Yeah kinda shocked that people in other comments are ignoring the fact that most of the south west was devoid of people in the US. Same could be said for Florid

Yeah kinda shocked that people in other comments are ignoring the fact that most of the south west was devoid of people in the US. Same could be said for Florida as well. They didn’t experience massive population shifts until some time AC was invented and had widespread adoption. As someone who grew up in central Florida, you’d basically go into one AC boxed room into another while driving in an AC car in between. Those that didn’t have this luxury were basically living at/below poverty levels. Day laboring was even worse. If you didn’t drink enough water you’d get heat stroke. There would always be a few people who thought they were “tough” then three hours would pass and they’d be nearly passed out begging someone to drive them to the hospital (if you left you’d lose your hours and pay). It’s only gotten worse.