I spent summers without AC in the 2000s. I was also at a camp in the Poconos, got in a pool or lake twice a day most days, and had few 90+ days all summer.
I don’t get why people don’t see the difference between that and my 2024 NYC apartment. And my old camp might need more AC’ed space nowadays!
No, I am not making up our cultural tendency towards air conditioning shaming.
Here’s a perfect example of the type of smug Northeastern/Atlantic argument I’ve been seeing for a very long time, published in the Washington Post:
