I use these for two purposes :

1:  Quick trips outside for mail/firewood, etc
2:  trips to the great white north during the 6 months of unhealthy weather that they have.

These are easy-on, easy-off boots, but they grip around the Achilles' tendon a little so you won't walk out of them.  I've had mine for a few years and while I have lace-ups for hunting and Northern boots for slop, Since moving to MS and then NC, these go by the door in the winter, and the others stay in the closet.

For traveling, these pack small, so I can comfortably deal with whatever slush and muck I am likely to encounter in the parts of the wintery urban North that I regularly visit.