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How asocial do you think air-conditioning has made people? The loss of porches, stoops, opening large windows, hanging out outside because you have to, etc. I
by cylinder 9y ago
How asocial do you think air-conditioning has made people? The loss of porches, stoops, opening large windows, hanging out outside because you have to, etc. I read once that in NYC, Sheep's Meadow in Central Park was covered with people sleeping overnight on sweltering summer days.
Nowadays you've got to be really actively, intentionally social. It's just too easy to sit on the couch, order food, watch Netflix, browse social media and ignore real life.
- ThomaszKrueger 9y agoI wonder how global warming / climate change will end up bringing us back to that. It will be even more sweltering, and I can imagine air conditioning restrictions similar to today's watering restrictions.
- cat199 9y agoIn neighborhoods that are built like this, it doesn't matter.. As the article states. people sit on the stoop. Perhaps less so as you mention due to indoor distractions, but still quite a bit. Much as the suburbanite sits in the back yard, the true townhouser (not those phony things with garages in the front and no alleyways), sits on the stoop.