There is moisture above ground too and ground movement can affect the poles as well. I would think that there is more exposure to damages above ground with cars hitting them, tree limbs, strong winds, animals chewing through wires, etc. While it’s easier to repair damages above ground I believe there would be less of them with buried lines.

On the right side candidates can’t not be perfect - so it’s always easy for them to vote for their candidate

On the left side candidates will never be perfect - so it’s always easy to not vote for their candidate.

Or we could all just be a bunch of “tourist” visiting a city - just like all the “tourist” that “just visited” the capitol on January 6th 2021.