Placing decking in attic

[kwired]

Could you come to Ohio and show us how you wire a home and need no p-plates?

Possible? Yes. Real world? Rare.

I used to do it all the time - easy in 2x6 walls but a bit harder in 2x4. It also depends on how complicated the framing is. A basic rectangular home with crawl and trusses is very easy to wire without nail plates.

Agreed. The hard place is in outside corners should you choose to run your wire that way.

With higher copper prices I am more likely to choose shorter cable routes than I used to, which does mean more protective plates than I used to use sometimes.