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Yes! Most of Europe has a "registered building" system, where buildings above a certain age are considered historic. Renovating those buildings is an extremely

Yes! Most of Europe has a "registered building" system, where buildings above a certain age are considered historic. Renovating those buildings is an extremely difficult, expensive, and bureaucratic process. You generally need to preserve the period-appropriate look and materials. An AC unit sticking out of a wall won't pass muster. Even newer buildings are problematic. an acquaintance of mine lives in an upper-middle-class apartment complex that was finished two or three years ago, and their architect has some claim in the contract that prevents residents from installing AC units to "preserve the building's unique look." The US is build around privately-owned housing (and hence creature comforts) a lot more than we are, so AC is a lot easier to implement there.

Levitz 4mo ago
>Most of Europe has a "registered building" system, where buildings above a certain age are considered historic. It feels weird to have to mention this, but although there are a lot of historical buildings in Europe, it's not the norm. Population grows. There was a noteworthy war not that long ago. The vast majority of buildings are not that old.
ericd 4mo ago
There was a good book recently that described Europe as an open air museum. I honestly don’t know why you all put up with that nonsense. Is your country for the living, or the dead?
- miki123211 4mo ago
  History nuts in Europe are like the gun nuts in the US (and the hunters / farmers in both). Their antics are often destructive to the rest of society, there aren't that many of them, but they're loud and influential. And just to be clear, there is a huge difference between a person who has a keen interest in history (nothing wrong with that), and one that wants to leave every single old building untouched, and if there's a danger to residents, move the residents.

Levitz 4mo ago

>Most of Europe has a "registered building" system, where buildings above a certain age are considered historic. It feels weird to have to mention this, but although there are a lot of historical buildings in Europe, it's not the norm. Population grows. There was a noteworthy war not that long ago. The vast majority of buildings are not that old.

ericd 4mo ago

There was a good book recently that described Europe as an open air museum. I honestly don’t know why you all put up with that nonsense. Is your country for the living, or the dead?

miki123211 4mo ago
History nuts in Europe are like the gun nuts in the US (and the hunters / farmers in both). Their antics are often destructive to the rest of society, there aren't that many of them, but they're loud and influential. And just to be clear, there is a huge difference between a person who has a keen interest in history (nothing wrong with that), and one that wants to leave every single old building untouched, and if there's a danger to residents, move the residents.