“..in the metropolitan DC area.”
I would bet they all live in apartments...and never have had to replace their furnace. That’s for “rich” who own their own homes.
.and never have had to replace their furnace.”
I would suspect that many of these folks haven’t a clue as to where their heat and air conditioning come from, or their water or electricity. Rather like all of the people who come to the fair or livestock show for the first time and are amazed to find out that milk comes from a cow. And no, cows do not produce chocolate or strawberry milk-at least not yet.