The Maelstrom of Violence

[pbrower2a]

(10-03-2017, 11:12 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:

(10-02-2017, 12:33 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: A hint: Air conditioning is part of his business. In Minnesota, air conditioning is still a luxury for most people. Interstate 90 between Sioux Falls and Toledo is a rough boundary of where central air conditioning becomes the norm (to the south). I-90 goes just north of the Minnesota-Iowa state line and just south of the Michigan state lines with Indiana and Ohio. In South Dakota or to the west, "it's a dry heat". From Toledo to the east, lakes, the Atlantic Ocean, or altitude might modify the heat. I-90 goes through Chicago.

Central  air conditioning is a norm for well-educated people with high incomes on a line between I-94 and Wisconsin 29 between the Twin Cities and Green Bay and north of Interstates 96 and 69 from about Muskegon to Port Huron in Michigan. If one owns one's own home in a place like Kalamazoo, an above-ground swimming pool is every bit as effective for a satisfying cool-down... and probably less expensive to pay for and maintain. But around Des Moines or Indianapolis... you will need air conditioning.

But guess who else installs air conditioning? That's right -- the public sector. Many of the clients of Classic X'er are Big Bad Government or the parts of the private sector (physician's clinics, nursing homes and hospitals) that require air conditioning. Think also of the places where people spend their food aid -- grocery stores.

Actually, air conditioning is pretty much the norm for most of Minnesota these days. I don't have many big government customers ( a few here and there) and I don't involved in government work for low income people ( there's little to no money in that kind of work).

Government includes government offices of any kind, K-12 schools, state university buildings, penal institutions, and public housing. Government-sponsored housing includes the infamous Section 8 housing.