> I assume they're mostly the kind that has never been to Europe The big disconnect comes from the fact that places like Miami and Houston don't really have a

> I assume they're mostly the kind that has never been to Europe The big disconnect comes from the fact that places like Miami and Houston don't really have analogous European peers in terms of climate. There are places that come close but it's not the same. It's one thing for it to be unbearably hot at 2-6pm. Its a different thing altogether for it to still be 80F+ at 3am every single night for months on end. You cannot escape the heat in Houston without phase change cooling technology. Latent heat removal is what most of us are paying for around here (water out of the air). Not sensible heat removal. I can walk down my street and find 2-3k sqft sqft homes that have 5+ tons of HVAC capacity. There is a home with three condensing units and it's not much bigger than mine (I only have a single 3 ton system). I've been thinking about getting a multizone ductless installed on top of my central unit to deal with July and August. https://www.yahoo.com/news/weather-news/articles/worst-ive-ever-seen-texas-012931951.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/weather-news/articles/worst-ive-e...