Rubber Boots

Have you ever wondered, why it is that one of the first things we did upon arrival in Moscow, before our boxes arrived, was to buy rubber boots for the girls and the mother.....? It doesn't rain more in Moscow than in cities that we've lived in before, so why is it that even I wear them often now? In western Europe I haven't worn any since 30 years! When it rains in Moscow or Kiev, the rain doesn't automatically drain off into a canal; it most often stays in the lowest place and you come to discover the craggedness of the sidewalk and the roads when you take the short walk to school (300m). Deep ponds, wide lakes, it's all there!