My mom rents a house in another town and the AC broke. We had to buy a new one and it only costed $1,700. Now, that seems like a lot of money, but I had read online that it was going to be about $6,000. So when the guy told us the price, we were pretty grateful.
I guess that $6,000 is the national average? I've heard that Texas is a cheap state to live in, except for Austin of course!