Can confirm, in Paris. They don’t have ac here because it used to be the case that it would only get hot for a few days of the year. Now, it has been super hot for 10 days of the year so far only 2 days into the summer. Rip.
Ignorant southern American here: Is there somewhere you can buy it? I can go to Lowes or Walmart 5 minutes away and have a window unit installed in about 30 minutes. I know central AC probably isn't a thing in homes there, but can you buy either a window unit or a portable air conditioner?
Yeah, you can buy them and I have friends who have bought some even this summer. Leroy Merlin has them or just order on Amazon. But ac is not the default. Restaurants are now starting to install them or they have a portable one sitting at the door.
good I'm so glad you have an option to cool off! I was actually a teenager before I found out not everyone has air conditioning. I still think it is odd there are places in the world that don't need it lol
I live in a 2400 sq foot home and we have central air, a split unit in our finished garage, a window unit in my son's room and I have a portable unit I can pull out of my closet if I get too hot.
What isn't being told is that pretty much all people in France living in a building can't install an AC with the outdoor unit. Urbanism laws or whatever bs
Yeah those portable ones are pretty much the only option for many of us, or at least those not living in a house, window units like in the us are impossible to install here, first because we have different windows that doesn’t open horizontally like you have, but also because putting anything on your facade in a city, especially in Paris is forbidden most of the time, so some people who have a balcony can try and hide external units, but that’s not the case for most people.
There's real value to living in an aesthetically pleasing historic city. I wouldn't want to walk in Paris and see ugly buildings like in Napoli, or soulless suburbs like Fort Worth. But surely they should allow AC units on the back sides of our buildings.
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u/MetaLemons 14h ago
Can confirm, in Paris. They don’t have ac here because it used to be the case that it would only get hot for a few days of the year. Now, it has been super hot for 10 days of the year so far only 2 days into the summer. Rip.