I have gone to visit some yankees and sat in their house sweating bricks. Finally, my husband said, "If I give you five dollars, will that pay for the air conditioner?" They got real embarassed and turned something on and it got very cool. A lot of people up here have brand new homes with new central air systems. Now maybe they don't know how it works, but it's just like the central heat. It gets cold in Baton Rouge, where I'm from, and I don't know anyone who doesn't turn on the heat, but go up North and no one wants to run their air. It's a pet peeve of mine.
I am from MI originally, my parents would turn on the AC if it got above 80.