<p>My previous last sentence explains what you said. </p>
<p>In regards to weather, I just lived in Boston for 3 years and Boston certainly saw more sun and much less wind, which makes the temperature itself much more bearable. Snow amount seems to be similar, and not so bad. The only thing is that I did leave Ann Arbor just around when the weather was starting to get better. But comparing winter to winter, I think I would prefer the Northeast any time of the day. And you shouldn’t take the San Fran example so literally.</p>