This reminds me of the differences between where most of my flist lives in Europe and the U.S.! :D In most parts of Maryland, it is unheard of to not have air conditioning, and most houses have central air that can cool the whole house at the click of a button. Where we live, fewer people use AC and, of those who do, most people use window units versus central air because it doesn't get as hot here as it does in central Maryland, nor as humid. Throughout July and August in Baltimore, temperatures in the mid-90s F are pretty normal and, with humidity taken into account, the heat index frequently spikes over 100F.
I remember when my sister moved to England, many people were amazed that almost no one had AC over there. And I remember when Europe started getting hit by heat waves a lot like what we have in Baltimore, a lot of people behaving like typical ignorant United Statians who didn't know better scoffed at the "wimpy Europeans who couldn't take the heat." Yeah, it's easy to "take the heat" when you walk from a climate-controlled house to a climate-controlled car to a climate-controlled shopping mall!
We are lucky here because it doesn't get terribly hot, and I've learned to adapt. I've also found that being in AC all of the time also makes the heat feel worse when you do have to deal with it. At the WAU, I never put my AC on, and temps would get high in my office, but it trained me to ignore it. And then, when you walk into a shop that has AC, it feels so good, a real treat! :)
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Date: 2010-06-20 03:14 pm (UTC)I remember when my sister moved to England, many people were amazed that almost no one had AC over there. And I remember when Europe started getting hit by heat waves a lot like what we have in Baltimore, a lot of people
behaving like typical ignorant United Statianswho didn't know better scoffed at the "wimpy Europeans who couldn't take the heat." Yeah, it's easy to "take the heat" when you walk from a climate-controlled house to a climate-controlled car to a climate-controlled shopping mall!We are lucky here because it doesn't get terribly hot, and I've learned to adapt. I've also found that being in AC all of the time also makes the heat feel worse when you do have to deal with it. At the WAU, I never put my AC on, and temps would get high in my office, but it trained me to ignore it. And then, when you walk into a shop that has AC, it feels so good, a real treat! :)