My grandma had snails at her house (that apparently she did away with before we visited), so I know that it's not just cuz I live in Texas. Texas is too big of a state to make any generalization about it at all, lol.
Do snails crawl? I dont know the proper word for what they do. I tried to save a snail one time. It was trying to wander up our BBQ and I tried to save it before it got to the top and fried itself but my brother got to it before I did and placed it on the top. It melted