Different people have different reasons for going ss.
I ride ss a lot, but only when the weather is crap, because it’s less hassle and cheaper to maintain. Not exactly maintenance-free but usually its fine to dump a mud covered ss in the shed one week and then pull it out the next week and ride.
Plus there is a certain masochistic pleasure (very much type 2 pleasure) in plugging through 25 miles of chiltern mud in sub zero temperatures.
I wouldn’t be without an ss in the uk, but if i was lucky enough to live somewhere with dusty trails all year round, the ss would never be ridden.
Best ss set-up I’ve had is on the kona unit. The dropouts are easy to adjust but very solid and never slip, as the frame has built in tugnuts.
And of course the best thing about riding ss is the constant stream of chicks throwing themselves at your feet.