It is also fascinating how some US people cannot even _think_ about a different society than theirs. Take this simple example: > No Air conditioning in many h

It is also fascinating how some US people cannot even _think_ about a different society than theirs. Take this simple example: > No Air conditioning in many hotels/airbnb and they had to switch places last minute. Why do you absolutely need air conditioning in Europe? I have been multiple times in Southern France, Spain, and Italy, where the temperatures are comparable or even higher than many US regions (say, Aix-en-Provence vs San Jose, which share the same climate with temperatures even a tad higher in the former). Nonetheless, air conditioning is seldom used in residential areas. Commercial areas are using it, but still to a much lesser extent than in USA. Yet, everything works out quite fine... True, people work later and take a break in the middle of the day, achieving nonetheless a better productivity... Thus, I ask the question : are you sure the air conditioning presence (or absence) is a good metric of "greatness" -- or general well-being of people living there?