The air-conditioner are a main issue here. Most of the people that can buy one and pay the electricity bill for using them saturates the energy systems of the city, causing frecuant energy cuts during the summer. Besides, you catch those horrible summer flues where everyone is enjoying the pool and you are inside like an old man.
In winter, gas bills go up to the heavens. Impossible to live here without a 1000 calories "heating device which name I don't know in English".
But it is far worse at the south of the country. If you want to Google earth me, I'm in Argentine, Buenos Aires Province, Bahia Blanca city. A little geography doesn't hurt anyone.