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I grew up in Indiana and also lived in Chicago for a time. I have spent significant amounts of time in Boston, New York, Northern Michigan, and Northern Wisconsin in addition to all points in between in the winter, yet my first experience in a vehicle with snow chains was in Beaverton yesterday. I understand the budget constraints on having plows here, and feel it necessary to clarify what others have said and dispell the myths about plows. By no means do all roads get plowed and salted. It costs money, takes time, and is nearly impossible when the snow keeps coming. That being said, it is more than possible to drive and maintain a relatively normal life without chains on roads that are covered with snow for weeks on end. And I am talking Civics and sedans, not monster trucks. Chains are illegal in many places that do not plow, and life carries on. Just be careful, patient, and safe. I have been giving driving lessons to my coworkers and they say that they are having no trouble.

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