RWD in Boston????????

I love RWD. especially in winter. I find that when FWD slides (which is still innevitable) I have less control of the car. it feels that when I slide FWD on snow the car will veer off to the sides and there isnt much i can do to stop it once i have started sliding. With RWD i maintain a certain level of control even when sliding. sure initiating slides is more common but you can always help the car out a bit. place bags of sand or cat litter in the trunk as far back as possible. this will give you the most weight over the rear wheels and help out traction and if you ever get stuck in snow you can pour some sand or litter on the snow for better grip. I live in canada and I drive a Mercedes c230 kompressor and a chevy blazer 4.3L vortec. both are RWD and I do fine.
These are both very nice cars because I can use the throttle to help me out in situations when the car has understeered (front wheels slide, commonly under braking and turning at the same time).
it always helps if you start out in second and take it easy when picking up speed. as always drive over the already driven areas of the road as the tire tracks from previous cars can uncover pavement which has more grip.