Why wouldn’t a small city switch to underground power?

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[context: I’m in a small city of 6k people. This stupid town is known for constant power outages due to high wind and snow. Are they stubborn or is it really that hard to switch this small town to underground power so we stop having power outages anytime someone even sneezes?]

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Anonymous 0 Comments

In addition to what others have said. I’d like to add. Underground infrastructure can be really fragile if coordination between utilities is horrendous. The road folks will dig up a water pipe, next thing you know it’s next to a gas main so there’s no gas. Then the electricity upgrade busts more stuff.

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