I'm right at the northern Illinois/southeast Wisconsin border. On the IL side unfortunately. My thought is if I'm going to live where it's cold, might as well have snow. We just came out of a cold snap of single digit temps. Really have been getting the shaft with these winters. Only took the sleds out twice last year and we had snow for literally 3 days before it all melted. Hopefully we'll get some otherwise I'll definitely be trailering the sleds way up to northern WI. Stay warm!