That’s how we weed out the wimps.
Seriously - it's hard for us to think about Uffdaville when, like this morning, it's clear/calm/65 at dawn, with a forecast of upper 80's in mid-November (it actually exceeded the forecast by a degree or two)
California may be the most liberal state this side of yours, but at least we can tune politics out sometimes during the winter by just going outside and enjoying something other than a "snowbank chilled beer"***
***(got a kick out of that term when back there for a winter funeral....brother in law "warmed" some beer" by stuffing the Cold Spring Lager in a reachable drift just outside of the door....)