Having lived through winters in Moscow, the UK, Belgium, Taipei, and Hong Kong (and having travelled during them in Iceland, various bits of the US, and most of western Europe) I think I do undersstand that.
My point is that it's nice not to have aircon on for 6 months of the year. Yes it would be nicer still to have a nice crisp few inches of snow that appeared overnight and disappeared overnight a couple of months later (without all the slushy bits), but I don't know anywhere like that.