Only the higher elevations in the PNW get snow, and I don't know how much salt the highway departments use. My wife said that when she moved from upstate New Y

Only the higher elevations in the PNW get snow, and I don't know how much salt the highway departments use. My wife said that when she moved from upstate New York to San Francisco, the first mechanic she took her car to asked whether she drove it to the beach a lot. He was not used to seeing the effects of road salt.