So much for culture.
"To me, heaven on earth is a balmy summer night in the south, sitting on the front porch with your family around you, watching lightning bugs and listening to the crickets chirping. There is such a sense of peace here.
You must have a garage full of RAID :)
The bottom line is as you stated, to each his own.
We don't seem to have the problem with the mosquitos here as you do in the north. Man, those big suckers will carry you away! Our mosquitos are much smaller and nastier and not near as many. But we do have those nasty little noseeims. Hate those things!