Building with classic Southern US techniques doesn't negate or even significantly reduce the need for air conditioning. Without AC, these types of structures st

Building with classic Southern US techniques doesn't negate or even significantly reduce the need for air conditioning. Without AC, these types of structures still become incredibly hot during the summer; they suffer from mold and material damage from humidity; they required workarounds like sleeping on a screened-in porch during the summer instead of inside the house, because the house itself was too sweltering to tolerate, even at night. If you were lucky enough not to be laboring outside in the South during the summer, you spent a large part of your day sitting around being miserable. It was a major contributor to the south's lag in economic development, and a strong contributor to historically poor public health and life expectancy. They're also not particularly efficient in terms of space utilization, making them unfeasible for sustainable, 'walkable' neighborhood development.