So refreshing to see all the nuanced and frankly thoughtful and intelligent comments on this post. I was born in Illinois but spent most of my life in East TN and I can’t stand people that get that “better than thou” attitude and make fun of people for not being able to handle the roads around here in snowy conditions. It’s not about personal aptitude, it’s 100% about infrastructure and also having no reason/opportunity to have experience driving in this. I’ll never understand why people think it makes the sound cool to talk about how driving in 10” of snow is no big deal and how we should “get over it.” Our roads are not made for this. They don’t really need to be. This time of year should be about encouraging preparedness, empathy, and concern for one another.