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If air conditioning is top 3, blinds (the kind that actually keeps heat out, which you find in Mediterranean countries, not the shitty ones you put inside the r
by bonzini 4y ago
If air conditioning is top 3, blinds (the kind that actually keeps heat out, which you find in Mediterranean countries, not the shitty ones you put inside the room) are worth a Nobel prize.
- helmholtz 4y agoAnd stepwells, and latticework false walls, and high ceilings, and ventilators at the top of the house, and having a false-basement thing in houses where it's a bit cooler in the afternoons, and siestas and walking slowly from place to place, and loose-fitting linen clothing, and lemonade. But no. My shitty white plastic Carrier A/C is all I care about. Housing in the US is depressingly shite.
- somewhereoutth 4y agoI think the idea is that Americans want to live like northern Europeans regardless of the actual climate of where they are.
- Turing_Machine 4y agoStepwells are picturesque, but they are also a public health nightmare.
- LightG 4y agoAgreed. We're just learning now, in the current heatwave, how effective blackout blinds are in keep the heat out (white coloured backing facing the sun). It's great.
- bonzini 4y agoLook at Spain, Italy or Greece on Google Maps (or southern France too). You'll see that they put blinds outside the building.