Hey - We lived in Rochester for 13 years. Finished an MD,Fellowship there, blah blah blah. Listen. I totally hear you about the dreary weather. Unless one has lived there, it is hard to imagine literally only seeing minutes of sun each day, at best.
Grey, cold, depressing. I actually didn’t realize how much it affected me until we left town. I had a whole new lease on life. That said, it was hard to leave Rochester’s nice people and sort of mid western values. Not to mention cost of living. Still, would make a different decision if I had to do it all over again. For sure.