There is a similar effect for bitumen roads - cities choose a grade of bitumen for the range of temps that they are going experience - you're stuck between it a

There is a similar effect for bitumen roads - cities choose a grade of bitumen for the range of temps that they are going experience - you're stuck between it all getting too sticky and cracking in the cold - too big a range and they make concrete roads. Global warming leaves some cities (like mine) with an enormous inventory of roads that are failing when temps reach the (new) top end