For most of my growing up years we didn't have a 4WD in my family. In those days, the roads were maintained much better because there were timber tax $$ and haul fee $$ to maintain those roads. They still didn't plow snow so we'd have to sometimes wait a month or two to get to town after a snow storm. Now there are almost no road maintenance $$. 4WD is pretty near necessary. If you don't own one yourself you have to sponge off of someone who does.
Tom
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