After being in Europe during the heatwave, I really did miss air conditioning when it was 35-40C yet there was no place to cool down (restaurants even closed be

After being in Europe during the heatwave, I really did miss air conditioning when it was 35-40C yet there was no place to cool down (restaurants even closed because it was too hot to cook in the kitchen). Usually this type of weather is not the norm for Western Europe, but if the weather keeps getting hotter on average that may not be the case anymore. Still, while it’s unpleasant, with the right adjustments it is possible to manage without AC for short periods (granted, if the humidity was like Florida, I would take that back). That’s just what it’s like to have to live with seasons. Some highs and some lows. In the US, air conditioning is ubiquitous, yet also inefficient temperature management. It’s like Goldilocks - rarely just right. When it’s hot and humid outside, the shock of cold and dry indoors is nice at first, but soon overbearing to adjust to. Same goes in winter when it’s 0C outside, yet 25C inside, so it feels like a sauna in long pants and a sweater. I wish temperature control was more adjusted to external environmental conditions to provide more “modest” conditioning. In my opinion, that’s the cost of living in an environment, having to adjust to it throughout the year. It doesn’t have to be as extreme as toughing out 40C in a jacket, but when it’s summer, it’s just bound to be a little sweatier for a while. Our bodies can get to used to it, but it’s more difficult with more temperature shocks from place to place.