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As far as heating use, despite the windows, it's got trememdous thermal mass (About 20 cms of brick and plaster), and I've only had to turn on the heat once for 5 minutes to make sure it worked. (It's a really old building.
I don't mind the heat or the cold. I'll probably leave it at 58-59F (14C) in the winter, and I only use my airconditioning when it gets above 90F (32C) in the apartment. I worked outside for several years in at a garden shop, and I'm used to severe weather.
Which Indiana will throw at you in large amounts. The coldest I've personally seen is -29F(-34C), while at the other end I seen it get up to 108 F (42 C) when I was working. So long as it in that sweet spot between 50F (10 C)and 90 F (32C) in my room I can handle it.
I think that in part, the American reputation for overheating is city folk who aren't accustomed to the idea that there's a natural ebb and flow to nature. (A time when things turn green, it gets warm. A time when things die, and it gets cold. To everything turn, turn, turn. There is a season. Etc.)
Then again I may be an extreme polar bear example. And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg
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