Northern masochists

Chapter 6 of Zoom by Bob Berman and the author is writing about a trip to Fairbanks, Alaska. It leaves me wondering what sort of nutter wants to live somewhere with only 3 snow-free months – which are a time when everyone is chewed to death by mosquitos – the temperature can drop to -40 deg.C and freezing and thaws makes the ‘ground’ level shift so that dwellings can end up with floors sloping at 45 degrees!!