Soggy Socks Suck
Ann Arbor, geographically is in Michigan. Though currently it resembles some sub-arctic floe with all these huge mounds of snow. I have nothing against that What I do mind is the snow getting in your shoes. I don't mind the snow but I mind it melting.
Somehow, just enough snow gets in the shoes to make the socks soggy and not totally wet. This sucks because you can do nothing about it. If you are unlucky to to get some in the morning then it wont dry till late in the evening.

Apparently body heat is enough to melt the snow and not dry the socks. Thanks to the body heat being 36º which covenient to melt ice but not enough to dry out stuff quick. I so irritated with this that i am giving the solution a good thought.

1. Make sure you have enough of Kleenex padded up in the shoes before you step out. Hopefully it will be better at sucking the water formed than the socks
2. Take a ride in the car if you get one and explain that its not that you mind the walking but the soggy socks suck idea.
The fondest memories of trekking in the Sahyadris in the monsoon have been marred by only one fact. Wet underpants. Which is the worst thing that can happen to you when you have to walk and walk. Let's not get into that!