"Tudor Hughes" wrote in
ps.com:

How can you possibly blame them? We are not prepared for
snow because it simply isn't worth spending the money for something
that happens quite infrequently, especially these days.
snip

I thought about this. I saw in the paper the other day that Moscow employs
50,000 (sic) people to clear up after a big snowfall. Councils *could* buy
fleets more snowploughs, but would people all be prepared to pay the
council tax to afford them - or would people grumble about a waste of
taxpayers' money after three or four mild winters? I think we know the
answer to that one...

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Bewdley, Worcs. ~90m asl.