Heh, recently I seem to be unable to say anything on HN that isn't received with extreme skepticism and controversy ;) First off, I was talking about Germany w

Heh, recently I seem to be unable to say anything on HN that isn't received with extreme skepticism and controversy ;) First off, I was talking about Germany when I said the reasons for not having AC in private households is that "it's just not done", when it is in fact common to have this in offices. Maybe it's subjective, but in the tropics the temperature stays pretty stable, there are frequent rain showers (about once a day), and of course the general proximity of the ocean also helps making the Philippines subjectively OK in my opinion. A heat wave in Germany will typically not see any rain, the sun just burns down mercilessly, and the air does not move. Again, these are subjective reasons, and there is nothing wrong in principle with you denying the validity of my claim, but personally I don't want to live here without air conditioning.