The Coldest, Snowiest Cities in the U.S.

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I have to say that I was not surprised, when I heard on the Weather Channel that Caribou, Maine was on the top ten list of BOTH the Coldest and the Snowiest cities in the United States. When we lived there in the early sixties, it was my first experience with temperatures at 30 and 40 or more below zero. And SNOW! It was incredible! It actually had drifted, during one snow storm, clear up to the second story windows of the base housing apartment where we lived. On the Top Ten List, Caribou was #3 on the Coldest List with an Average Temperature of 38.9 degrees. International Falls, MN was #1 and Duluth, MN was #2 at just a fraction of a degree colder. On the snowiest list, Caribou was #5 with Mean Annual Snowfall at 110 inches. Marquette, Michigan, was #2 at 129 inches and last year I think they surpassed that amount. In any case, I'm thankful that I don't live in the North anymore. Those who do live there are probably used to it by now, but I was way out of my element, especially since I moved there following 18 months of living on the semi-tropical island of Okinawa, Japan, where the temperature never went below 40 degrees while we were there. I don't care if I EVER go back to Maine for any reason. My twin boys were born there and THEY might like to go, but not me. Do you live where it snows a lot?