>>907391I'm the Rhinefag actually, so I'm about a whopping 8° latitude north of you, assuming you're around Detroit.
Trust me, it makes a lot of difference in sunlight, especially in winter, the sun comes up very low here if at all, as there's lots of overcast year-round thanks to the Atlatnic ocean influence (only ~1930h sunshine per year on average), while you, despite being colder, enjoy Rome-tier insolation
>tfw constant ice fog and -2°C for the last few days, almost slipped my ass on the stairs outside 