I've always thought the double front door with one being a gauze door was a bit odd.
Crazy 'muricans.
It's so you can leave the door open (for temperature/cooling) but keep the bugs out. Replace screens with glass in the winter, and it helps if your front door is a bit on the drafty side.
Why is that weird?
Actually shutters are very thermally inefficient. Blinds, drapes and such are much better. So what you are saying about AC isn't accurate.
And faux boobies, faux butts, and ... I'm just saying that shutters are pretty low on the list of faux things to be offended by.We have faux bricks, faux flooring, faux fireplaces, faux stones, even Faux News, why not faux shutters?
But zombies...The most efficient coverings are interior metal roll down shutters. But they ugly as heck, and look like your in some kind of lock down.
Or do have. Like these fugly things.