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Well, I'll disagree with this one too. I wear cork boots (metal studs used in forestry) when doing roofing and siding in the winter. When walking on smooth concrete its like walking on wet ice. There needs to be some thing for the studs to grab onto. Natural stone or rough concrete is great traction. Those particular boots the studs are 1/2" long. I have another set of boots where the studs protrude maybe 1/16". Those ones are a good compromise when walking on smooth surfaces as the rubber can get traction too.
I wear metal studded boots when fishing rocky jetties. Metal studs grip hard surfaces way better than any rubber known to man...