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Youre focusing on one point of my argument, also in a sense, you agreed with my point.
First off "For You" isnt opinion based. It means choose the right tires for your area's climate, amount of snow, and type of snow.
And yes a narrow footprint digs in and is better a lot of the time, I havent denied that. But when you get into deep snow you keep digging, eventually you dont find any road, so youve dug a hole for your rear wheels that you cant get out of (thats called being stuck) and it happens in deep snow if you penetrate too far, hence why wider tires are better in deeper snow and yes I know that they ride ON TOP as you pointed out, thats the whole point! Its the same reason why man invented the snowshoe, or did you just ignore my entire rational on that?
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Originally Posted by RPM90
Well, you can keep repeating the same thing over 10 times, but it won't make it true. 
What works "for you" works for some things, usually things related to opinion. But, physics is not opinion based regardless of what those flat earth people think.
The snow shoe thing is about distributing your weight over a larger area, precisely for the reason that your narrower foot digs down and into the snow.
So, which actually gives you the ability to apply more forward torque, the snow shoe or your foot?
It's your foot, because it actually has traction as it can push against the snow. The snow shoe rides ON TOP of the snow.
Now, less we get confused here, a snow shoe is purpose built to get a person above the snow so that you need less force/power to walk around.
The comparison only works for demonstrating how width relates to digging into snow. The snow shoe works better for a human being.
A better argument for wider tires might be when we're dealing with compacted snow, where there is a lot of snow under the hard top layer.
At that point, the snow surface is more like lightly snowed over road.
In that condition I could see a wider tire possibly giving more traction.
But, in fresh snow that's 2" or 8" a narrower tire will dig in better and give better grip.
To answer your initial question, I live in the Chicago area south and east of the city, right under the finger of Lake Michigan.
Do we get a lot of snow?
Yeah, I'd say. Is it the snowiest area in the US, no.
BTW, as I said, I'm open to reading testing that shows otherwise.
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