It was a big SAC base with over 7,000 Air Force personnel so many of them had never seen snow before. As soon as they arrived they would go out and buy a 4 x 4 thinking they needed it and would eventually end up stuck.
I used our FWD vehicles (Taurus SHO and a Plymouth Grand Voyager) and in the 7.5 years there neither of us became stuck, and a few times I had to drive while the snow was still two or three feet on the roads.
I did purchase a 1988 Toyota 4-Runner (V-6) so I could hunt in the Winter. It was the only way to drive out into the wilderness with all that snow. That was the only 4x4 I ever owned and I sold it when we left ND.
My last two company cars were a Taurus and Sable with front wheel drive. With both cars I had the combo rating.
Never needed chains in snow in California on I 80 and I 5.
Get into Oregone and had to put on chains and lost a lot of control.