I live where we get heavy snow often and have always had FWD cars with snow tires and made fun of people with AWD. But I was wrong. I have AWD now with all season and it's so much better. Being able to just pull away from stop signs on a hill quickly without ******* around is really nice. Also, pull the fuse for the traction control and these things love to drift it's so much fun!geographical specifics
if you look in CA or AZ there are more FWD.
I noticed that in the colder states there are more AWD or 4x4 models sold.
Some people think its better awd with all season tires for the snow vs fwd with proper winter tires. go figure.