This is correct. Snowblower rarely would ever be needed, meaning maybe every decade or two. At least central NC to the coast, up towards western NC mountains of course you may need one, but people know that.
I enjoyed the exercise just yesterday when the snow ended.
I bet over half our community is from NY and many Long Island. Their biggest regret was not brining a snow shovel! *
We did the same when we moved south to SC 18 years ago. We would have needed that shovel once at our old house, around 2010 and again yesterday here in NC ... though we bought a regular flat type shovel the days before in Home Depot, not called a snow shovel but it worked perfect.
Snow ended early Sun morning, today at 4 PM my driveway is bone dry after shoveling it Sunday and the streets are clear and drying up. There are no snowplows or treatments in our community.