To be fair, a lot of people do kinda sound like that up here. Especially the closer to North Dakota you get. :P Well, that, and the older in age you get. The longer they've been alive, the more they sound like that.
It's not fun because to start it you have to freeze your glutes off and just about everything else, too. Is rust a major problem out on the coasts? Rust is only a problem up this way due to road salt and not regularly doing an undercarriage wash of your car whenever you get the chance in winter (also, age, but that's also partially tied to washing routines).