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I forget who said this recently, but: New York is at the same latitude as Barcelona. If you live, say, anywhere north of the Alps, your summers are much milder
by TillE 4y ago
I forget who said this recently, but: New York is at the same latitude as Barcelona.
If you live, say, anywhere north of the Alps, your summers are much milder than the vast majority of the US. It's essentially the same story with air conditioning.
- ajhurliman 4y agoI’m convinced culture has at least a small effect. For example, Seattle is notoriously un-air conditioned, but when it gets too hot everyone still complains about the heat and laments their situation. So why doesn’t anyone get central air conditioning? Because nobody else has it.
- himinlomax 4y ago> So why doesn’t anyone get central air conditioning? Because nobody else has it. I suspect it's the same reason I myself don't buy it: it's only useful a couple weeks a year typically where I live.
- turtlebits 4y agoNo, it’s because historically, Seattle only gets a handful of days over 90. Otherwise, installing central A/C is too expensive to be worth it. Recently however I’ve discovered that heat pump mini splits can be had for about the same price as a window unit and have installed 2 in my home in the past year.
- ajhurliman 4y agoRight, historically it hasn’t been worth it, but now that it’s getting hotter people are still AC hesitant because of cultural norms. The mini split is definitely the way to go, though; so much easier than ripping up your house to install ducts.
- Phrenzy 4y agoI live in Seattle. We really only NEED an air conditioner 2 or 3 weeks a year. I don't want to store it the other 50.
- kotlin2 4y agoThe gulf stream makes Europe much warmer than the latitude would suggest.
- superhuzza 4y agoLatitude has less to do with temperature than you think. London is significantly warmer than say, Montreal, despite being further north.