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Really depends on the region. It snows infrequently where I am and we just don’t bother with the infrastructure to deal with the rare snow dump. There are few plows, most people don’t have tire chains, we mostly just hunker down until it melts off.
This is exactly the point.
There is a similar discussion currently where I live.
Yes you can pay for a shit ton of plows that don't do anything most of the years.
Or you accept a shitty 2 weeks every 15 years.
"But it snowed a lot when I was young™"
Yes and the city, people and nature were prepared. But if it only snows significantly every 5 years. Branches will break and people forgett how snow. It's mot the same!
It's also a lot worse to drive on when it's near freezing. Snow with a bit of water in it can be way slippier than even slush, and almost as bad as ice. Near freezing is also the conditions that can leave you with black ice in the mornings or late evenings if the snow melts enough during the day, or where ever else the water's coming from.
Mix in the fact that people in regions where it snows rarely royally suck at driving in adverse conditions, and it kinda' actually makes sense even beyond not having plows for cities to more readily shut down over snow in such areas.