I have similar prejudices until I was dragged to a Minnesotan winter activity where everyone drives into the middle of a frozen lake and park in a large circle while a bunch of drivers race their cars in circles in the middle. It was surreal.
A guy showed me a video where they used a chainsaw to cut a giant circle in the ice and then used one of the drive wheels on an ATV to make an ice merry-go-round, it looked pretty fun! The long winters make people here in Minnesota a bit funny in the head lol