I forget who said this recently, but: New York is at the same latitude as Barcelona.
If you live, say, anywhere north of the Alps, your summers are much milder than the vast majority of the US. It's essentially the same story with air conditioning.
If you live, say, anywhere north of the Alps, your summers are much milder than the vast majority of the US. It's essentially the same story with air conditioning.
London is significantly warmer than say, Montreal, despite being further north.
So why doesn’t anyone get central air conditioning? Because nobody else has it.
I suspect it's the same reason I myself don't buy it: it's only useful a couple weeks a year typically where I live.
Recently however I’ve discovered that heat pump mini splits can be had for about the same price as a window unit and have installed 2 in my home in the past year.
The mini split is definitely the way to go, though; so much easier than ripping up your house to install ducts.