I'm from Massachusetts. I grew up tolerating the cold and snow, but sometime during the windy winters at college on a campus laid out with a cruel, long walk from dorms to academic buildings through many wind tunnels, I sort of started to hate the cold.
But I understand now why cold weather exists:
SNOWBOARDING.
I went for the first time this month when some people invited me for work, and now I don't want to stop. I even bought some gear:
It's a little bright, but when else do you get to wear interesting colors like that?
I also started going with Tokyo Snow Club, their trips are pretty fun.