Goin' where the weather suits my clothes

I think I've worked out why all the buildings here are over-airconditioned. It's because Americans wear jeans all year around. Even in the heat of summer, when it's 35˙C here in Bloomington, half of the people are wearing jeans. There is a slightly negative attitude to shorts in general but for some reason they prefer denim to even light cotton trousers.

I can't help but think that they need to do the opposite of Jimmy Carter's famous, "Put on a sweater and turn down the heat." by just dressing for the weather. They'd be much more comfortable too.