I went to school in Michigan, and lived two miserable glacial years in northern Ohio. It is hot like hell in Texas sometimes, but I was never more totally disgusted than having to shovel snow, scrape windows, and stay indoors for six months of the year.
To each his own, but I HATE the long, dark, icy winters and having to drive on salty roads. Give me the heat any day. I was in Chicago last weekend, and when it hit 90 Saturday, they were wilting. Seemed cool to me.