Central air was an insane waste in the more modern apartments I've lived in in LA. They try to build in features like vaulted ceilings and as you mentioned, no insulation. You end up not running it at all because its barely a few degrees cooler. These developers do not care about efficiency at all. At least with the wall units you can run it just in the area you're currently using for a shorter time.
It's definitely not a shitpost, as you've acknowledged, OP. But I'm glad you posted it because it's important to remember - any of us could have been George Floyd. Any excuse could be used after the fact.
Central air was an insane waste in the more modern apartments I've lived in in LA. They try to build in features like vaulted ceilings and as you mentioned, no insulation. You end up not running it at all because its barely a few degrees cooler. These developers do not care about efficiency at all. At least with the wall units you can run it just in the area you're currently using for a shorter time.