It was dark by 5pm last night (NJ) which sucks.
Lawl.
You realize new Jersey is so far south that it would be in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea if it were in Europe.
If you want to talk about short winter and long summer days, check out pretty much anywhere in the most populous parts of Europe or anywhere populated in Canada. How about the great Scandanavian cities which are farther north than anywhere in the UK and on a par with Alaska, the Yukon and the NWT.
That's just the darkness though. Without the Gulf Stream that warms northern Europe all the way to Iceland, the western part of the North Atlantic does get pretty cold in the winter.
I don't feel the need to go all the way to Australia to get away from winter. The airfare to Caribbean Mexico is ridiculously cheap during tourist season and everything else is cheaper and with less government interference.
Also Australia has its weather issues too. My niece in NSW near Sydney is a volunteer firefighter and she's dreading the upcoming bushfire season.
No place is perfect. It's best to keep moving.