[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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In short: Cost. The cables themselves cost more, then it also costs more to set up (5x or so from the last estimate I saw) compared to above ground cables.
Then after all that extra expense, it’s both more expensive and time consuming to fix something if it goes wrong.
Most cities simply don’t have the budget to do that, or the personnel to do that, even if it might be cheaper in the long run.
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