You can't beat grass. Ooh the fun we have washing the mud off the tailplane, wing undersides, wheel wells, spats, etc etc
Nothing to do with snobbery. Everything to do with being lazy and wanting to go straight home to Mrs van Rental once I have landed and picked the flies out of my teeth.
True pilots don't need to land into wind all the time, and enjoy the challenge of touching down on a nice bit of tarmac with the wheels correctly aligned.