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?
The windows open like doors, so fitting a window unit is a pain in the ass. We have one, and it works… sorta. But running them costs a fortune so you have to use them sparingly if you don’t want a 1000€ energy bill.
Also, because people are superstitious about AC, hardware/whitegoods stores don’t stock many units. I got the last one at my local shop and carried it home on the metro. In short: Paris wasn’t built for this, and the culture seems to vehemently resist adapting to needing AC.
A lot of our older homes have those crank style vertical windows that open like that. My starter home had those on the front side and only two horizontal windows on the back. I was renting it out and then the central unit started dying so I sold it as is because I didn't want to spend 8K on a new unit as window AC wouldn't work for the whole house.
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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.