Keeping cool requires electricity.
Keeping warm just requires burnin’ sumthin.
A middle class person should have no problems with cold in modern America, central heating, modern cars with heated seats, modern snow free roads, modern clothing and heated buildings, modern recreation and work, almost entirely indoor based.
Have done both and for many years at each.IMOP cheaper to keep cool and unless you have wood lands,and I do,”burnin’sumthin” no matter what it is ain’t free.
Depends where you live. Around here a lot of the winter are no burn days. The chimney police go around looking for smoke coming from your chimney. If they find it, they take a picture and send you a citation.
I know lots of you hate California, but we don't have air conditioners in our homes around here (SF Bay Area). Not too hot, not too cold, 95 percent of the time. No snow, rarely below 50 degrees and rarely above 90. Usually about 70. We're experiencing a cold snap this week, 47 degrees outside, one of those rare nights it's below 50. Inside, about 64 so a sweater or blanket takes care of that. That's why people live here.