Without the good weather, either, I think..? That's a bit of a downside, no?

I like warm weather... I'd hate to live somewhere where it goes down to -20C in the winter... and a 25C maximum in the summer isn't exactly thrilling.

I guess you just can't have it all!...

We keep the temperature down to keep out the riffraff. Otherwise everyone would want to come here. ;)

I live in Canada, and we also have large immigrant populations in the large cities. This is not a unique feature of the US.

(He was talking about Canada)

I talked to a fellow Swede a few years ago, that worked in Canada for a while. He described it "as Sweden, but it works." IMHO, that sounds good.

(But the situation depended a lot on where in Canada you lived.)

minus all the statuesque Swedish women...