No offence, but that looks like hell on earth.
I hate the cold weather!
That is what mom used to say. Explained to her what snow is in Somali over the phone once in layman's terms like wet flour and bonds/lakes freezing like the Ice she used to make using her fridge. After a pause, she said "Son, you live in frozen hell". We both laughed at her comments.
I am not offended sxb either. We all get depressed in winter and most of us are vitamin D defficient because of lack of sun for most of the year. That is why instead of moving somewhere else, I plan to retire from America and back to Somalia.
Other than that, this area of the midwest is better than other parts of America. People are also hardy and tamed by the weather, so even if they don't want to be nice, they are forced to be nice to other fellow humans experiencing the same weather.