I grew up in the midwest where I too wanted to slit my wrists by the end of each winter.. Now I've traded one extreme for another and I live in a desert. Although I did manage to find a small town right outside the city where it's near a river and there's at least grass and trees. Still a million degrees though. I'm very white and get tan literally just from walking to and from my car in the summer, lol.
I'm thinking a happy medium will be necessary at some point. Maybe the Pacific Northwest. For now though.. these are the choices I've made so I'm just doing my best to deal with the scorching heat and predominantly brown landscape.